1999 pornographic science fiction film by John Millerman
The Uranus Experiment
Directed by
John Millerman
Screenplay by
John Millerman
Starring
Sylvia Saint
Wanda Curtis
Bettina Campbell
Music by
Liam Howlett
Robert Del Naja
Production company
Private Media Group
Release date
1999 (1999)
Running time
136 minutes
Language
English
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]
^Brooke, Michael (February 27, 1999). "The Uranus Experiment Review". www.thedigitalfix.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^Zero gravity Невесомость : a cultural user's guide. Nicola Triscott, Rob La Frenais, Arts Catalyst. [London, Eng.]: Arts Catalyst. 2005. p. 42. ISBN 0-9534546-4-9. OCLC 60192494.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ abAnders, Charlie Jane (11 November 2010). "Greatest Zero-Gravity Sex Scenes of All Time [NSFW]". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ ab"Zero Gravity Sex Film Up for Award". SPACE.com. 16 May 2000. Archived from the original on 20 June 2000. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
^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
^ ab"'To Boldly Go': Star Trek, Sex and Space". SPACE.com. 16 May 2000. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
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