The Sand Kings ( The Outer Limits: Sandkings ) - television movie , episode 1 of the season 1 of the television series Beyond the Possible . A screen version of the short story of the same name by George Martin ( 1978 ). Director - Stuart Gillard .
| Sand Kings | |
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| The Outer Limits: Sandkings | |
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| Genre | fantasy |
| Producer | Stuart Gillard |
| Author script | Melinda Snodgrass George Martin (short story) |
| In the main cast | Beau Bridges Helen Shaver |
| Operator | Philip Linsi |
| Composer | Mark Manchina John Van Tongeren |
| Film company | Metro Goldwin Mayer |
| Duration | 93 minutes |
| A country |  USA  Canada |
| Year | 1995 |
| Next movie | |
| IMDb | ID 0667945 |
Content
Introduction
| Many of the greatest human achievements have been driven by the need for love and recognition. What happens when this need for recognition turns into a desire to be revered, or even ... to crave to be worshiped as a god? |
Story
Simon Kress is working on a research project on Martian life. However, his project is curtailed - due to the fact that one of the Martian samples almost got into the environment, and as a result, Kress is left without work.
Disagreeing with this decision, the scientist secretly carries sand to his home with the larvae of Martian organisms. In his barn, he creates something like an incubator , on which he reproduces Martian conditions, and he manages to grow a colony of termite - like creatures.
Soon, Kress discovers that Martian termites have a peculiar mind. So, they sculpt figures resembling his face out of sand. Cress begins to believe that Martian organisms worship him as God. At some point, he loses his vigilance and finds himself bitten by Martian termite, which causes him a progressive infection of the blood. As a result, the colony gets out of its control, and the alien life form, despite the resistance of Kress, dying in an unequal struggle with alien organisms, breaks into the biosphere of the Earth.
Final word
| Modern science is increasingly invading the spheres reserved for the Almighty. But those who encroach on God's possessions realize too late that the price they will pay is death. |
Cast
- Beau Bridges - Dr. Simon Cress
- Helen Shaver - Katie Kress
- Dylan Bridges - Josh Kress
- Kim Coates - Dave Stockley
- Lloyd Bridges - Colonel Cress
- Patricia Harras - Debbie
Awards and nominations
- In 1995, Steward Gillard received the CableACE Award in the category "Director of a Drama Television Series" [1] .
- In 1995, for the role of Simon Kress, actor Bo Bridges was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category "Best Guest Actor in a Drama TV Series" [1] .
- In 1996, the television series “Beyond the Possible” received a number of nominations for the Gemini Awards , including Bo Bridges received a nomination in the category “Best Actor in a Drama Program or Mini-Series”, and the episode “Sand Kings” was nominated in the category “The best television movie or mini-series” and “The best work of a sound engineer in a drama television program or television series” [1] .
The differences between the film adaptation of the original story
- In George Martin's story, action takes place in the distant future on a planet colonized by humans.
- The author of the story does not specify from which planet the sand kings appeared.
- Simon Kress is obsessed not with scientific interest or the desire to receive the Nobel Prize, but with ordinary cruelty, which turns initially harmless sand kings into aggressive creatures * [2] .
Interesting Facts
- The duration of the series “Sand Kings” is twice as long as the usual 45-minute format of episodes of the television series. Sometimes an episode is broadcast as two separate episodes.
- An excerpt from The Sand Kings can be seen in the final episode of the first season, Voice of the Mind .
- The final episode of the sixth season - “ The Last Appeal ” - mentions the “Plague of Sand Kings” that swept the Earth.
- Helen Shaver , who played in The Sand Kings by Katie Kress, took part in the television series Beyond the Possible, not only as an actress, but also as a director. In total, she shot seven episodes [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 List of awards of the color television series “Beyond the Possible” // IMDb Website (eng.)
- ↑ “Sand Kings” - the original story of J. Martin, which became the basis of the film // Lib.ru site
- ↑ Filmography of Helen Shaver in the genre of the television series // IMDb Website (English)
Links
- Sand Kings at the Internet Movie Database
- The Sand Kings on TV.com