This Island Earth (DVD)

Description: Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Fantasy / Theatrical Release: 1955 / Director: Joseph M. Newman, Jack Arnold / ... more

This Island Earth (DVD) ... Actors: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue ... / DVD released 22 August, 2006 at Universal Studios / Features of the DVD: Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC / A mysterious, pilotless plane carries scientist Rex Reason to a colony of America's best and brightest minds. They have been kidnapped by a dying alien race, the Metalunians, to repair their defence shield before their enemies destroy their world completely, and are to be found toiling under their spying eyes and futuristic security cameras (two-way TVs that dominate every room). Jeff Morrow, under a raised forehead, bronze tan, and snow-white hair, philosophises as Exeter, the thoughtful Metalunian torn between his duty and his morals as he forces the plucky humans to labour in his race's defence. The moody mystery of the first half turns to pure pulp adventure when the humans are transported across the galaxy to the battle-scarred world of Metaluna, under the threatening watch of a monstrous bug-eyed monster with a giant brain for a head and massive claws for hands. There is a genuine sense of wonder to Joseph Newman's intergalactic adventure, one of the most ambitious science fiction films of the 1950s. The story is simple space opera, but the futuristic designs of glass and metal, the marvellous alien makeup, and grand-standing special effects invest the film with a Technicolor splendour. Faith Domergue co-stars as a nuclear physicist and Gilligan's Island's Russell Johnson makes his first professorial appearance as a scientist. Science-fiction auteur Jack Arnold was an unbilled co-director. --Sean Axmaker

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... and Edward G. O'Callaghan. OPINION 'This Island Earth' is based on the short story 'The Alien Machine' by Raymond F Jones first published in 1949 which was later expanded by the author to a full novel 'This Island Earth' in 1952. It is a very complex story and a very ambitious project to adapt for the cinema as verified by the staggering two and half years it took to complete the film. The story requires very advanced special effects to simulate interstellar travel panoramic views of alien landscapes and we...more

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	This Island Earth [DVD] [1955] [Region 1] [USImport] [NTSC] A mysterious, pilotless plane carries scientist Rex Reason to a c ... Last Update 01.12.2009 05:49	£ 4.15

This Island Earth [DVD] [1955] [Region 1] [USImport] [NTSC]
A mysterious, pilotless plane carries scientist Rex Reason to a c ...

Last Update 01.12.2009 05:49

£ 4.15

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This Island Earth (DVD): Classic Space Opera (1342 words)
by - written on 11/07/09 (Very useful, 136 readings)
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'This Island Earth' released in 1955 is classic sci-fi film of that era. With very high production values and a clever storyline it stood out from the run of the mill sensationalist Sci-fi movies it was competing against. It was one of the first science fiction movies to be made in Technicolor giving it a spectacular appearance which have ensured it has stood the test of time and can still be appreciated by modern audiences. THE PLOT Dr. Cal Meacham, well known scientist is sent an electronic component for a machine he is building from a mysterious scientific research organisation. The component appears to be more advanced than anything Dr Meacham ... Read the complete review

Classic 50's Sci Fi (533 words)
by - written on 11/06/04 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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Credits : Director : Joseph Newman Screenplay : Franklin Coen Edward O'Callaghan Novel by : Raymond F. Jones Photography : Clifford Stine Designers Alexander Golitzen R. H Riedel Producer : William Alland Universals ' This Island Earth ' is a very good example of Sci Fi in the 50's. Directed by ' Joseph Newman ' it is a very energetic , colourfull film which begins in familiar enough territory but journeys much farther out into interstellar travel and interplanetary war. The star of the film ... Read the complete review

This Island Earth (DVD): Classic Sci-fi (352 words)
by - written on 16/02/01 (Very useful, 37 readings)
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Made in 1954 and filmed in colour, This Island Earth is one of many films made around that time about UFOs and other worlds. A group of scientists are doing research for aliens from a planet called Metaluna. They are desperately seeking a solution to a disaster on their world and have come to Earth to recruit the assistance of these scientists. They are taken to a secluded building where they work together to try and help the aliens. The film follows the adventures of 2 of these scientists, Dr. Meacham and Dr. Adams. They try to leave after discovering something very suspicious and are eventually taken onboard a UFO and flown to Metaluna. ... Read the complete review

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