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When Worlds CollideGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 01/01/2013 Rating G Production Year: 1951 Run Time: 82 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Larry Keating, Peter Hanson, John Hoyt In this beloved George Pal (WAR OF THE WORLDS)-produced sci-fi classic. A dying star hurls through space on a collision course with Earth, with no way to stop it. The hope of the planet's citizens lies in the hands of pilot Dave Randall (Richard Derr) and astronomer Doc Hendron (Larry Keating), who will supervise the construction and flight of an interplanetary craft that will carry a handfull of humans to start the race anew on another planet. Academy Award nominations: 2, including Best (Color) Cinematography. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects. … more less -
2001: A Space OdysseyGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 03/29/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1968 Run Time: 148 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Keir Dullea, William Sylvester, Gary Lockwood, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government (while hiding the situation from the public) sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission. Eighteen months later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the giant object--but on this trip something goes terribly wrong. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is a masterpiece of filmmaking. Director and (with Arthur C. Clarke) co-screenwriter Stanley Kubrick has created a visual and aural spectacle that stands as one of the greatest achievements ever put on celluloid. The film begins with the "Dawn of Man" segment, about the evolution of apes, and then ventures into the future, taking a look at what the world might be like in the first year of the 21st century. Kubrick's film is a triumph of technological storytelling, with stunning sets and a brilliant, overwhelming soundtrack. Long dialogue-free scenes sparkle with indelible images backed by powerful orchestral music, culminating in an unforgettable, inscrutable tale of birth and rebirth, human evolution and artificial intelligence, the past and the future. … more less -
Forbidden PlanetGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 12/07/2010 Rating G Production Year: 1956 Run Time: 98 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Earl Holliman 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. … more less -
Time Machine, TheGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 11/09/2010 Rating G Production Year: 1960 Run Time: 103 mins Released By: Turner Home Entertainment Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore Setting the temporal starting point of the classic H.G. Wells novel in the year 1960 (rather than 1900), this engrossing adaptation follows the Time Traveler as he passes through World Wars I, II, and III and finally stops in the year 802,701. There he finds an apathetic, placid people called the Eloi and falls in love with one of their number, the beauteous blonde Weena. To his horror, however, he learns that the Eloi's apathy is generated by a maniacal, cannibalistic underworld--and that the only way to help them is to incite a revolution. George Pal's version of THE TIME MACHINE is an exciting and faithful cinematic production of H.G. Wells's 1895 classic. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects. … more less -
Day the Earth Stood Still, TheGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 12/02/2008 Rating G Production Year: 1951 Run Time: 92 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray Beginning with a documentary style that immediately hooks the viewer, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, based on the Harry Bates short story "Farewell to the Master," becomes as much a human interest story as it does a sci-fi B-movie classic. The film soberly depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings must stop warring among themselves--or else. After being shot at by ignorant, panicky military guards, Klaatu is brought to a Washington, D.C., hospital, where he begs a sympathetic but frank Major White (Robert Osterloh) to gather all the world's leaders so he can tell them more specifically what he has come 250 million miles to warn them about. Losing patience, Klaatu slips into the human world, adapting a false identity and living at a boarding house where he meets a smart woman with a conscience, Helen Benson (Patricia Neal), and her inquisitive son, Bobby (Billy Gray). Both mother and son soon find themselves embroiled in the complex mystery of Klaatu, his message, and the government's witch hunt for the alien. Made during the cold war--when Americans were obsessed with the destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb--THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, thanks to its beautiful pacing, excellent dialogue, and haunting score by Bernard Herrmann, is still a treat for contemporary audiences. … more less -
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, TheGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 10/07/2008 Rating G Production Year: 1958 Run Time: 88 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher, Alec Mango Sinbad must obtain the egg of a roc, a fierce, giant bird, in order to return the beautiful Princess Parisa to her normal size after she is miniaturized by the villanous magician Sokurah. Along the way Sinbad, Parisa, and their magical genie encounter a calvacade of mythological creatures, including a man-eating cyclops, a two headed roc, a fire breathing dragon, and an army of reanimated skeletons--all lovingly brought to life through the magic of the spectacular special effects of Ray Harryhausen. … more less -
Journey to the Far Side of the SunGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 06/24/2008 Rating G Production Year: 1969 Run Time: 102 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Lynn Loring, Patrick Wymark, Herbert Lom When scientists a hundred years in the future discover a "duplicate" Earth on the other side of the sun, they are determined to find out what this new world is like, and set up an expedition to reach the new planet. … more less -
