Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet


Starring:Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, Robby the Robot, George Wallace, Robert Dix, Jimmy Thompson (IV), James Drury, Harry Harvey Jr., Roger McGee, Peter Miller, Morgan Jones (II), Richard Grant, Frankie Darro, Marvin Miller, James Best
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video
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 this movie as fresh, imaginative, and fun as it was when first released.
Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • this 1956 movie is spectacular!
  • Why? Oh why?
  • A Sci-fi Classic
  • Classic 'Fifties High-Camp SCI-FI !
  • Well worth the re-release
 Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen , Warren Stevens , and Jack Kelly
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000HEWEDK
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Amazon.com

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 this movie as fresh, imaginative, and fun as it was when first released. --Amazon.com

On the DVDs
The colorfully designed 2-disc 50th Anniversary Edition of Forbidden Planet (also available in a collector's box) comes in a slip-covered fold-out case accompanied by a pocket of 17 miniature lobby card reproductions (eight for Forbidden Planet, nine for the 1957 companion movie The Invisible Boy). On Disc 1, Forbidden Planet is presented with a new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements, with soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, offering considerable improvement over the film's previous DVD release. A selection of deleted scenes were taken from a faded and scratchy 16-millimeter "work print" that had originally been viewed by composers Louis and Bebe Barron as they were creating the film's unique electronic score; they consist of full or partial scenes cut from the final film-- mostly for good reason, but collectors (and those who first saw this rare material on the original Criterion Collection laserdisc) will welcome their inclusion here. The "lost footage" is crude special-effects test footage, primarily of interest to sci-fi historians and aficionados. Given the fact that the original "Robby the Robot" cost over $100,000 to build in 1955, it's easy to see why MGM wanted to get their money's worth: An excerpt from the 1950s TV series "MGM Parade" shows Forbidden Planet star Walter Pigeon appearing briefly with Robby, and the popular robot gets even more attention as a guest star in "The Robot Client," an episode of the Thin Man TV series (starring Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk) that originally aired on Feb. 28, 1958. Disc 1 also includes a gallery of seven science-fiction movie trailers dating from 1953 (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms) to 1960's The Time Machine.

Disc 2 begins with 1957's The Invisible Boy, a still-enjoyable B-movie that served as Robby's post-Forbidden Planet showcase. Here, filmdom's favorite automaton plays sidekick to a young boy (Richard Eyer) who turns invisible when he gets caught up in a super-computer's scheme of global domination. Also included are three documentaries, ranging from very good to excellent: In addition to reuniting the surviving cast members of the '56 classic (including Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Richard Anderson, Warren Stevens, and Earl Holliman), "Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet" is an appreciative tribute to Forbidden Planet with some of Hollywood's foremost sci-fi fans including special effects masters Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett, SF movie expert Bill Warren, and others. "Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon" is a featurette about the robot's design, creation and pop-cultural history, featuring original "Robby" designer Robert Kinoshita, Bill Malone (current owner of the original Robby), and Fred "The Robot Man" Barton, a lifelong robot fanatic who now sells fully authorized, full-scale replicas of Robby for sci-fi fans with deep pockets. Closing out disc 2 is "Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us," a 2005 documentary from Turner Classic Movies, written and directed by Time magazine critic Richard Schickel. It's a thoroughly comprehensive survey of '50s sci-fi and its influence on the next generation of film directors, including engaging interviews with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Ridley Scott and James Cameron. --Jeff Shannon

Description

A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)...and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars this 1956 movie is spectacular!.......2007-06-04

Enjoy the story, special effects and art work. remember this movie was made in 1956 way before most of us were even born. Anne Francis was one gorgeous woman! Buy this movie in HD it looks fantastic. Its a little spooky for kids under 12.

3 out of 5 stars Why? Oh why?.......2007-05-24

Warner should be ashamed of itself for calling this an Ultimate edition.
They release this on one of the highest capacity media and yet guess what!
The original aspect ratio of the movie is lost!!! That means the movie is clipped on the sides. The original movie is 2.55:1, this so called Ultimate version is 2.4:1.
%5 of the original width is missing. And you call this an ultimate version, HAHA!

5 out of 5 stars A Sci-fi Classic.......2007-05-22

The movie itself is a classic on so many levels...this particular package contains promotional items that the movie buff, at least, will find intriguing. The film itself is surprisingly non-dated considering that it was made in the very early 50's. And Leslie Nielson sometimes actuall acts.

