Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
GenreAction
Science fiction
Based onCyborg
by Martin Caidin
The Bionic Woman
by Kenneth Johnson
Screenplay by
Story by
Directed byAlan J. Levi[1]
Starring
Music byBill Conti
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerMichael Sloan
Producers
Production locationsHigh Park, Toronto, Ontario
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario
CinematographyMaris H. Jansons
EditorBill Goddard
Running time96 minutes
Production companyUniversal
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseApril 30, 1989 (1989-04-30)
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Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (often simply Bionic Showdown) is a made-for-television science fiction action film which originally aired on April 30, 1989 on NBC. The movie reunited the main casts of the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and its spin-off The Bionic Woman. It is notably the first television appearance of actress Sandra Bullock and the first film which strongly featured her. In the movie, a diplomatic crisis threatens world peace after an unknown bionic person steals top secret information.[1][2]

Series regular characters Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner), Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson), and Dr. Rudy Wells (Martin E. Brooks) are featured along with returning television movie character Jim Castillian (Lee Majors II, the real-life son of Lee Majors) and new characters Kate Mason (Sandra Bullock) and Jim Goldman (Jeff Yagher).[1][2]

Following the success of the first reunion movie, The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown was quickly greenlit and doubled as a "backdoor pilot" for a potential series based on the character of Kate Mason, but never materialized. Another television movie followed, Bionic Ever After? (1994).[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d Sherman, Fraser A. (2000). Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television. McFarland & Company. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7864-4341-3. LCCN 99-86392.
  2. ^ a b c Pilato, Herbie J (2014). "Chapter 12: Reactivated". The Bionic Book Reconstructed. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-62933-007-5. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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