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The Incredible Shrinking Man [DVD]

Grant Williams , Randy Stuart , Jack Arnold    Parental Guidance   DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey
  • Directors: Jack Arnold
  • Writers: Richard Alan Simmons, Richard Matheson
  • Producers: Albert Zugsmith
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
  • Dubbed: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Audio Description: None
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Universal Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Feb 2006
  • Run Time: 81 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000E5KP9M
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 20,669 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Philosophical 1950s science fiction, written by groundbreaking novelist Richard Matheson, and based on his own book. Scott Carey (Grant Williams) is enjoying a boating trip when his yacht passes through a mysterious cloud of radioactive mist. Returning home, Scott is shocked to discover that he is slowly shrinking. Before long, ordinary household objects become tools in his battle for survival against previously harmless pests like spiders, and even his pet cat. Trapped in the basement of his house, Scott gradually prepares himself to face infinity as he shrinks into a sub-atomic world, and out of existence.

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Italian ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: The screen's great existential science fiction film, The Incredible Shrinking Man stars Grant Williams in the title role. While catching some rays on his brother's yacht, Williams is enveloped by a mysterious dark cloud. Soon after, he discovers that he's getting thinner-and smaller. Despite the assuring attitude of his family doctor (the inevitable William Schallert), Williams is losing an inch's worth of height with each passing day. It is finally determined that he has developed an "anti-cancer," a byproduct of a new strain of insecticide. By the time he's reached the size of a small boy, Williams has become world-famous. But the phenomenon has adversely affected his personality, turning him into a tyrant, lashing out at the world in general and his faithful wife in particular. An anti-toxin briefly halts the shrinking process, whereupon Williams joins a midget troupe, where he is briefly "accepted" for what he has become. But before long he's shrinking again, becoming so tiny that he is forced to live in a dollhouse. When Williams is attacked and by his pet cat, his wife assumes that he's been killed: in fact, Williams, by now so minuscule that even a garden-variety spider poses a deadly threat to him, is hiding in his cellar. By film's end, Williams is no larger than an atom. Uncertain of what is in store for him, he steps out into the mists, summing up his new-found philosophy: "Smaller than smallest, I meant...The Incredible Shrinking Man

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A giant of 50s sci-fi 17 Aug 2006
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
The Incredible Shrinking Man is one of those examples of how your own tastes change over the years. As a kid I always enjoyed the film up until the metaphysical ending, which felt like a cheat, yet now it's one of the things I like best about the film. Throughout the film the narration is constantly leading up to a spiritual and philosophical resolution rather than a physical one, and there's something moving about the hero's realization that all things have a valid place in the universe regardless of size. It also stands up surprisingly well as a science fiction adventure, with the second half's increasingly primal battle for survival against increasingly overwhelming odds both savage and exciting in its ingenuity. And there's also a great trumpet solo over the terrific main title music. Still a giant among 50s sci-fi.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant 1 Jan 2007
By Antar
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I hadn't seen this film for some 25-30 years and thought my memory

of it would let me down, what with todays high tec.film procedures, making

it look dated and stilted.

But no not a bit of it, still it stands up as a classic, clever piece of filming.

I enjoyed it every bit as much as I did way back when.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Towering Performance... 29 Nov 2006
Format:DVD
Really, one of the best sci-fi films ever. Grant Williams' performance towers above an outstanding script by Richard Matheson and the supporting cast pulls out all the stops.

This is an intelligent film that leads you into the spiritual rather than the violent, no two ways, and I can't say enough good things about it. However, I read one review that complained about the lack of W/S presentation. To that, I can only say that for years I didn't even know that such a thing as W/S existed. This Full-Frame edition is the only way I know it and, as such...this is a piffling detail.

BTW, in the US you can get this as part of a dirt cheap package from Universal called "Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection" which features four other films from the 50's of sufficiently suspect quality to be well worth buying.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Can never watch the bit with the spider otherwise a sad but well written story and a much loved film
Published 2 months ago by e
5.0 out of 5 stars SHRINKING MAN
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CLASSIC MOVIES EVER MADE. IF ANYONE WHO LIKE TO COLLECT MOVIES,AND WANTS THE BEST,THIS IS THE ONE. Read more
Published 2 months ago by PAUL JR.
5.0 out of 5 stars 1950`s Sc-Fi/Horror
It`s neither actually. Well,not now but it probably was back then. One of the wifes favourite films so it was bought for her birthday.We both enjoyed it but it is dated. Read more
Published 5 months ago by bully
5.0 out of 5 stars So close, the infinitesimal and the infinite.
So close, the infinitesimal and the infinite.
The Incredible Shrinking Man is directed by Jack Arnold and adapted to screenplay by Richard Matheson from his own novel The... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Spike Owen
1.0 out of 5 stars Appalling DVD transfer
The one star is for the picture quality not the film itself, which is of course superb.

I cannot understand how a major studio like Universal can release a film without... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Serious Reviewer
4.0 out of 5 stars 'To God, there is no zero. I still exist'
'To God, there is no zero. I still exist.'

I really don't want to give much of the story away in my review, so I won't. The title of the film is self explanatory. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Aidan M
5.0 out of 5 stars Never forgotten.
I bought this movie because I saw it when I was a child in the late 70s - beginning of the 80s. I sometimes just thought about this brilliant film and finally had to have it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Johanne Amalie Frisk
4.0 out of 5 stars To Infinity And Below
For me this film continues to be a source of enormous pleasure regardless of age and pre CGI pedigree. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Room For A View
1.0 out of 5 stars Great until the end
All the way through the movie I really enjoyed it and expected to give it a 4 or 5 star rating, but the end is just so obtuse. It just stops! Read more
Published 23 months ago by P. Geare
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic, thoughtful science fiction
I live in the US, but I'm I'm lucky enough to have a region-free player,
and so own this region 2 version, which is sorely lacking in special
features, but at least... Read more
Published on 20 April 2011 by K. Gordon
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