The Uranus Experiment
1999 pornographic science fiction film by John Millerman
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The Uranus Experiment is a 1999 three-part pornographic science fiction video produced by the Swedish production and distribution company Private Media Group that is notable for being partially shot in microgravity.[1][2] In a scene from the second part, the performers Sylvia Saint and Nick Lang have sex in zero gravity for about 20 seconds.[3] The scene was shot during a parabolic flight.
- Sylvia Saint
- Wanda Curtis
- Bettina Campbell
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| Directed by | John Millerman |
| Screenplay by | John Millerman |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Language | English |
The filming process for the microgravity scene was particularly difficult from a technical and logistical standpoint. Budget constraints allowed for only one take for the microgravity shot.[4] The other "zero-gravity" shots in the film are faked.[3]
Described as an "anal space opera",[5] the film features music by Liam Howlett from The Prodigy and Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack.[6][7]
Its director John Millerman was nominated in the Best Script category in the 1999 Nebula Awards by a disgruntled group of science fiction authors as a protest against the policies of the awarding body.[4][8] It did not win the award, which was won by M. Night Shyamalan for his script for his film The Sixth Sense.[9]
Regarding the possibility of amateurs hiring a parabolic flight plane to emulate the film, Berth Milton, Jr, the CEO of Private Media Group, said that "You would not want to be afraid of flying, that's for sure!"[6]
