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Outland

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On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while investigating a rash of worker suicides. From TMDB

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    Outland (1981) Directed by Peter Hyams

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  • Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2026

    OUTLAND, a movie where Sean Connery is surprised his wife leaves him when the first thing he does in the movie is threaten to knock his kid's teeth out. Hell, it's Connery, who knows if that was in the script or not.

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  • Trevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    My new ranking of the Alien film franchise is: Alien > Alien 3 > Outland > Aliens > Covenant - - - the rest

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  • unimonsterfanboy.bsky.social @unimonsterfanboy.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    45 years ago today, Outland (1981) was released in theaters. Love this movie. #80sSciFi #SeanConnery #WarnerBros

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  • Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    Speaking of OUTLAND, here’s the hardcover edition of Jim Steranko’s adaptation of the movie I got a few years ago from a friend.

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  • Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2025

    Last night’s film, OUTLAND (1981). In the period between Bond & his late 1980s renaissance as older sex symbol, Sean Connery did some really Interesting films. Solid mix of low-fi SF, western & bad town noir. Could argue Connery at his best when he wasn’t firm in his footing, as seems the case here

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    #NowWatching Outland (1981) Dir: Peter Hyams #Movies #Film #Sci-Fi

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    My fav film from each yr of the 1980s: 1980: The Empire Strikes Back 1981: Outland 1982: The Wrath Of Khan 1983: Local Hero 1984: This Is Spinal Tap 1985: Ran 1986: Aliens 1987: Robocop 1988: Die Hard 1989: When Harry Met Sally Can’t help but wish it was more Sight & Sound.But I Yam What I Yam.

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  • Chris Weston @westonfront.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2026

    Name your fav supporting actor/actress in a film Frances Sternhagen in "Outland". The only actress who stole scenes from Sean Connery.

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  • Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2026

    Ooh - I might be getting my hands on a set of original 1981 Outland movie lobby cards. Offer submitted. Fingers crossed.

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  • Lee Grice @leegrice.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    Tonight's movie... OUTLAND (1981)

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  • Arlan Skellington (famous) @thehell.zoneBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    is Outland (1981) a flawless movie? we asked film historian Arlan Hellison and he had this to say: “yes”

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  • David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2024

    Still affected by the weather here. Not as windy but no good for pics. Only clouds in the sky. I had an enjoyable evening despite the gloom. Watched a film called "Outland."

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  • Grail @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 18, 2026

    Mickey 17 is like Alien if it was good. I think Alien is a solid 7/12. The individual elements are pretty good, but the bait and switch really brings it down. I prefer Outland (1981) for the capitalism in space stuff, and Terminator for the sci-fi monster movie stuff. The two themes are both good, but they don't reach a unification like they do in the sequel, Aliens. But Mickey 17 is a 10/12 that takes the individual elements of Alien, and makes a better story out of them. The aliens are…

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  • Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2023

    Another forgotten masterpiece, his final comics work, was a adaptation of the Sean Connery sci-fi film Outland. It appeared in installments for an entire year in Heavy Metal mag. It's jaw-dropping! Also not collected & completely forgotten. How is it that an ouvre so good is mostly unknown?

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  • Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2026

    The shuttle from 'Outland' is a stunning piece of work and it's ahuge shame we don't get to see more of itin the film. In fact, the entire Con-Am mining base was a fantastic piece of model work.

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  • Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2024

    I recently went to Bristol to Forbidden Worlds Film Festival to see a whole host of 70s, 80s, and 90s cult classics - like Speed, Stargate, Nikita, Outland, Timecop, Foxy Brown, Capricorn One, Last Starfighter, Blue Steel, and many more - on an IMAX-sized screen! Let's talk all about it!

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  • Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    The great sleeper sci-fi movie Outland has been remastered to Blu-Ray. If you have a player, it's probably worth it.

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  • Gavin Miller @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 13, 2026

    Just rewatched Outland, aka the Sean Connery western in space, and it's just so fucking good. Not to be one of those insufferable dorks, but the 4k looks a million dollars too. What a film, way better than I remembered it being, and I remembered it being fucking class.

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  • Robb Neumann @robbneu.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    I’m not the only one to think the movie “Outland” might take place in the same universe depicted in “Alien,” but I’m starting to think the original “Rollerball” might be a prequel to both.

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  • We Are the Mutants @wearethemutants.comBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    Maybe even more than the film, Jim Steranko's 1981 graphic adaptation of Outland conveys the deeply noir, deeply cyberpunk elements of the story that would find completion a year later in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

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  • David Mack @davidmack.proBluesky · May 24, 2026

    My wife just gave me a 4K UltraHD Blu-ray copy of OUTLAND for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. I’ve always thought this movie was great and criminally under-rated.

