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The Six Million Dollar Man

1973 · 74 min

A earnest, gently pulpy seventies adventure about a man rebuilt by technology, easy to watch and quietly stirring.

Directed by: Richard Irving
Genres: Science fiction, Adventure, Tv movie
Starring: Lee Majors, Barbara Anderson, Martin Balsam

Overview: Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger and more resilient than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.

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Directed by: Richard Irving
Genres: Science fiction, Adventure, Tv movie
Starring: Lee Majors, Barbara Anderson, Martin Balsam

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
technology
survival
power
loyalty
Places: hospital
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	3
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: science fiction, adventure, tv movie
Directed by: Richard Irving
Written by: Howard Rodman, Tom Greene, Terrence McDonnell, Melvin Levy
Starring: Lee Majors, Barbara Anderson, Martin Balsam, Darren McGavin, Charles Robinson, Ivor Barry, Dorothy Green, Anne Whitfield
Music: Gil Mellé
Cinematography: Emil Oster
Runtime: 74 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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