Icarus (1992 film)

Icarus is a 1992 Canadian science-fiction drama film written and directed by Nicolas Argyll, loosely based on the Ray Bradbury short story Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1956) previously adapted in 1962 as an animated short film. It tells the story of astronaut Jedediah Prentiss (Robert Downey Jr.) in the year 1999 who is prepairing for a launch as the first man to Mars (the Moon in the original story) all while contemplating his past and looking back at the history of flight.

The film marked Argyll's return to genre filmmaking after the 1990 comedy A Man on the Run underpeformed. The film also marked his first production in Canada since 1981's Electric. He decided to adapt a Ray Bradbury story to the screen, eventually picking Icarus Montgolfier Wright as the source. As a result of advancing technology between 1956 and 1992 as well as the succesful moon landing, Argyll decided to update it to reflect current advances in Space Flight, with assistance from the Canadian Space Agency for authenticity.

Plot
TBA

Cast

 * Robert Downey Jr. as Jedediah Prentiss

Release
The film was financed by Alliance Communications, who handled the Canadian distribution for the film with the US distribution pre-sold to Seven Arts (a New Line/Carolco joint-venture).

Home Media

 * 1993 LIVE Entertainment VHS/Betamax
 * 1993 Pioneer Entertainment Laserdisc (under license from LIVE/Carolco)
 * 1999 Artisan Entertainment DVD (under license from StudioCanal)
 * 2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray (under license from Les Films Petite)