Supernova (2000 film)

Supernova is a 2000 science fiction horror film, from MetroGoldwynMayer. The film was written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill, credited as Thomas Lee. Thomas Lee was chosen as a directorial pseudonym for release, as the name Alan Smithee had become too well known as a badge of a film being disowned by its makers.

Supernova chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd century and its sixmember crew which includes captain and pilot A.J. Marley Robert Forster, copilot Nick Vanzant James Spader, medical officer Kaela Evers Angela Bassett, medical technician Yerzy Penalosa Lou Diamond Phillips, search and rescue paramedic Danika Lund Robin Tunney and computer technician Benjamin Sotomejor Wilson Cruz. Aboard their vessel, the Nightingale 229, they receive an emergency distress signal coming from an ice mining operation on the moon Titan 37, more than 3,000 light years away.The crew answers the call and dimension jumps during which Captain Marley suffers fatal injuries due to a malfunction of the ships equipment arriving in the path of Titan 37s debris cloud, some of which damages the ship and causes the loss of 82 percent of its maneuvering fuel. Worse still, Titanorbits a blue giant, and its high gravity field will pull the ship to the point where it will be incinerated inhours,minutes which happens to be almost the same amount of time that the Nightingale 229 will need to recharge its jump drive, their only possible hope for escape. With only an 11minute window for escape, the surviving crew soon find themselves in danger from the disturbing young man Peter Facinelli they rescue, and the mysterious alien artifact he has smuggled aboard. This artifact is analyzed by the ships computer and is said to contain ninthdimensional matter. ........

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