Summaries

A man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where women rule the world and men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.

Dylan Hunt is a 20th century man awakened from suspended animation on a post-apocalyptic Earth, now a member of PAX, the last remnant of technological civilization. When a PAX leader is critically wounded by violent mutants, Dylan and his teammates must seek out a missing surgeon, lost long ago in a mysterious agrarian region where women claim all the power and all men are inexplicably subservient and traded as slaves.—Anonymous

Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member of PAX, the colony of people who revived him. Dylan and his PAX team find another colony which is ruled by women and where all men are slaves. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and organizes a rebellion. Dylan once again has a profound influence in the new world that he finds himself in, in the year 2133.—Matt DeMars

Details

Keywords
  • psychotronic film
  • 22nd century
  • low budget sci fi movie
  • astronomical object in title
  • suspended animation
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Sci-Fi
  • Drama
Release date Apr 22, 1974
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Production companies Warner Bros. Television

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 14m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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