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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: H.G. Wells' classic story of a brilliant but eccentric scientist whose quest for the secret of invisibility leads him to commit theft and murder, finally unleashing a reign of terror on anyone who dares to thwart him. ...The Invisible Man (1984)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
See the Original Invisible Man.(D'oh,the review unlike the title has no cheap Invisible man jokes.)
11 Nov 2007
This most seminal of stories has given birth to many inferior versions too numerous to count, but it takes the BBC once again to be faithful to the original masterwork.
The underlying theme of which stresses that, not all scientific discoveries are beneficial to mankind.
The eponymous character is a brilliant but obsessive researcher, who's experiments in Optical Densities lead him eventually into a downward spiral of crime, violence and Death.
Although made in 1984 the special effects are rather good, the scenes of Griffin becoming Invisible, layer by layer are worthy of a big budget film.
This is as close as you'll get if you haven't read the book.
And if not why not? it's excellent.
Produced by Barry Letts, screenplay by Terrance Dicks.
Story first publised 1897.
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DVD contents:~
Ep.1-The Strange Man's Arrival.
Ep.2-The Unveiling of the Stranger.
Ep.3-Mr Marvel's Visit to Iping.
Ep.4-Dr Kemp's Visitor.
Ep.5-Certain First Principles.
Ep.6-The Hunting of the Invisible Man.
Extra's-
Extract from "Did you See?"30/09/84
20 page collectors booklet.(By Andrew Pixley)
Broadcast:~4/9/84-9/10/84.
The underlying theme of which stresses that, not all scientific discoveries are beneficial to mankind.
The eponymous character is a brilliant but obsessive researcher, who's experiments in Optical Densities lead him eventually into a downward spiral of crime, violence and Death.
Although made in 1984 the special effects are rather good, the scenes of Griffin becoming Invisible, layer by layer are worthy of a big budget film.
This is as close as you'll get if you haven't read the book.
And if not why not? it's excellent.
Produced by Barry Letts, screenplay by Terrance Dicks.
Story first publised 1897.
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DVD contents:~
Ep.1-The Strange Man's Arrival.
Ep.2-The Unveiling of the Stranger.
Ep.3-Mr Marvel's Visit to Iping.
Ep.4-Dr Kemp's Visitor.
Ep.5-Certain First Principles.
Ep.6-The Hunting of the Invisible Man.
Extra's-
Extract from "Did you See?"30/09/84
20 page collectors booklet.(By Andrew Pixley)
Broadcast:~4/9/84-9/10/84.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Largely forgotten but very faithful adaptation of HG Wells' classic late Victorian book, produced by the BBC in 1984. Comprised of six 25 minute episodes with an accompanying booklet which even includes details such as viewing figures for each episode.
The special effects aren't ultra sophisticated but are usually convincing and quite often highly effective. Laden with an atmosphere of doom, you know the fear and hostility this 'abomination against nature' provokes wherever he goes, will pay the price.
I paid £4, a bargain, and thoroughly enjoyed the series.
The special effects aren't ultra sophisticated but are usually convincing and quite often highly effective. Laden with an atmosphere of doom, you know the fear and hostility this 'abomination against nature' provokes wherever he goes, will pay the price.
I paid £4, a bargain, and thoroughly enjoyed the series.
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The review can be and should be kept as short as possible, and hence let me try this: this is the most faithful, atmospherically rich, minutiae-driven version of the classic novel written by H.G. Wells. The story, as is well known, involves an invention that has, including some others like teleportation, has remained impossible till date. This made-for-TV movie does not go into the science of invisibility, as many others have tried at their own cost. Rather, by sticking to the narrative of this composed and exceptional piece of story-telling, it succeeds in compelling all of us, the present-day viewers, to think how certain discoveries can twist & torment an illuminated soul into its darkest shadow, something that eventually super-ceded the original itself in R.L. Stevenson's classic story Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde [1981] [DVD]. But in this movie BBC has done a better and more rivetting job. Recommended.
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