To create this spectacular science-fiction adventure film, the most ambitious (and expensive) motion picture in its history, Walt Disney Productions assembled an unparalleled team of outstanding technicians
THE BLACK HOLE, a $20 million deep-space adventure about science‘s ultimate phenomenon, is the most ambitious motion picture in the history of Walt Disney Productions.
Starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster. Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux and Ernest Borgnine, the film explores an experience with a black hole, a cosmic mystery so great it forces scientists to question their belief in the lawful order of the universe.
Producer Ron Miller assembled some of the most accomplished professionals in Hollywood for the motion picture, headed by director Gary Nelson, whose latest accomplishment was being nominated for an Emmy for television's WASHINGTON: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Nelson began first unit production October 11, 1978 and continued for more than 120 shooting days, until mid-April. All sound stages at Disney studio were occupied by the production and were closed to visitors to insure the secrecy of story and design.
In preparation for five years, THE BLACK HOLE was delayed after the death of its original producer Winston Hibler.
Nearly 14 months of simultaneous and post-production filming and processing were required by the studio's photographic process laboratory and special effects departments for a Christmas, 1979 release. In some scenes, as many as 12 different photo processes are used simultaneously on the screen.
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