Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJim Mallon
Screenplay by
Based onMystery Science Theater 3000
by Joel Hodgson
Produced byJim Mallon
Starring
  • Michael J. Nelson
  • Trace Beaulieu
  • Kevin Murphy
  • Jim Mallon
CinematographyJeff Stonehouse
Edited byBill Johnson
Music byBilly Barber
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • April 19, 1996 (1996-04-19)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetLess than $5 million
Box office$1 million

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie is a 1996 American science fiction comedy film and a film adaptation of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, produced and set between the series' sixth and seventh seasons. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Gramercy Pictures and produced by Best Brains.

The filmmakers dub a new comic narrative over the 1955 sci-fi film This Island Earth, which was another movie Universal made, editing out approximately 30 minutes of the original film.