Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (film)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction film released in March 1979. Starring Gil Gerard in the title role, it was produced by Glen A. Larson who cowrote the screenplay with Leslie Stevens, based on the character Buck Rogers which was created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928.

In 1987, NASA astronaut Captain William Buck Rogers is piloting the space shuttle Rangerwhen he flies into an unexpected space phenomenon and is frozen for 504 years. In the year 2491, his shuttle is found drifting in space by the alien ship Draconia, which is headed to Earth for a trade conference, under the command of Princess Ardala and her aide de camp, Kane, a former native of Earth. Rogers is revived from his cryogenic sleep. Princess Ardala is visibly attracted to Buck, but Buck rebuffs the Princess and is put back on his shuttle and sent towards earth.It turns out though the Draconians are actually planning to conquer the Earth through staged pirate attacks on Earths shipping fleet, forcing Earth to seek a treaty with the Draconians and unwittingly opening up their defenses to the invaders. They plant a homing beacon aboard Rogers shuttle to track a way past Earths planetwide defense shield. Buck lands in New Chicago and is immediately taken into custody by Colonel Wilma Deering of Earths military forces. He is interrogated and learns that Earth has been rebuilt over the centuries in his absence following a nuclear holocaust, and now the only thing left is this big city surrounded by desert wasteland. Over the course of his time in detention, Buck makes the acquaintance of Dr. Huer, the leader of Earths Defense Directorate, the AI computer Dr. Theopolis, and the robot drone Twiki. ........

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