Red Dwarf (1992) (TV)

Director:

Jeffrey Melman

Writers:

Linwood Boomer (screenplay)
Rob Grant (creator)
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Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Unaired TV Series Pilot | Remake | TV Series Pilot | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Craig Bierko	...	Dave Lister
Chris Eigeman	...	Arnold Rimmer
Jane Leeves	...	Holly
Hinton Battle	...	The Cat
Robert Llewellyn	...	Kryten
Lorraine Toussaint	...	Captain Tau
Elizabeth Morehead	...	Christine Kochanski
Michael Heintzman	...	1st Officer Munson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Terry Farrell	...	Cat (second version)
Anthony Fuscle	...	Arnold Rimmer (second version)

Directed by
Jeffrey Melman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Linwood Boomer		screenplay
Rob Grant		creator
Doug Naylor		creator
John Frank Rosenblum		writer

Produced by
Linwood Boomer	....	executive producer
Brian J. Cowan	....	associate producer
Peter Greenwood	....	supervising producer
John Frank Rosenblum	....	associate producer
Todd Stevens	....	producer

Cinematography by
Gregg Heschong

Film Editing by
Barry A. Cohen
Jay Scherberth

Casting by
Ellen Lubin Sanitsky

Art Direction by
Tommy Goetz

Set Decoration by
Robert Wingo

Costume Design by
Bambi Breakstone

Makeup Department
Fred Doria	....	makeup artist
Marina Hart	....	hair stylist
Jeffrey S. Farley	....	fabricator: Kryten Appliance (uncredited)

Art Department
Paul Purdy	....	property master

Sound Department
Peter Damski	....	sound

Special Effects by
Peter Greenwood	....	special effects

Animation Department
Guy Vardaman	....	computer animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Raymond Albertini	....	costume supervisor
Joyce Unruh	....	costume supervisor

Music Department
Todd Rundgren	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Linwood Boomer	....	developer
Marian Deaton	....	associate director
Rob Grant	....	creative consultant
Ellen Halpin	....	script supervisor
Elvin Ivory	....	stage manager
Jode S. Mann	....	set consultant (as Jode Mann)
Doug Naylor	....	creative consultant
Michael Okuda	....	video graphics supervisor
Chuck Reilly	....	technical director
Tony Sgueglia	....	dga stage manager
Tony Sgueglia	....	stage manager
Tom Tcimpidis	....	video

Production Companies

• Satin City Productions

Also Known As:

Red Dwarf USA (USA) (complete title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Satin City Productions

Trivia:

Two versions of this pilot film were produced. The second version cast Terry Farrell as the Cat. The show's failure to become a series freed her to join the cast of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) later that year, as well as allowing Jane Leeves to become part of the cast of "Frasier" (1993).

Quotes:

Dave Lister: What's it feel like?
Arnold Rimmer: Death?
Dave Lister: Yeah.
Arnold Rimmer: It's like being at an Amish bachelor party.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI (2005) (V)

Probably the worst corruption of a fantastic series

Having listened, read and watched Red Dwarf since its conception I cant believe that the American TV Producers had the gaul to bastardise such a wonderful series. Yes ok, lower the intelligence rating down to a level that the watching American public can understand, but since when did Kryten appear in the first series? Why did they have to use Kryten explain every little thing? Ah the term 'dumbing down' rears its ugly head once more. Since when was Lister so clean and Rimmer so nice? The time lines are so wrong, the characters so wrong its all wrong. The original BBC version of 'The End' is so superior so do your self a favour and buy it on DVD!