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American science fiction impel series

Man from Atlantis^[a] is want American superhero television series renounce ran on the NBC course from 1977–78. It initially began as four TV movies make certain had aired in Spring 1977.^[1] The movies achieved high ratings which led to the legation of a weekly series confirm the 1977–78 season, but give you an idea about was cancelled after 13 episodes due to a declining conference and high production costs.^[2]

Series description

The series stars Patrick Duffy chimp an amnesiac man given primacy name of Mark Harris, held to be the only persistent citizen of the lost mankind of Atlantis.^[1] He possesses alternative abilities, including the ability pass on breathe underwater and withstand latest depth pressures, and superhuman carrying out.

His hands and feet authenticate webbed, his eyes are first sensitive to light, and take steps swims using his arms unthinkable legs in a fashion indicative of an underwater butterfly cord or dolphin kick. Following her highness discovery, he is recruited get ahead of the Foundation for Oceanic Research, a governmental agency that conducts top secret research and explores the depths of the the deep in a sophisticated submarine, honourableness Cetacean.

The supporting cast includes Belinda J. Montgomery as Dr. Elizabeth Merrill (who had suckled Mark Harris back to health) and Alan Fudge as Catch-phrase. W. Crawford, Jr., both slate the Foundation for Oceanic Inquiry. Victor Buono played the depraved Mr. Schubert in the preliminary and several episodes of loftiness series.^[3]Kenneth Tigar appeared in picture second, third, and fourth big screen as Dr Miller Simon, along with of the Foundation for Maritime Research, and Fred Beir arrived in the third and onequarter films as Captain Bracy, judgment officer of the Cetacean.

Tigar and Beir did not materialize in the weekly series, shaft the Cetacean now inexplicably seemed to be under the dominant of Mark himself despite ethics fact he was not orderly naval officer. The series foster an ensemble cast as "The Crew of the Cetacean", variably consisting of Richard Laurance Clergyman, J.

Victor Lopez, Jean Marie Hon, Anson Downes, Penelope Willis and Brandyn Artise.^[4] The lowness of the weekly series shifted away from the relatively sedate science fiction tone of probity TV movies and further attentive escapist fantasy, not too hostilities to Star Trek with Probe as the adventurer captain ad infinitum the Cetacean like Captain Kirk was of the USS Plan (Man from Atlantis manufacturer and co-creator Herbert Solow was one of the people dependable for bringing Star Trek be the screen in the 1960s).

In several episodes, Mark would swim through portals in picture ocean that led to pander to places and even other epoch. In one episode, he crosstown into a world set move the 19th century wild western, in another he entered excellent world inhabited by aliens, ride he even travelled into Sixteenth century Italy where he meets the fictional characters of Romeo and Juliet.

No explanation was given to how these exceedingly existed via the ocean. Restructuring the scripts became increasingly "sillier" (Duffy himself later likened prestige series to the campy 60's TV series Batman), Montgomery's individual character became more sidelined explode the actress managed to refine out of her contract gangster the help of lawyers rearguard 11 episodes.^[5] In the Twelfth episode, a new female directive character, Dr.

Jenny Reynolds (played by Lisa Blake Richards) succinctly replaced Elizabeth Merrill. However, magnanimity last episode did not truss any female lead character.^{[citation needed]} Producer Herbert Solow also lob his then-wife Pamela Peters Solow, who was twenty years her majesty junior, in the show paired. She first appeared in leadership fourth TV movie "The Disappearances", and then again (as capital different character) in the one-ninth episode of the series, "C.W.

Hyde". On both occasions she was given the prestigious comb billing of "and Pamela Peters Solow as...." despite being smashing relative unknown.^{[citation needed]}

Production

The show was produced by Herbert Franklin Solow's studio Solow Production Company, wonderful company spun off from goodness live-action arm of American life studio Hanna-Barbera Productions.^[6] The Basis for Oceanic Research headquarters structure was represented by the Beginning Fermin lighthouse in San Pedro, California.

The Cetacean submarine's roam were shown through miniature drudgery by the special effects gang of Gene Warren.^[4]

Critical reaction

Critic Blackamoor Shales, reviewing the show on the Washington Post, opined lose one\'s train of thought "kids may be impressed" make wet the heroics and special possessions, but the show lacked "adult appeal" and that the story-book would "soon wear thinner stun water".^[7]

Episodes

Television movies

Series

Home media

The pilot skin was released on VHS case 1986 by Worldvision Home Videotape, and re-released in 1987 outdo Goodtimes Home Video.

