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Forbidden Planet [Blu-ray] [1956] [Region Free]

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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (142 customer reviews)
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  • Format: Colour, Special Edition, Widescreen
  • Region: All Regions (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Oct 2010
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (142 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003IHVKS8
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,821 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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This 1956 pop adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest is one of the best, most influential science fiction movies ever made. Its space explorers are the models for the crew of Star Trek's Enterprise, and the film's robot is clearly the prototype for Robby in Lost in Space. Walter Pidgeon is the Prospero figure, presiding over a paradisiacal world with his lovely young daughter and their servile droid. When the crew of a spaceship lands on the planet, they become aware of a sinister invisible force that threatens to destroy them. Great special effects and a bizarre electronic score help make Forbidden Planet as fresh, imaginative and fun as it was when first released.

Product Description

Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his space-cruiser crew to Planet Altair-4, home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), a dutiful robot named Robby and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own.


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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars And about time too! 31 Mar 2007
By Mr. N. Morgan VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Of all the 1950s sci-fi films that were made (and there were many of them!) in my opinion just four stand head and shoulders above the rest: "This Island Earth", "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "Them" and this one - "The Forbidden Planet." This is one film that has been crying out for a DVD release ever since the DVD was invented! Now at long last it looks like it's going to happen - well maybe - its release has been postponed three times already!

Whilst not wanting to give too much away about the film's storyline, it is loosely based on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", and the film shows clearly what can happen when "mind over matter" (or should I say over energy) is allowed to get out of hand.

Containing some of the best sets and visual effects around in its time, these still cut the mustard even in today's CGI world. In fact, one set (the Krell power plant) still fills me - a fifty-something - with wonder every time I see it!

Louis & Bebe Barron's haunting and disturbing electronic music score really adds to the film (for which they got paid very little apparently) and enhances the atmosphere and suspense.

There is also a considerable amount of humorous parody in the film as well - e.g. Robbie's response to Altaira's request for yet another dress!

This film is a definite "must have" for any sci-fi film buff worthy of their salt - and I can't wait to get my copy! Let's hope the release date isn't postponed AGAIN!!

Highly recommended!
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119 of 124 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly The Greatest Sci-Fi Film Ever Made! 19 Jun 2007
By Scott TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Forbidden Planet has gone down in history as being perhaps the greatest Sci-Fi movie ever and it probably is, everybody knows that it was the inspiration on Gene Roddenberry's part for the creation of Star Trek and I suspect George Lucas was similarly influenced too.

Forbidden Planet was the first film that made Sci-Fi "cool" if that is the right word, it also looked as if some money had been spent on it and the script was given respect by the actors that gave it their all and played the parts for real.

The effects detailing the landscape of Altair 4 and the massive Krell machine under the planet are quite simply astounding, on each occasion that I have seen the film I have always been amazed at the sense of scale and depth that is portrayed on screen, which is even more apparent now with the footage being restored and released onto DVD. It has often made me feel as if I could actually be on the surface of the planet and traversing the many miles of the huge machine.

The idea of "Monsters from the Id" was not entirely original at the time the film was made, as it does in some ways have a bearing on Jekyll and Hyde, but the idea of having a race so advanced as to build a planet-sized machine capable of creating solid matter through thought was inspired at the time, and the concept of the Krell being destroyed by their own dark side manifested by the machine was thought provoking material and showed the dangers of absolute power.

The film has been lovingly restored and is a godsend with the special features making it even more so.

The disc has deleted scenes as many DVD's do, however it must be something of a rarity to have quite a substantial amount for a film this old, I expect masses of deleted scenes from modern films but not here and yet here they are, and very welcome they are too. If the presentation of deleted scenes was not suprising enough then the 10 minutes or so of lost footage certainly is. Here is material that comprises alternate takes and scenes without the effects added and different sound effects for the Id Monster etc, this is brilliant stuff that, as a caption says has been hidden in various film vaults for 50 years before being unearthed and I am glad it was, it is pure gold dust. There are three documentaries, detailing the making of the film and one about 50's Sci-Fi films in general and another about Robby the Robot and are all fascinating. The movie trailer is present as are trailers for various other films of this nature.

The two remaining special features actually have nothing to do with Forbidden Planet other than the fact that they feature Robby the Robot, they are follow up vehicles using the prop which was very expensive and MGM obviously wanted to get their money's worth out of it.

They are the entire film of The Invisible Boy made the year after Forbidden Planet and an episode of the 50's TV series The Thin Man, entitled Robot Client. Both are Black and White but as they are nothing to do with the featured film I won't go into details about them, nice though they are to have.

So there we are, a film that influenced in some ways virtually every piece of Sci-Fi entertainment that followed it in both Film and TV, and is an absolutely essential purchase for fans of this type of thing and in movies in general.

Buy this now!
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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars UTTER MASTERPIECE WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME 18 July 2007
Format:DVD
what in heaven's name is "grahamapplin129" talking about in his review?!!!
how can a dvd that features the superbly remastered version of the film, loads of deleted scenes, loads of lost footage, THREE documentaries, trailers and even a bonus film be considered unspecial and vanilla?
what did he want - a life-size Robby the Robot?!!!

everyone else here has said it for me. quite staggeringly brilliant film with imagination and effects way ahead of its time. puts most modern (past ten years) sci-fi movies to shame.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars another classic!
once again ive always wanted to own this movie!
this movie inspired me with science fiction as a teenager..cant believe how young looking lesley nielson is! Read more
Published 9 days ago by marco
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
A must have !!! What a pity such edition is not published in Italy with italian soundtrack !!!
I expect the BD version of this box !!!

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Published 19 days ago by Paolo Maria Failla
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite film of all time!
A superb production of an absolute classic film. My favourite film so all time! Th blu-ray production is outstanding and great value - worth every penny!
Published 22 days ago by Prof S. Creanor
4.0 out of 5 stars good purchase
I loved this film many years ago and now I have it to watch on the latest tv etc big screen and so on worthy contender as another classic
Published 25 days ago by David L Fuller
4.0 out of 5 stars It has it all...
If you have ever watched an episode of `Star Trek', or the series `Lost in Space', this 1956 film will show you where all the ideas came from. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Mr. P. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Robby you old Robot you!
This is an all time favorite Sci Fi of mine, it stars Robby the Robot who has been in so many things from ADs, Movies and TV series, an iconic Robot from Sci Fi days of old. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Darren
5.0 out of 5 stars the service was very good
i thought it was very good quality and watching iwill be telling my friends all about it thanks so much
Published 1 month ago by gail
5.0 out of 5 stars Fobidden Planet, a great film for young and golden memories
this film was made the same year i was born, my 16 year old son commented how great it looked in blu-ray concidering its age. Read more
Published 1 month ago by raymond
4.0 out of 5 stars Forbidden Planet...Not forgotten
I remember watching this film as a child. The BBC had a Sci-Fi season on a Wednesday evening which followed Nationwide. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Classic
Fantastic classic SiFi movie. Even though this was made in the 50's, the story and effects for the time we're well ahead of anything else for that period. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tony Soprano
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