Alien Planet (2005)
May 14, 2005Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Wayne D. Barlowe
Himself / Executive Producer
Curtis Clark
Himself
James Garvin
Himself
Jamie Haines
Himself
Stephen Hawking
Himself
Jamie Hanes
Self
Jack Horner
Himself
Joan Horvath
Himself
Michio Kaku
Himself
George Lucas
Himself
John C. McGinley
Narrator
Victoria Meadows
Himself
David Moriarty
Himself
Randy Pollock
Himself
J. Craig Venter
Himself
James Kirkland
Himself
John Copeland
Producer
Peter Crabbe
Writer
Fran LoCascio
Producer
Pierre de Lespinois
Director / Editor / Producer / Executive Producer
Oliver Dear
Storyboard
Bret Harding
Editor
Brian Gonosey
Editor
Dean Grinsfelder
Music
Tomi Landis
Executive Producer
Frances LoCascio
Executive Producer
Frances LoCascio
Producer
Steve Eder
Writer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Alien Planet is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book Expedition by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, Alien Planet explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional planet Darwin IV in the style of a nature documentary. Although closely following Barlowe's depiction of Darwin IV, Alien Planet features a team of scientists and science fiction figures discussing Darwin IV as if it had actually been discovered. Among the people featured are Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking, Jack Horner, James B. Garvin and George Lucas.
Alien Planet garnered positive reviews as a thought-provoking programme, though some criticism was raised concerning the strange creatures featured, which some reviewers saw as bordering on implausible.