5 out of 5 stars Classic 'Fifties High-Camp SCI-FI !.......2007-05-12

Forbidden Planet may just be a sci-fi genre collector's cult classic... but it *does* have interesting moral and philosophical implications, as well as tons of fantastic special effects, especially given that this Sci-Fi film is 50-something yrs old now!
my reaction to casting (Walter Pidgeon really got lost in the part, i think) is mixed... as much as Pidgeon and Leslie Nielsen seemed overdone, the real hero-duo in this production is Robbie The Robot and Anne Francis... just my own taste, not everyone's tea.
Buy and watch this flick. It's a timeless fave, for the stated reasons.

5 out of 5 stars Well worth the re-release.......2007-05-12

A brilliant film and a a great chance to see Leslie Neilsen play it straight (well nearly, at any rate). The film is a classic and was, at the time, a fresh take on an even older classic (The Tempest). The acting may be a little wooden or hammy overall but that isn't what's importantsince the film itself is wonderfully engaging and introduces us to Robbie The Robot and the over-use of the Theremin for sci-fi sound effects & music.

This HD-DVD is a lovely clean-up job (check out how clean the titles look) and has some interesting extras including a whole extra film (which is quaint but you wouldn't pay for it in isolation).

Overall great fun, good value & a classic reminder of early evening sc-fi re-runs from when I was aged about 5¼!
Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • this 1956 movie is spectacular!
  • Why? Oh why?
  • A Sci-fi Classic
  • Classic 'Fifties High-Camp SCI-FI !
  • Well worth the re-release
 Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Starring: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen , Warren Stevens , and Jack Kelly
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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GeneralGeneral | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
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Monsters & MutantsMonsters & Mutants | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
Experiments Gone WrongExperiments Gone Wrong | By Theme | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
Heroic MissionsHeroic Missions | By Theme | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
Invisible PeopleInvisible People | By Theme | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
Mad ScientistsMad Scientists | By Theme | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
Robots & AndroidsRobots & Androids | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
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Anderson, RichardAnderson, Richard | ( A ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Boyett, WilliamBoyett, William | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Darro, FrankieDarro, Frankie | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Drury, JamesDrury, James | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Francis, AnneFrancis, Anne | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Holliman, EarlHolliman, Earl | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Kelly, JackKelly, Jack | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Nielsen, LeslieNielsen, Leslie | ( N ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Pidgeon, WalterPidgeon, Walter | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Stevens, WarrenStevens, Warren | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Tremayne, LesTremayne, Les | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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ASIN: B000HEWEEY
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Amazon.com essential video

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 this movie as fresh, imaginative, and fun as it was when first released. --Amazon.com

On the DVDs
Nestled in a metal collector's box decorated with variations of original promo art, the colorfully designed 2-disc 50th Anniversary Edition of Forbidden Planet (also available separately) comes in a slip-covered fold-out case accompanied by a pocket of 17 miniature lobby card reproductions (eight for Forbidden Planet, nine for the 1957 companion movie The Invisible Boy). On disc 1, Forbidden Planet is presented with a new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements, with soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, offering considerable improvement over the film's previous DVD release. A selection of deleted scenes were taken from a faded and scratchy 16-millimeter "work print" that had originally been viewed by composers Louis and Bebe Barron as they were creating the film's unique electronic score; they consist of full or partial scenes cut from the final film--mostly for good reason, but collectors (and those who first saw this rare material on the original Criterion Collection laserdisc) will welcome their inclusion here. The "lost footage" is crude special-effects test footage, again primarily of interest to sci-fi historians and aficionados. Given the fact that the original "Robby the Robot" cost over $100,000 to build in 1955, it's easy to see why MGM wanted to get their money's worth: An excerpt from the 1950s TV series "MGM Parade" shows Forbidden Planet star Walter Pigeon appearing briefly with Robby, and the popular robot gets even more attention as a guest star in "The Robot Client," an episode of the Thin Man TV series (starring Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk) that originally aired on Feb. 28, 1958. Disc 1 also includes a gallery of seven science-fiction movie trailers dating from 1953's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms to 1960's The Time Machine.

Disc 2 begins with 1957's The Invisible Boy, a still-enjoyable B-movie that served as Robby's post-Forbidden Planet showcase. Here, filmdom's favorite automaton plays sidekick to a young boy (Richard Eyer) who turns invisible when he gets caught up in a super-computer's scheme of global domination. Also included are three documentaries, all of them very good to excellent: In addition to reuniting the surviving cast members of the '56 classic (including Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Richard Anderson, Warren Stevens, and Earl Holliman), "Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet" is an appreciative tribute to Forbidden Planet with some of Hollywood's foremost sci-fi fans including special effects masters Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett, SF movie expert Bill Warren, and others. "Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon" is a featurette about the robot's design, creation, and pop-cultural history, featuring original "Robby" designer Robert Kinoshita, Bill Malone (current owner of the original Robby), and Fred "The Robot Man" Barton, a lifelong robot fanatic builds fully authorized, full-scale Robby replicas for sci-fi fans with deep pockets. Closing out disc 2 is "Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us," a 2005 documentary from Turner Classic Movies, written and directed by Time magazine critic Richard Schickel. It's a thoroughly comprehensive survey of '50s sci-fi and its influence on the next generation of film directors, including engaging interviews with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Ridley Scott and James Cameron.

Last but certainly not least, the Ultimate Collector's Edition of Forbidden Planet comes with a highly detailed three-inch tall die-cast replica of Robby the Robot. Should you display it proudly on your toy shelf or keep it in its cellophane wrapper? That's a tough call for devoted Robby fans... so you'll just have to decide for yourself! --Jeff Shannon

Description

This 1956 cult classic, regarded as one of the most influential science fiction movies ever made, now has an all new Ultimate Collector's Edition featuring remastered film and audio. Loaded with hours of bonuses, vintage memorabilia, a Robby the Robot replica, and collectible packaging, this all new edition is ready for the Sci-Fi fanatic.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars this 1956 movie is spectacular!.......2007-06-04

Enjoy the story, special effects and art work. remember this movie was made in 1956 way before most of us were even born. Anne Francis was one gorgeous woman! Buy this movie in HD it looks fantastic. Its a little spooky for kids under 12.

3 out of 5 stars Why? Oh why?.......2007-05-24

Warner should be ashamed of itself for calling this an Ultimate edition.
They release this on one of the highest capacity media and yet guess what!
The original aspect ratio of the movie is lost!!! That means the movie is clipped on the sides. The original movie is 2.55:1, this so called Ultimate version is 2.4:1.
%5 of the original width is missing. And you call this an ultimate version, HAHA!

5 out of 5 stars A Sci-fi Classic.......2007-05-22

The movie itself is a classic on so many levels...this particular package contains promotional items that the movie buff, at least, will find intriguing. The film itself is surprisingly non-dated considering that it was made in the very early 50's. And Leslie Nielson sometimes actuall acts.

5 out of 5 stars Classic 'Fifties High-Camp SCI-FI !.......2007-05-12

Forbidden Planet may just be a sci-fi genre collector's cult classic... but it *does* have interesting moral and philosophical implications, as well as tons of fantastic special effects, especially given that this Sci-Fi film is 50-something yrs old now!
my reaction to casting (Walter Pidgeon really got lost in the part, i think) is mixed... as much as Pidgeon and Leslie Nielsen seemed overdone, the real hero-duo in this production is Robbie The Robot and Anne Francis... just my own taste, not everyone's tea.
Buy and watch this flick. It's a timeless fave, for the stated reasons.

5 out of 5 stars Well worth the re-release.......2007-05-12

A brilliant film and a a great chance to see Leslie Neilsen play it straight (well nearly, at any rate). The film is a classic and was, at the time, a fresh take on an even older classic (The Tempest). The acting may be a little wooden or hammy overall but that isn't what's importantsince the film itself is wonderfully engaging and introduces us to Robbie The Robot and the over-use of the Theremin for sci-fi sound effects & music.

This HD-DVD is a lovely clean-up job (check out how clean the titles look) and has some interesting extras including a whole extra film (which is quaint but you wouldn't pay for it in isolation).

Overall great fun, good value & a classic reminder of early evening sc-fi re-runs from when I was aged about 5¼!
Forbidden Planet [HD DVD]
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • this 1956 movie is spectacular!
  • Why? Oh why?
  • A Sci-fi Classic
  • Classic 'Fifties High-Camp SCI-FI !
  • Well worth the re-release
 Forbidden Planet [HD DVD]
Starring: Richard Anderson , James Best , William Boyett , Frankie Darro , and Bob Dix
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: HD DVD

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  1. The Day the Earth Stood Still
  2. When Worlds Collide
  3. This Island Earth
  4. The War of the Worlds (Special Collector's Edition)
  5. The Time Machine

ASIN: B000I2J2W2
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Amazon.com essential video

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 this movie as fresh, imaginative, and fun as it was when first released.

Description

A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen portrays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied Altair-4 world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), the remarkable Robby...and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars this 1956 movie is spectacular!.......2007-06-04

Enjoy the story, special effects and art work. remember this movie was made in 1956 way before most of us were even born. Anne Francis was one gorgeous woman! Buy this movie in HD it looks fantastic. Its a little spooky for kids under 12.

3 out of 5 stars Why? Oh why?.......2007-05-24

Warner should be ashamed of itself for calling this an Ultimate edition.
They release this on one of the highest capacity media and yet guess what!
The original aspect ratio of the movie is lost!!! That means the movie is clipped on the sides. The original movie is 2.55:1, this so called Ultimate version is 2.4:1.
%5 of the original width is missing. And you call this an ultimate version, HAHA!

5 out of 5 stars A Sci-fi Classic.......2007-05-22

The movie itself is a classic on so many levels...this particular package contains promotional items that the movie buff, at least, will find intriguing. The film itself is surprisingly non-dated considering that it was made in the very early 50's. And Leslie Nielson sometimes actuall acts.

5 out of 5 stars Classic 'Fifties High-Camp SCI-FI !.......2007-05-12

Forbidden Planet may just be a sci-fi genre collector's cult classic... but it *does* have interesting moral and philosophical implications, as well as tons of fantastic special effects, especially given that this Sci-Fi film is 50-something yrs old now!
my reaction to casting (Walter Pidgeon really got lost in the part, i think) is mixed... as much as Pidgeon and Leslie Nielsen seemed overdone, the real hero-duo in this production is Robbie The Robot and Anne Francis... just my own taste, not everyone's tea.
Buy and watch this flick. It's a timeless fave, for the stated reasons.

5 out of 5 stars Well worth the re-release.......2007-05-12

A brilliant film and a a great chance to see Leslie Neilsen play it straight (well nearly, at any rate). The film is a classic and was, at the time, a fresh take on an even older classic (The Tempest). The acting may be a little wooden or hammy overall but that isn't what's importantsince the film itself is wonderfully engaging and introduces us to Robbie The Robot and the over-use of the Theremin for sci-fi sound effects & music.

This HD-DVD is a lovely clean-up job (check out how clean the titles look) and has some interesting extras including a whole extra film (which is quaint but you wouldn't pay for it in isolation).

Overall great fun, good value & a classic reminder of early evening sc-fi re-runs from when I was aged about 5¼!
Forbidden Planet
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Forbidden Planet
    Starring: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen , Warren Stevens , and Jack Kelly
    Director: Fred M. Wilcox
    Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
    ProductGroup: DVD
    Binding: DVD

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    Invisible PeopleInvisible People | By Theme | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
    Mad ScientistsMad Scientists | By Theme | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
    Robots & AndroidsRobots & Androids | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
    Space AdventureSpace Adventure | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
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    Darro, FrankieDarro, Frankie | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Drury, JamesDrury, James | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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    ASIN: B00004RF9B
    Release Date: 2000-04-18

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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 this movie as fresh, imaginative, and fun as it was when first released.
    Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector's Edition) [HD DVD]
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      		Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector's Edition) [HD DVD]
      Starring: Richard Anderson , James Best , William Boyett , Frankie Darro , and Bob Dix
      Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
      ProductGroup: DVD
      Binding: HD DVD

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      ASIN: B000JVRPUI
      Release Date: 2006-11-14

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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 this movie as fresh, imaginative, and fun as it was when first released.

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      This 1956 cult classic, regarded as one of the most influential science fiction movies ever made, now has an all new Ultimate Collector's Edition featuring remastered film and audio. Loaded with hours of bonuses, vintage memorabilia, a Robby the Robot replica, and collectible packaging, this all new edition is ready for the Sci-Fi fanatic.
      Sci-Fi 3-Pack (The Thing from Another World / Them / Forbidden Planet)
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        		Sci-Fi 3-Pack (The Thing from Another World / Them / Forbidden Planet)
        Starring: Margaret Sheridan , Kenneth Tobey , Robert Cornthwaite , Douglas Spencer , and James R. Young
        Director: Christian Nyby , Howard Hawks , and Gordon Douglas
        Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
        ProductGroup: DVD
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        ASIN: B000765I4U
        Release Date: 2005-03-01
        Soylent Green / Forbidden Planet (Two-Pack)
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          		Soylent Green / Forbidden Planet (Two-Pack)
          Starring: Warner 2pak
          Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
          ProductGroup: DVD
          Binding: DVD

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          ASIN: B0002QO3Y6
          Release Date: 2004-10-12

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