Planet of the ApesGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 05/13/2008 Rating G Production Year: 1968 Run Time: 112 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic, about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves. The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have even established a class system and a political structure. The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the apes. But one, Taylor, manages to break out and, aided by a pair of compassionate chimps, makes his escape to an uninhabited section of land. However, during the trek Taylor makes a startling, unsettling discovery about the planet--and realizes he's come full circle. PLANET OF THE APES is based on the novel by Pierre Boulle with a screenplay co-written by Rod Serling. … more less -
Neptune Factor, TheGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 06/05/2007 Rating G Production Year: 1973 Run Time: 98 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Ben Gazzara, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux, Walter Pidgeon A sea lab researching the ocean's potential as a new human environment is dangerously balanced on the edge of a deep sea floor trench in director Daniel Petrie's visually stunning science-fiction undersea adventure. The lab and two of its scientists are plunged into the murky depths of the abyss when a violent quake rips the structure from its moorings. A daring crew, helmed by divers, including chief diver Don Mackay (Ernest Borgnine), Bob Cousins (Donnelly Rhodes), and scientist Dr. Leah Jansen (Yvette Mimieux), sets out to rescue the victims in the Neptune, a specially designed U.S. Navy submersible able to withstand the deep sea pressures. Piloted by arrogant Navy commander Blake (Ben Gazzara), the crew of the Neptune have no idea what they are up against as they journey deep into unchartered territory, encountering many fantastical deep-sea creatures never before seen by the human eye. This futuristic exploration of the ocean floor is reminiscent of the underwater odyssey classic VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, and features Walter Pidgeon, who appears here as Dr. Andrews, the director of the experimental project. … more less -
Unidentified Flying OddballGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 08/03/2004 Rating G Production Year: 1979 Cast: Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale, Ron Moody, Kenneth More, John Le Mesurier In this classic "fish out of water" tale, based on Mark Twain's classic novel A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, Tom Trimble (Dennis Dugan, who also plays Hermes the android), an astronaut, and his lookalike android companion accidentally enter a time-space warp, and are hurled into the past where they find themselves in the court of King Arthur. When Tom makes friends with the lovely Alisande (Sheila White), he finds himself drawn into vast plot by the evil Sir Mordred (Jim Dale), who has manipulated Alisande's father in a bid for greater power! Has Tom shown up just in time to save history? … more less -
Silent RunningGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 10/07/2003 Rating G Production Year: 1971 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Steve Brown In a grim future, Earth is so overdeveloped plants can no longer survive. Giant greenhouses in orbit carry samples of Earth's dying forests. When the government decides they are too expensive to maintain, one committed crew member will stop at nothing to save them. Screenplay by Steven Bochco and Michael Cimino. Music by Peter "PDQ Bach" Schickele. … more less -
First Men in the MoonGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 05/27/2003 Rating G Production Year: 1964 Run Time: 102 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries, Erik Chitty, Peter Finch As a team of United Nations astronauts are planning an upcoming moon mission, they are approached by an elderly man who recounts a trip he took to the moon 65 years ago (in 1899) and was attacked by "Selenites," a race of ant-like beings that dwell in caverns of crystal. Based on the story by H.G. Wells and featuring the magical special effects work of Ray Harryhausen. … more less -
Jason and the ArgonautsGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 05/27/2003 Rating G Production Year: 1963 Run Time: 104 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Todd Armstrong, Gary Raymond, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, Douglas Robinson Greek mythology comes to life in this exciting film adaptation of the story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. Ray Harryhausen's special effects in this picture are legendary, especially a sword fight between three live actors and seven skeletons. Loosely based on the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes (c. 250 B.C.). … more less -
Andromeda Strain, TheGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 04/01/2003 Rating G Production Year: 1971 Run Time: 131 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly When a small space probe falls to earth in a remote village of New Mexico, all but two of the town's inhabitants--an infant and an old alcoholic--meet death as their blood turns to powder. After two reconnaissance pilots have also perished, a national state of emergency is declared. The two survivors and the recovered space probe are transported to a mammoth five-story underground laboratory, and a team of scientists--biologist Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), microbiologist Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid), blood chemistry authority Mark Hall (James Olson), and pathologist Charles Dutton (David Wayne)--is swiftly brought to the lab to discover the nature of the deadly organism brought by the space probe. The team is subjected to grueling hours of precautionary decontamination measures--which are filmed with extraordinary art direction in stunning monochromatic sequences--and informed that the laboratory complex is equipped with an automatic self-destruct device that will be triggered should infection spread. Through exhaustive tests, the team learns that the minute organism, dubbed the ANDROMEDA STRAIN, is alien in nature, and the scientists must quickly find a cure before all of humanity is wiped out. Quietly thrilling, with superb pacing from director Robert Wise, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, based on the novel by Michael Crichton, is one of the most stylistically beautiful science fiction films ever made. … more less
