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Apparently Disney's answer to Star Wars, at $20 million it was the most expensive picture produced by the company to date and their first to be given a PG rating. It was not well received by critics and did poorly in the box office, although the special effects and matte work were praised. The film was nominated for cinematography and visual effects Academy Awards.

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An Earth exploratory ship, the USS Palomino, discovers a black holeThis article is about the astronomical body. For other uses, see Black hole (disambiguation). roche limit. Infalling matter forms an accretion disk, with some of the matter being ejected in highly energetic polar jets. A black hole is a concentration of m with a lost ship, the USS Cygnus, on its event horizonFor the science fiction film, see Event Horizon (film An event horizon is a boundary in spacetime for a given observer beyond which no information, including light, can reach the observer. The most famous example is a black hole, which for a distant and s. To solve the mystery of the Cygnus, Palomino captain Dan Holland (Forster), his first officer Charlie Pizer (Bottoms), journalist Harry Booth (Borgnine), scientist and ESP-sensitive Kate McCrae (Mimieux), Dr. Alex Durant (Perkins), and the robotFor the 2005 computer-animated movie see " Robots (movie) Definitions In practical usage, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program or, a set of general guidelines, u V.I.N.CENT board the ship where they meet its captain, Dr. Hans Reinhardt (Schell) and his army of robots, headed by the sinister Maximillian.

Reinhardt, a prominent scientist last seen twenty years ago, claims he is the only human aboard the vessel. But the Palomino crew's suspicion are raised as Booth observes one humanoid robot (who walks with a limp) tending an enormous vegetable garden and Holland observes a "space burial" being conducted by others. An older version of V.I.N.CENT aboard the Cygnus, Old B.O.B., reveals that the crew of the Cygnus mutinied against Reinhardt when he chose to keep the Cygnus in proximity to the black hole. After killing the ringleaders of the rebellion (particularly Frank McCrae, Kate's father), he used the fully automated robots aboard the ship, particularly Maximillian, to lobotomize the remainder of his crew and make them the humanoid robots on the Cygnus bridge. Durant is killed and McCrae is sent to be lobotomized when they discover this truth. While the rest of the crew goes to rescue Kate, journalist Harry Booth attempts to escape alone in the Palomino, but Reinhardt destroys the ship. The resulting firefight between the Palomino's crew and the Cygnus robots renders the ship vulnerable to the gravitational stresses caused by the black hole, which destroys the ship. Holland, Pizer, McCrae, and V.I.N.CENT escape aboard the Cygnus's probe ship, which Reinhardt had preset to enter the black hole itself, believing there was another universe through it. As the Palomino survivors reach the bottom of the Black Hole, they discover that have crossed over into an alternate dimension in which exists HeavenThe heavens are the sky, the celestial sphere, or outer space. Indeed, sky is the original meaning of the word Heaven''. Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many world religions or spiritual philosophies. Those who believe in heaven generally hold tha and HellHell is, according to many religious beliefs about the afterlife, a place of torment, of great weeping and gnashing of teeth. The English word 'hell' comes from the Norse Hel', which originally referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld. In most reli. As Reinhardt is condemned to eternal damnation (encased forever in the metal body of Maximillian), the crew of the Palomino passes through Heaven, encountering an AngelThis article describes supernatural creatures; for other meanings, see angel (disambiguation). Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus ( El Greco, 1575) An angel is a spiritual being which assists and serves God or the gods in many religious tr along the way, and then journeys on into a new reality of existence.