The Uranus Experiment

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The Uranus Experiment
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Directed byJohn Millerman
Screenplay byJohn Millerman
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Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
136 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Uranus Experiment is a 1999 three-part pornographic science fiction video produced by the Swedish production and distribution company Private Media Group that is notable for being partially shot in microgravity. [1] [2] In a scene from the second part, the performers Sylvia Saint and Nick Lang have sex in zero gravity for about 20 seconds. [3] The scene was shot during a parabolic flight.

The filming process for the microgravity scene was particularly difficult from a technical and logistical standpoint. Budget constraints allowed for only one take for the microgravity shot. [4] The other "zero-gravity" shots in the film are faked. [3]

Described as an "anal space opera", [5] the film features music by Liam Howlett from The Prodigy and Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack. [6] [7]

Its director John Millerman was nominated in the Best Script category in the 1999 Nebula Awards by a disgruntled group of science fiction authors as a protest against the policies of the awarding body. [4] [8] It did not win the award, which was won by M. Night Shyamalan for his script for his film The Sixth Sense . [9]

Regarding the possibility of amateurs hiring a parabolic flight plane to emulate the film, Berth Milton, Jr, the CEO of Private Media Group, said that "You would not want to be afraid of flying, that's for sure!" [6]

References

  1. ↑ Brooke, Michael (February 27, 1999). "The Uranus Experiment Review". www.thedigitalfix.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  2. ↑ Nicola Triscott; Rob La Frenais, eds. (2005). Zero gravity Невесомость : a cultural user's guide. London: Arts Catalyst. p. 42. ISBN   0-9534546-4-9. OCLC   60192494.
  3. 1 2 Anders, Charlie Jane (11 November 2010). "Greatest Zero-Gravity Sex Scenes of All Time [NSFW]". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  4. 1 2 "Zero Gravity Sex Film Up for Award". SPACE.com. 16 May 2000. Archived from the original on 20 June 2000. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Szoverfy Milter, Katalin; Slade, Joseph W. (2020-12-31), Sigel, Lisa Z. (ed.), "Global Traffic in Pornography: The Hungarian Example" , International Exposure, Rutgers University Press, pp. 173–204, doi:10.36019/9780813541044-009, ISBN   978-0-8135-4104-4, S2CID   225035738 , retrieved 2022-05-25
  6. 1 2 "'To Boldly Go': Star Trek, Sex and Space". SPACE.com. 16 May 2000. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
  7. ↑ "TALKIN' LEWD". NME. 1999-03-28. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  8. ↑ "The Uranus Experiment: Part 2". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  9. ↑ "1999 Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-25.


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