Genre			Science-fiction
Length			1:38
Director			Gary Nelson
Writer			Jeb Rosebrook Bob Barbash
Company			Buena Vista Pictures
Starring			Maximilian Schell Anthony Perkins Robert Forster Joseph Bottoms Yvette Mimieux Ernest Borgnine Show more... Maximilian Schell Anthony Perkins Robert Forster Joseph Bottoms Yvette Mimieux Ernest Borgnine Tom McLoughlin Roddy McDowall Slim Pickens

The explorer craft U.S.S. Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, Maximillian. But the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans, which involve turning his former crew into robots and flying through the hole. As they try to escape, a meteorite shower damages the ship, and the survivors hang on as they are plunged into the most powerful force in the universe, heading toward the blinding light that holds whatever eternity awaits them.