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starring: Jennifer Burns, Winsome Brown, Joseph Hodge, David Carradine, Ashish Vidyarthi directed by: Gwyneth Gibby See Larger Image Used Price: $5.23 Collectible Price: $10.00 Third Party New Price: $46.97 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9786305909439 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 6305909431 Label: New Concorde Manufacturer: New Concorde Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Concorde Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 08, 2000 Running Time: 85 minutes Sales Rank: 96001 Studio: New Concorde Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Related Items: Quark - The Complete Series Sunshine Stargate: Continuum Liquid Sky Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Collector's Edition) see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction story 'Nightfall' posited a world bathed in perpetual sunlight because of its six suns, which are all in constant orbit so one is always shining. But once every 2,000 years or so there is an eclipse that throws the plant into darkness and drives people mad. Asimov is after a comparison of religious superstition and scientific knowledge here, centered on the poetic sense of awe evoked when darkness falls and the stars are visible for the first time. The present filmed version loses all the poetry, exacting science, and subtlety of its inspiration and adds instead the wooden, uncommitted acting of David Carradine (Kung Fu) as a scientist, hordes of Indian extras (it seems to have been filmed in Bombay), and some botched pyrotechnic battle sequences. Clearly the filmmakers lost their way from story to screen, opting instead for a Raiders of the Lost Ark feeling, with lots of lame action and adventure usurping the story's core concept. The Asimov story has garnered top honors in poll after poll, including one done by the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the packaging tries to capitalize on that cachet. Understandable, since this movie has nothing else going for it. --Jim Gay Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Bleh... Probably the only difference from the average review here is that mine gives an extra star. I've not read Nightfall but I have read a couple of Asimov's Foundation books (Prelude to Foundation twice). I wanted to see if there were any movies out there of his work. Nightfall was the only one I found so far, so I wanted to check it out... Well, aside from cute Jennifer Burns and finding a few Space-y shots intriguing (for my 2nd star), I'm convinced it doesn't do the book justice---or ... Read More Rating: - Based on the Title of an Isaac Asimov Short Story Minus the Idea . . . As the 'virtues' of this film have been well covered by previous reviewers, let me add a nasty tidbit of movie trivia. Incredibly, the 2000 version of "Nightfall" is NOT the first movie 'based' (whatever that word may mean when it appears on a movie screen credit) on Asimov' classic parable/intellectual horror story. A "cheapie" (cheaper than the 2000 version -- if that is even conceivable) version was released in 1988, directed by Paul Mayersberg, and starred David Birney, Sarah Douglas, Alexis ... Read More Rating: - Not That Bad No, it is not the classic story written by Asimov. In fact, it seems very loosely based on it. Apart from this fact, the movie is mildly entertaining and NOT the terrible anti-classic that most of the other people writing reviews seemed to think. Overall a decent movie, decently acted. Rating: - Asimov's 'Nightfall': A Challenge In Reviewing When I first read Isaac Asimov's short story "Nightfall", I was stunned and left gasping at its powerhouse of a closing. When I finished watching the filmed version, I was also stunned and left gasping--but for quite different reasons. All the mystery and beauty of the short story that sought to explain a millenia old phenomenon of a planet's first and last nightfall was not only lost in the movie, but even on a technical level of competence, from the wretched directing of Paul Mayersberg to the incompetent ... Read More Rating: - Not even worth the ONE STAR Why was this movie even made? This is the type of movie that Holywood producers see and think "Well, if it was written as a book first, we might as well throw away the script now." It gives a bad name to movies based on books. I have never read the original book, Nightfall, and have hardly touched any of Asimov's works, but this movie makes me want to keep away from any books by the "Renowned" and "Award Winning" author. The movie was obviously filmed in India and uses locals as extras. ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Genres - DVD - Video - General Science Fiction - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Genres - DVD - Video - Futuristic Science Fiction - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Genres - DVD - Video - Sci-Fi Action 4-for-3 DVD - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - 4-for-3 All DVDs ( B ) - Actors & Actresses - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - Burns, Jennifer