Outland: A collection of costume designs by John Mollo

Warner Bros, 1981, Qty

Warner Bros, 1981,
for Peter Hyams 1981 Sci-Fi film Outland starring Sean Connery and Frances Sternhagen, comprising; five original colour pencil costume designs for various spacesuits for workers and paramedics, some affixed with fabric swatches, and 20 coloured artworks for jackets, waistcoats, trousers, logos, and badge designs, accompanied by other miscellaneous monochrome pen and ink designs, and various unit lists, largest 12 1/2in x 10 1/4in (31.5cm x 26cm) (Qty)

Outland has endured many comparisons to Ridley Scott's Alien that was released two years earlier. Most notably in its 'future realism' production design which reflects a dark, claustrophobic and isolated neo-industrial environment in deep space, and the portrayal of future 'megacorporations' as sinister and ruthless organisations pursuing profit at any cost. With their employees' lives being expendable. Not only this, but John Mollo's responsibility for costume design further illustrates how these two films almost appear to reside in the same fantasy universe. Though missing the formers extra-terrestrial focus, Outland succeeded in delivering on a taught, near remake of the Gary Cooper Western "High Noon" in a space environment. With Sean Connery as the lone Marshall desperately trying to maintain law and order on a remote mining colony on Jupiter's moon of Io.

Provenance:
From The John Mollo Archive