briefly and enjoy the book . love scifi . think burt lancaster and barbara carrera and nigel davenport do the best they can in this movie . but ( sorry and have to say but ) michael york be definitely graduate of hambone school of overact and like ben cross ( remember the far pavilion . ) . for my taste and he pretty much suck the juice out of any scene he in . combine with some script hole and and you have get a mediocre movie and which be still much good than the marlon brando or val kilmer version .