SYNOPSIS

In 1979, producer Glen A. Larson (Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team) revived the character of Buck Rogers (originally created in 1928) for a television pilot for NBC. The result got a theatrical release, only to appear a year later on television as a prelude to a series starring Gil Gerard as the astronaut who goes on a space mission, only to awaken 500 years later on a severely different Earth and be chosen to aid a special defence organisation due to his superior piloting skills. In the second season, Buck becomes a crew member on the Seacher, a spacecraft on a mission to find lost tribes of Earth on other planets. Buck’s robot assistant is voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

March 30, 1979

DIRECTOR

Daniel Haller

WRITER

Glen A. Larson & Leslie Stevens (writer)

COMPANY

Universal Pictures

GENRE

Sci-Fi, Adventure

CERT

PG

RUNTIME

89 minutes

IMAGES