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  • Ed Hammond @se13ed.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2024

    At the end of Christmas term we had a whole-school film - projector in the main hall, etc etc - and one year the teacher in charge thought it would be good to show 90 7-10 year olds the Sean Connery sci-fi "Outland" - a great film but there was *lots* of crying

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  • Adm Naismith 🖖🏳️‍🌈 ☮️ 🇺🇦 📎🌮 @admnaismith.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2026

    Again: See's a science fiction movie (Outland, 1981), and takes the wrong message from it. Again!

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  • Imran Sheikh @indieimmy.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2026

    My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of Outland boxd.it/3CLYUj

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  • 😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    Ultimately agree with both Siskel and Ebert on Outland: it was a fun movie with a clever High Noon conceit in space, but it needed better antagonists. This brings to something I’m gonna call the Split Review Principle: anytime Siskel and Ebert disagree on a movie, that movie is ripe for a remake.

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  • Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    OUTLAND opened 45 years ago today, and @soulsmithy.bsky.social tackled it for us when it landed on Blu-ray in 2012. filmfreakcentral.net/2012/08/outl...

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  • Imran Sheikh @indieimmy.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    Happy 45th anniversary to the film #Outland starring Sean Connery which was released #OTD 22/5/81. Written and directed by Peter Hyams.

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  • Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2026

    As long as you keep showing up for the likes of Outland, The Shout, Blood Tide, Body Melt and Razorback on an IMAX screen, we'll keep showing 'em. Forbidden Worlds Film Festival returns to Bristol Megascreen: 23-26 April 2026. www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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  • Gary Erskine @garyerskine.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    Love how you used the Con-Am 27 logo colours for the cover and packaging art. Very dynamic. OUTLAND is a favourite film here and delighted to see a 4K restoration of this classic with your art on it.

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  • Brian Ashford @brianbloodaxe.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2026

    Star Wars James Bond Transformers The Movie Outland Forbidden Planet Starship Troopers Seven Samurai Mad Max Blade Runner Hackers Evil Dead Monty Python

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  • Robin Connolly (He/Him) @robinlikecrazy.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    Spell a film you love with the first letters of other films you love… Outland (‘81) Never Take Sweets From a Stranger (‘60) I Was Born, But… (‘32) Bitter Rice (‘49) Alien (‘79) Betrayed (‘88) Anatomy of a Murder (‘59) (‘64)

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  • mdk1701.bsky.social @mdk1701.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    This year is the 45th anniversary of this movie. #OUTLAND (1981) 🌌👨‍🚀🛰 #FullMoonFrights

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  • David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    In loving memory of the legendary Frances Sternhagen, Tony/Emmy-winning character actress of film, stage, and television on her 96th birthday, wonderful in UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, THE HOSPITAL, OUTLAND, MISERY, THE MIST, CHEERS, SEX AND THE CITY, THE LARAMIE PROJECT, THE CLOSER, and much more.

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  • How the Fuck Rich Boswell @bozbuckeye.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    Watching Outland . If you love sci-fi we should be following each other . This movie isn’t great but it is good and underrated in my opinion .

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  • K. Cook & Cats, Co. @kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    I'm on a bit of a roll. There were 2 other ones I've already forgotten, so this is 4. Outland, with (inexplicably) Sean Connery. 1981. Classic film. Kidding! Only weirdos know/like it. reelrank.net/m/outland_1981 Anyone else on #ReelRank added any fun or interesting #films lately? 🤓 #FilmSky 📽️

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  • EvolvingWild @evolvingwild.evolving-hockey.comBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    Notes: - None of us knew anything about Outland and it was awesome - such a great sci-fi movie. Highly recommended - Holy shit The Happening is awful good lord - After years of hearing about it, I was pleasantly surprised by Wild Things. What a wild movie - Virtuosity was ridiculous. 10/10

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  • ]|[nquisitor S. (Lexicanum) @inquisitors.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2026

    It's still way too warm to sleep. So at least starting with this one which I don't think I have ever seen completely: #Outland (1981) - which I always thought was called "OutlandER" 😅 #FilmSky #DVD #PhysicalMedia

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  • allfrightner @allflicker.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    This is where the movie really becomes “High Noon in Space” #Outland #FullMoonFrights

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  • MuddyFunster @fuddymunster.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    Vaugn coming into the movie like a TOTAL PIMP And yeah, as I'm sure we're all about to point out at once ("DID YOU KNOW, OUTLAND IS HIGH NOON IN SPACE"), he's basically playing the same character he played in Magnificent Seven. #TheFilmCrowd

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  • wadcorp @wadcorp.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    Seven directors of your choice for the seven days of the week until 2026. Name the film and director. Provide an image. 5/7 Film: Outland (1981) Director: Peter Hyams #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge

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  • "Proficient" @philr8.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2025

    I love 2010. Wish there were more movies like it. Outland is another good movie from the same time/aesthetic.

