In the early eighties a quiet little novelette was published in the pages of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. It told the story of two interstellar fighter pilots — a human and a “Drac” — forced to crash-land on a barren planet. To overcome the elements and survive, they learned to quell their inbred hatred and foster friendship. This quiet little story took the SF fandom by storm and won every major award in the field.

In 1985, after years of development and production hassles, Barry B. Longyear’s "Enemy Mine" finally found the big screen....