''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. In a scene from the second part, the performers
Sylvia Saint and Nick Lang have sex in zero gravity for about 20 seconds.
The scene was shot during a
parabolic flight.
Although shot in microgravity conditions, the scene does not count as an example of
sex in space
The conditions governing sex in space (intercourse, conception and procreation while weightless) have become a necessary study due to plans for long-duration space missions. Issues include disrupted circadian rhythms, radiation, isolation, stre ...
because it was shot in the Earth's atmosphere below the
Kármán line.
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.
The other "zero-gravity" shots in the film are faked.
[
Described as an "anal space opera", the film features music by ]Liam Howlett
Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 21 August 1971) is an English record producer, musician, songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band The Prodigy, and an occasional DJ.
Early years
Howlett was born in Braintree, Essex, En ...
from The Prodigy and Robert Del Naja
Robert Del Naja (; born 21 January 1965), also known as 3D, is a British artist, musician, singer and songwriter. He emerged as a graffiti artist and member of the Bristol collective the Wild Bunch, and later as a founding member and sole cons ...
from Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall.
The debut Massive Attack album '' Blue Lines'' was releas ...
.[
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.]The Sixth Sense
''The Sixth Sense'' is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient ( Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead.
Released ...
''.Berth Milton, Jr
Berth or berthing may refer to:
Transport
* Berthing, a cabin on a ship or train
* Berthing (spacecraft), the placement of a spacecraft into a berthing mechanism through the use of a robotic arm
* Berth (moorings)
* Berth (sleeping)
Other ...
, the CEO of Private Media Group, said that "You would not want to be afraid of flying, that's for sure!"
References
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1990s pornographic films
1990s science fiction films
Weightlessness
1990s English-language films
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