Watch: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1987, Captain William “Buck” Rogers pilots his space shuttle Ranger 3 on a mission but a meteor storm freezes him into an orbit that returns him to Earth – 500 years later. In 2491, his shuttle is found and captured by the Draconian flagship, under the command of Princess Ardala and her second-in-command Kane. Reviving him, they return him to Earth after secretly planting a homing beacon aboard his shuttle to track a path through Earth’s defense barrier. Buck is under arrest and learns that Earth has been rebuilt over the centuries in his absence following a nuclear holocaust. Buck Rogers must adjust to the 25th century, and convince the Terrans that the Draconians are secretly planning to conquer Earth..
Plot: Capt. William “Buck” Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck’s piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O’Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis.
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Gerard Makes BUCK a Delight!
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY could easily have become dated camp, by now (Rogers’ disastrous space tour was supposed to have occurred in 1987…did we miss it?), but there’s such a sense of joy and humor to the production that it actually is more fun to watch today than when it was briefly released, theatrically, in 1979.A large measure of this is due to Gil Gerard, as Capt. William ‘Buck’ Rogers, who gives an enthusiastic, likable performance. Some of his dialog is ripe with sexual innuendo, particularly in his scenes with Erin Gray, as the beautiful, if a bit wooden, professional soldier, Wilma Deering, but his rakish charm (and an occasional wink!) keeps the one-liners from sliding into bad taste. The other female lead, Pamela Hensley, as a bikini-clad evil Princess, would do Mae West proud with her lusty vampiness. Her scenes with Gerard, as she eyes him as an evening’s ‘entertainment’, are a delight. (And in the “Is this a coincidence?” department…Her character is named Ardala, and wears a horned headpiece…Could George Lucas have been influenced by her when he created Natalie Portman’s Princess Amidala in STAR WARS: EPISODE ONE – THE PHANTOM MENACE?) The other major male roles are filled by Henry Silva, as Ardala’s superbly evil partner, Kane, and Tim O’Connor, wise and sympathetic, as Earth scientist Dr. Huer. Deserving recognition, as well, is Duke Butler, who, as Ardala’s eunuch bodyguard, Tigerman, should find another line of work, considering how he fared against Rogers!
Ignore Twiki, the low-tech R2D2 rip-off (Mel Blanc voices him, with dialog lapsing into disco-era clichés and bad sexual puns), and Dr. Theopoulis (the talking Frisbee…well, that’s what he looks like!), and concentrate on the decent FX and Gil Gerard’s charismatic performance…and I think you’ll find BUCK ROGERS a winner!
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min), 1 hr 38 min (98 min) (Germany)
Budget 3500000
Revenue 21700000
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director Daniel Haller
Writer Glen A. Larson, Leslie Stevens, Philip Francis Nowlan
Actors Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Pamela Hensley
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1 (television ratio), 1.85 : 1 (theatrical ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format Super 8 (Digest in two parts), 35 mm