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  • Gary Erskine @garyerskine.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2023

    OUTLAND is my Go To film when travelling in no small part to the chemistry between Sean Connery and Frances Sternhagen. They're great together on screen and she definitely held her own against the surly Marshall. Sad to hear of her passing.

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  • RW Scott @rrwscott.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    I think Outland is an ok film. some of it works, some of it doesn't. this scene however might be my favorite (little) Connery speech. it feels real, like he's talking about that moment in his career. Sternhagen's misty reaction seems authentic too. #FilmSky 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJg...

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  • Quinn Space, No One Can Hear You Scream @qjtbailey.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    if you have ever wondered "what if Outland, Saw VI, and Tetsuo: The Iron Man were the same movie?" then boy howdy do I have a film for you

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  • Liana Kerzner @redlianak.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2026

    Currently watching the 1981 film Outland with Sean Connery and... Holy crap Mass Effect borrowed SO MUCH from this movie. There's even a character named Sheppard in it

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  • DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2026

    In the 1981 film Outland, John Ratzenberger plays a miner. He later becomes Cliff Calvin on Cheers. Frances Sternhagen, in the same film Outland, plays a doctor. She later becomes Cliff Clavin's Mom, Esther, on Cheers. And Outland must have hired the alien set designers, costume designers, wild!

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  • Dave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.orgBluesky · Mar 2, 2026

    Oh wow this is fascinating! Today I discovered that the spacesuit worn by Craig Charles in the intro to the first series (painting the F) were originally made for the 1981 Sean Connery film Outland, with the air supply piece coming from the film Aliens. Recycling at its best.

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  • Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2026

    So after OUTLAND, did anyone make a movie about a space colony sheriff who comes under siege from a gang after the sheriff arrests the leader's brother and the only people he's got help him are his drunk partner and a rookie?

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  • ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡ @beetlenaut.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    honestly I am pretty close to this, only Id throw covenant into a fire and replace it with resurrection but Outland is absolutely an Alien film in all by name

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  • Steve @jomsbrin.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    Rewatch: Outland (1981)

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  • Drewcifer Rising 🎃😈 @drewdietsch.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2025

    OUTLAND is the next movie we record for GV and it's because I thought we'd already covered it! Part of our Weird Westerns theme month. We just did COP LAND and my co-host fell in love with it. This is a killer month for LAND movies! #filmsky #moviesky 📽️🎬

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  • JohhnX @johhnx.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2024

    Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films: M: Metropolis O: Outland V: V for Vendetta I: In the Name of the Father E: Equilibrium Just the first which came into my mind.

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  • pixelkitties🐭 🦆 @pixelkitties.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2023

    Dang, we’ll its close! It’s a movie called Outland where Sean Connery is dealing with stim addiction, a checkered past and murders on a mining colony on Jupiter. It’s good and very early 80s!

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  • Spookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Yet again ruminating on how the ending of Outland is a massive drop in quality from the rest of the movie.

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  • Just Bacon 🥓 @borntoeatbacon.comBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    Share an ACTION movie title that begins with the letter "O” or “P” 🎥 O is for… ‘Outland' 🖤

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  • Piratedan7 @piratedan7.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2026

    fave film for each year of the 1980s 1980 - Airplane 1981 - Outland 1982 - Blade Runner 1983 - Trading Places 1984 - Buckaroo Banzai 1985 - Real Genius 1986 - Big Trouble In Little China 1987 - The Princess Bride 1988 - A Fish Called Wanda 1989 - Batman ymmv

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  • Andy 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇲🇽 @clindyguy66.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    While not his most famous film, I liked Outland.

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  • Toxoplasma Gandhi @ultrafetzig.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2026

    Sorry honey I'm getting violently decompressed in the airlock of the movie Outland, just put dinner in the fridge

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  • KosmicKris @kosmickris.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social Wonderful to receive Outland through the post this morning :) I've been dying to see the film for ages!

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Sean Connery
Marshal William T. O'Niel
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Peter Boyle
Mark Sheppard
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Frances Sternhagen
Dr. Lazarus
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James B. Sikking
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Kika Markham
Carol O'Niel
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Clarke Peters
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