John Barry is a deeply respected set designer, responsible for the Korova Milk Bar in A Clockwork Orange, the cantina in Star Wars, and the Fortress of Solitude in Superman, among other starkly original film locales. But when it came time to make his own film, Saturn 3, things fell apart.
The setup for Saturn 3 is fine: Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas are a May-December Adam and Eve in space. Then Harvey Keitel arrives. With a clumsy robot.
John Barry escaped from Saturn 3 just in time to work on the sequel to Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back. But from there, his story took a tragic turn.
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Show Notes
Books
Film Design Terence St. John Marner, Michael Stringer Tantivy Press, 1974
British Film Culture in the 1970s By Sue Harper, Justin Smith · 2013
The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman by Glenn Yeffeth
Magazines
Brosnan, John (July 1980). “Saturn 3”. Starbust Magazine. No. 23. p. 12.
Brender, Alan (April 1980). “Saturn 3”. Starlog. p. 17.
Crawley, Tony (March 1980). “Saturn 3”. Starburst. p. 28-33.
Websites
The Making of Saturn 3 http://makingofsaturn3.com
Web of Stories – Billy Williams Interview http://webofstories.com/story/search?q=billy+williams
Roger Christian’s website http://rogerchristian.ca/
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