He then wrote a first draft screenplay during the production of Star Wars and Superman: The Movie, at which point he showed the draft to Donen’s then wife, actress Yvette Mimieux, for her opinion. It’s a love story, a story about contemporary relationships set two centuries ahead.”Īfter completing Lucky Lady, and prior to Star Wars, Barry wrote up his idea as an outline. People don’t do anything that isn’t possible. “In Saturn 3 the science considerations are all responsible. If they were to make a very expensive picture, then they might as well get a name writer.”īarry revealed his intent with the story of Saturn 3 in an article in the March 1980 issue of Future Life Magazine: Always, they were very limited-budget subjects, because I figured that would be the only thing to attract somebody to an unknown. “I’d written other things in the past, none of which got off the ground, though I had sold some options on some.
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In 1975, while working in Mexico on the movie Lucky Lady, acclaimed English production designer John Barry ( A Clockwork Orange, Star Wars, Superman) told director Stanley Donen (whom he’d worked with previously on The Little Prince) of an idea he had for a possible low-budget movie he had been thinking of developing.Ī Gothic sci-fi thriller set on Titan, third moon of Saturn, the story told of two food research scientists, whose idyllic lives are thrown into disarray with the arrival of a psychopath and his eight foot robot sent to help them.Īlthough Donen shied away from developing it as a vehicle for himself (as he had no affinity for sci-fi), he was impressed enough with Barry’s enthusiasm for the genre to suggest Barry write it up in the form of an outline, which he could then sell outright, or at the very least, option.Īs Barry related to Cinemagic Magazine editor David Hutchinson in an unpublished interview, just prior to filming: So what went wrong?Ī Comprehensive Look At What Went Wrong With Saturn 3 And The Movie It Should Have BeenĪrticle researched & written by Gregory Mossġ.38 (updated February 15, 2020. It seemed to have everything … an Oscar-winning visionary at the helm, a hot young writer, astounding production design, a sex symbol who defined a decade and Harvey Keitel – not to mention Kirk Douglas’ butt.
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