Why not have a look at Saturn 3?

[Rev+]

Farrah Fawcett!
Kirk Douglas!
Harvey Keitel (physically, not vocally)
A big robot!
Screenplay by Martin Amis!

There are the bones of a decent story poking through, and the production was famously troubled, but even on a bright day with clear sailing I can't see this film ever being anything other than creepy in the ways that weren't intended.

The whole thing's here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZUxWmJWgGI

Shall we have a chat about this one?

[Shaky]

Heh, for some weird reason I'd been googling this earlier as well! It seemed to be on all the time in the 90's and I always gave it a peek but not sure I ever actually enjoyed it as such. Douglas looks totally ridiculous next to Fawcett (even allowing for the perpetual age disparity between eligible men and women in Hollywood films) and obviously Keitel is terribly miscast and oddly dubbed. Sets vary between being quite good to sub-Space 1999 quality.

Had a quick look to see if the infamous "robot puts Harvey's head on it's shoulders " scene still puts the shits up me but nah, just looks silly.

[St_Eddie]

I've watched Saturn 3 a couple of times but not in a long while.  I can't remember much about it.  I seem to recall enjoying it well enough.  Perhaps a rewatch is in order.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I saw it once years ago. Mostly I remember the robot having an anglepoise lamp for a head.

It's shitness gave me a newfound appreciation for how good Star Wars and Alien look.

[Shit Good Nose]

Terrible film.  Put some fucking clothes on, Kirk.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Amis had such a crap time working on it that he turned it into the plot of Money.

[Blumf]

It's not solid gold, but I think you'd have to be quiet stubborn not to find lots of interest in the film, both in production and the story.

[Alberon]

It would be gold material for MST3K though.

[Shit Good Nose]

It would be gold material for MST3K though.

It's had riff mentions several times over the years, and I seem to remember Frank Conniff saying it was among his "most wanted" (not least cos, when trimmed of bits that wouldn't have been allowed on TV, it was the perfect length), but someone (I can't remember if it was Douglas, Stanley Donen, or ITC) wouldn't let them do it.

[Sebastian Cobb]

I think I've got this on dvd somewhere.

Proteus IV was a much better creepy robot.

[Panbaams]

It would be gold material for MST3K though.

I'd prefer an episode of We Hate Movies.

[Funcrusher]

It's had riff mentions several times over the years, and I seem to remember Frank Conniff saying it was among his "most wanted" (not least cos, when trimmed of bits that wouldn't have been allowed on TV, it was the perfect length), but someone (I can't remember if it was Douglas, Stanley Donen, or ITC) wouldn't let them do it.

Mad to think that it's from the director of Singin In The Rain and Funny Face.

[Blumf]

Mad to think that it's from the director of Singin In The Rain and Funny Face.

And Bedazzled.

[Mr_Simnock]

Kirk Douglas trying to give a robot shower unit a hand job

[mothman]

I don't want Harvey Keitel to die, but it would be ironic if Kirk Douglas outlived him...

[Rev+]

It's not solid gold, but I think you'd have to be quiet stubborn not to find lots of interest in the film, both in production and the story.

The production in particular is interesting, and I should have included this link:  https://saturn3makingof.com/

If the film was responsible for the death of its creator/original director, it's almost on a par with Torgo from Manos dying as a result of the leg apparatus from that film.

I have a lot of questions about this film, but the main one is the motivation of Harvey Keitel's character.  We know he failed his Space Tests because he was mentally wobbly, but what is he setting out to achieve here?  He wants a bit of Fawcett action, but doesn't seem to know who's staffing the place until he gets there.  He kills a guy - in an admittedly quite effective bit of brief screen brutality - in order to head on over, but doesn't have any mission or purpose.

[St_Eddie]

The production in particular is interesting, and I should have included this link:  https://saturn3makingof.com/

That was a fascinating read.  Thank you for linking to it.

[Blumf]

Ditto

[Shaky]

Ditto 2. Some interesting and amusing info in there, including this Partridgean nugget:

Kirk Douglas, on the other hand, never had an issue with his own wardrobe (primarily a collection of quilted sleeveless overjackets with tops and slacks made from a washable suede cloth called Alcantra). So enamoured was he with his garb, he kept many of his outfits to wear around his home in Palm Springs:

"They're the most comfortable clothes I ever had to wear in a film."

[St_Eddie]

My favourite quote from the article is this...

"When actors get old they get obsessed about wanting to be nude ... and Kirk wanted to be naked."