Forbidden Planet (Blu-ray) (1956)
Director:
Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Warren Stevens Anne Francis Leslie Nielsen Walter Pidgeon
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Category Keywords: Classic Essential Cinema Family (General) Monsters Recommended Robots/Cyborgs Science-Fiction Space Exploration
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Editor's Note
Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST is transformed in this landmark science-fiction film. Spacemen travel to a planet ruled by Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), who has built a kingdom with his daughter and obedient robot Robby. The good doctor is plagued by his mad quest for knowledge through his "brain booster" machine, and by Freudian "monsters from the id" as his daughter discovers other men and learns to kiss.
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Forbidden Planet (1956) - Blu-Ray DVD Review
By: Luigi Bastardo
Blogcritics.org Reviews
Published on: 9/20/2010 7:27 PM
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| Every now and then, there comes a science fiction moving picture that shatters through the barriers of conventional fantasy filmmaking. Just as Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and George Lucas’ initial Star Wars entry forever changed the face of sci-fi in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, the Fred M. Wilcox-directed masterpiece Forbidden Planet broke the mold of outer space adventures in 1956. It was a time when science fiction was not taken very seriously by movie studios. Earlier contributions to the genre usually consisted of a group of sexist males clad in unflattering jumpsuits who combated some of the oddest matte paintings and the most unbelievable of special effects known to man....read the full review | |
Cast & Crew
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Jack Kelly |
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Earl Holliman |
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Warren Stevens |
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Jimmie Thompson |
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Anne Francis |
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Leslie Nielsen |
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Harry Harvey Jr. |
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George D. Wallace |
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Richard Anderson |
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Bob Dix |
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James Drury |
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Walter Pidgeon |
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Louis Barron - Composer |
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Ferris Webster - Editor |
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Allen Adler - Source Writer |
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A. Arnold Gillespie - Special Effects |
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Cedric Gibbons - Production Designer |
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George Folsey Jr. - Editor |
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Robby the Robot - Featured Character (fictional) |
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Irving Reis - Special Effects |
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Nicholas Nayfack - Producer |
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George J. Folsey - Director of Photography |
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Joshua Meador - Special Effects |
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Bebe Barron - Composer |
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Cyril Hume - Screenwriter |
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Arthur Lonergan - Production Designer |
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Warren Newcombe - Special Effects |
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Walter Plunkett - Costume Designer |
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Irving Block - Source Writer |
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Fred M. Wilcox - Director |
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