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Forbidden Planet [DVD] [1956] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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Forbidden Planet [DVD] [1956] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Walter Pidgeon
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly
  • Directors: Fred M. Wilcox
  • Writers: Allen Adler
  • Producers: Nicholas Nayfack
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: G (General Audience) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 18 April 2000
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004RF9B
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,441 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The first great space opera, 29 Dec 2006
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This review is from: Forbidden Planet [DVD] [1956] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
It is a crime against humanity that this film is only available in Region 1. It is treasure that deserves to be more widely appreciated.

It is impossible to overrate this film in terms of its importance to the development of the science-fiction genre. All the key qualities that made 'Star Trek' a phenomenon are here - but nine years early: interstellar travel is a given; advanced technology without responsibility always leads to disaster; people, including aliens, are (mostly) good even if sometimes misguided and Man may not play God for fear of dire consequences. It is great stuff, with an ensemble / crew not hugely different from the Enterprise's, including an action-hero captain and a cerebral science officer and some SFX that have stood the test of time rather well. This was a massively expensive film to make and it shows. Forgive some corny dialogue, dubious broad comedy and romantic scenes and there is little to complain about. Even the 'tonalities' that serve instead of music still give the desired 'other worldly' effect. At heart, this is a tremendously imaginative film with a strong SF pulse - not a lame reworking of Shakespeare.

If you have not seen this film and enjoy the SF genre, you owe it to yourself to seek it out. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as one early masterpiece of the genre. Unlike 'Metropolis' and 'Things to Come' it rejects the Earthbound and socio-political for the kind of 'Boldly going...' that defines much modern SF. Without this film, modern space sagas would not exist - it is the granddaddy of them all.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic must have cult scifi flick, 17 Aug 2003
This review is from: Forbidden Planet [VHS] [1956] (VHS Tape)
this is a fantastic piece of scifi art that was above and beyond the repertoire of its then day counterparts!
in an era when star trek hadnt even been a twinkle in gene roddenberry' eye, this masterpiece was and still is a first rate combination of artists impression and human escapism ideology, an alround worth while film that every cult scifi fanatic should be made to watch!!
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars just a word of warning., 13 Jul 2004
A brilliant film, of course, highly recommended. Just a word of warning though, this version has been blown up to 4:3 tv format from its original widescreen, so I was very disappointed as the picture is grainy and soft. But if its a great 'period' sci-fi flik you want, you can't do better, plenty of ham, suspense and scientific explanations.
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