A movie for the Sci Fi Channel based on the book series by Philip José Farmer. The location is Riverworld, a mysterious and treacherous land where every human who died between the years 99,000 BC and 2,200 AD has been resurrected on the banks of a huge river.
Production
Ambitious world-building on clearly limited Sci Fi Channel budget.
Costume
Everyone's naked at first — then inexplicably finds clothes.
Director
Kari Skogland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was actually the SECOND Riverworld adaptation — a 2001 version with Brad Johnson in a different role also exists, because the Sci Fi Channel really wanted this to work.
Philip José Farmer's 12-book series was considered unfilmable for decades; this 86-minute solution was... a choice. The books span thousands of years and multiple resurrections.
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