Solar Crisis is a 1990 science fiction film from Japan America Picture Company. The screenplay was written by Joe Gannon and Tedi Sarafian , based on the novel Kuraishisu niju-goju nen by Takeshi Kawata, and directed by Richard C. Sarafian credited as Alan Smithee. The cast featured Tim Matheson as Steve Kelso, Charlton Heston as Adm. 'Skeet' Kelso, Peter Boyle as Arnold Teague, Annabel Schofield as Alex Noffe, Corin Nemec as Mike Kelso and Jack Palance as Travis. The executive producers were Takeshi Kawata and Takehito Sadamura, with Richard Edlund as one of the producers. This film received... a MPAA rating of PG-13, and was filmed in color with Dolby SR stereo sound. Estimated budget was about $55,000,000. It had a very limited theatrical release. A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.
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| Release date: | July 14, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Richard C. Sarafian |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | Russell Carpenter |
| Screenplay by: | Joe Gannon, Tedi Sarafian |
| Estimated budget: | $55,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Solar Crisis |
| Genre: | Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller |