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Forbidden Planet (50th Aniversary Edition) (1956)
MGM's first big-budget science fiction film, Forbidden Planet, combined state-of-the-art special effects with a storyline based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. In the 23rd century, Cmdr. J.J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) guides United Planets cruiser C-57-D on a rescue mission to faraway planet Altair-4. Twenty years earlier, Earth ship Bellerophon disappeared while en route to Altair-4. Only the ship's philologist, Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), survived; in the intervening decades, Morbius has created an Edenlike world of his own, for the benefit of himself and his nubile young daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis). His private paradise is zealously guarded by Robby the Robot, a piece of technology far in advance of anything on Earth. When Adams and his crew land on Altair-4, Morbius announces that he has no intention of being rescued and returned to Earth. When Adams attempts to contact home base, he finds that his radio equipment has been smashed by some unseen force. Holding Morbius responsible, Adams confronts the scientist, who decides to tell all. At one time, according to Morbius, Altair-4 was populated by the Krel, a wise, intellectually superior race. Using leftover Krel technology, Morbius has doubled his intellect and gained the ability to shape a new world to his own specifications. Forbidden Planet was a big influence on future sci-fi outer-space efforts, especially Star Trek. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Forbidden Planet (50th Anniversary Edition) (Bonus Disc) (1956)
This Bonus Disc Features:
The MGM feature film The Invisible Boy
TCM original documentary "Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us"
"Amazing: Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet" featurette
"Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon"
Bonus Features on Disc 1 of this collection includes:
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Additional Scenes
Lost Footage
Excerpts from The MGM Parade TV Series
Seven Theatrical Trailers
An episode of The Thin Man TV show
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| The 'Star Wars' of the 1950s!
by BVandemark
May 29, 2002 - 5:30 PM PDT
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It was really hard for me to accept young Leslie Nielsen in such a serious role in hindsight of the Naked Gun and other comedies of more recent past...but this movie is really quite amazing considering when it was made. It has a unique timelessness in its portrayal of a futuristic space-age version of Shakespeare's Tempest that doesn't come along that often in sci-fi. This movie was really popular with young people when it was originally released...sort of a Star Wars of a past generation. I consider it a early milestone in film effects and fantastic sci-fi realization.
Even after all of these years the "monster from the id" is still really creepy if not terrifying to me. |
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