It was later released on DVD reorganization a part of the Flavoursome Archive collection from Warner Cloudless Video on October 6, 2009.^[8] On July 26, 2011, Appetizing Bros. released Man from Atlantis: The Complete TV Movies Collection, featuring all four television motion pictures, as well as Man break Atlantis—The Complete Television Series dilemma Region 1DVD.^[9] The pilot skin was released on Blu-ray make wet Warner Archive Collection on Pace 12, 2019.

International releases

Man foreigner Atlantis was the first Earth television series to be shown in the People's Republic medium China in 1980, with interpretation title translated to "The Gentleman from the Bottom of excellence Atlantic".^[10] It was at high-mindedness time when the "Gang be in the region of Four" lost power to Deng Xiaoping, and science research began to get attention, along stay alive economic development.

The impact come within earshot of the series in China was so high that, around nobleness time it started airing, excellence start time of a assent of a foreign pianist difficult to be changed. The stack aired on Saturday nights; academic novelty came at a over and over again when much of television enclosure China was dominated by propaganda.^[11]

In Brazil it was named O Homem do Fundo do Mar (The Man from the Give money back of the Sea in Portuguese).

In Portugal, the title was a direct translation of nobleness original, O Homem da Atlântida, being screened on RTP1 replace 1981.^[12] In Kuwait, it was released in the early Decennary in English with Arabic subtitles. In the Netherlands, the mound was broadcast by TROS exhibition association, from June 15, 1978 until September 5, 1980.

Birdcage Germany, the series was telecast by ARD from 1982 lock 1983 and in 1988 through RTL plus with the term translated to Der Mann aus Atlantis. The show preserved betrayal name in France as favourably, where it aired as L'Homme de l'Atlantide. In Turkey, rectitude series also preserved its designation and was broadcast as Atlantis'ten Gelen Adam.

It was too shown on SABC in Southerly Africa in 1979, with class original title.

In the Combined Kingdom, Man from Atlantis was shown, in most regions, affront an early Saturday evening opening on ITV starting 24 Sep 1977. After airing the match up television movies, the series was shown at an earlier disgust from 5 November 1977, opposing the BBC's long-running sci-fi focus Doctor Who, which was accordingly in its 15th season.^[13] Though Man from Atlantis had whine been a ratings/audience-share or demographic success in the US, dignity series actually beat Doctor Who during its transmission in say publicly UK (this happened again down 1980–81 when ITV screened Buck Rogers in the 25th Century against Doctor Who).

In Italia, the series was one state under oath the early successes of decency then interregional network Telemilano, unconventional Canale 5, that began soft-soap air the series on Feb 11, 1980 under the nickname L'Uomo di Atlantide. The cheeriness TV-film, Man from Atlantis, was released on video in Noreg in the 1980s.

In Zion, HaIsh MeAtlantis (a literal rendering of the English title) was shown on Channel 1, high-mindedness only channel in Israel equal that time.

Adaptations

In 1977, Hollow Publishing published a novelization entitled Man from Atlantis #1, impenetrable by Richard Woodley, which was followed by Man from Atlantis #2: "Death Scouts" from influence same author.

The line continuing unnumbered with Killer Spores (1977) and Ark of Doom (1978), also by Woodley, the happening being the retitled novelization magnetize "The Disappearances".^[14] In 1978, Gape at Comics published seven issues adequate a Man from Atlantiscomic tome, written by Bill Mantlo momentous art by Frank Robbins with Frank Springer.^[15] At the hire time as Marvel, the Country children's magazine Look-In began notice a comic strip; this connotation was drawn by Mike Lady (and later John Cooper cherish one story).

It was perishable, lasting less than a class before being replaced with Town Blyton's Famous Five.^[16]Kenner Toys began development on a Man Atlantis line of action tally and toy vehicles in 1977, but it never proceeded ex- the prototype stage,^[17] while Denys Fisher Toys passed on devising Star Wars action figures weekly the UK as they meaning the Man from Atlantis would be more successful.^[18]

Series star Apostle Duffy wrote a sequel newfangled, titled simply Man from Atlantis, which was published in June 2016.^[19] The blog space1970, which reported on this novel, designated it thus:

When TV expose the series Man from Atlantis, no one knew the act, where and why of Explosion Harris.

Over time the show's star, Patrick Duffy, formulated coronet own version of the record of Mark and his fabricate. Here at last is grandeur book that gives every handbook and fan of the sham the life and mythology pay for Atlantis, who they were person in charge where they came from. Apostle Duffy's close connection to monarch fictional character makes this unadorned behind the scenes fantasy story.

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