Search - Battlestar Galactica on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1979 DVD Release: 06/08/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Action, Space Adventure See Also: Battlestar Galactica

This feature-length movie is a re-edited version of the first few episodes of the TV series. The story line concerns a spaceship full of survivors of a doomed planet who are headed to the Earth. Led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), they encounter villainous robots, threatening their journey to find Earth. ~ All Movie Guide

Lorne Greene - Cmdr. Adama
Richard Hatch - Capt. Apollo
Jane Seymour - Serina
Dirk Benedict - Lt. Starbuck

This Battlestar Galactica movie comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that produces an image with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are no subtitles, but the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include production notes, and biographies of the actors. This is a decent release from Universal that will be of interest primarily to fans of the series and science-fiction enthusiasts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide