Skylab
nasa told them it was the soviets…they were wrong
synopsis
From writer director Rupert Glasson (Coffin Rock), Skylab is a taut, claustrophobic, edge-of-your-seat sci-fi thriller in which three astronauts find themselves stranded 200 miles above the Earth and forced into a desperate fight to the death with a malevolent alien. Set onboard NASA’s eponymous space station during The Cold War of the 1970s; the action takes place in the hours leading up to its famous crash landing in the Outback of Australia.
crew
Writer/Director Rupert Glasson’s previous film was the acclaimed thriller Coffin Rock shot on location in South Australia in 2009. Prior to that his short film Teratoma screened at many international festivals including Sundance 2004 where it was paired with the Grand Jury Prize winning Primer. Rupert is also a highly regarded director of music videos for Warners and Sony Music as well as numerous commercials and short films including Real Thing which won two Awards at Tropfest 2007.
David Lightfoot is one of the most experienced and highly regarded producers in Australia. His credits include the highly successful 2005 horror/thriller Wolf Creek, which premiered both at Sundance World Cinema and Cannes Directors Fortnight 2005, and earned over seven times its budget just in sales, The Weinstein Company’s action/thriller Rogue (2007), both written and directed by Greg McLean, and recently the Screen Australia financed thriller Coffin Rock.
James M. Vernon is one of Australia’s most prominent motion picture financier having co-financed Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm starring Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis and Charlotte Rampling, The Cup starring Brendan Gleeson and Stephen Curry and Gabriel starring Andy Whitfield. More recently Mr. Vernon co-financed Stephan Elliott’s A Few Best Men starring Xavier Samuel and Olivia Newton-John, Goddess starring Ronan Keating and John Doe starring Jamie Bamber.
