20 Million Miles to Earth [Region 2]
by Nathan Juran
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Actor: Frank Puglia, Joan Taylor, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry, William HopperDirector: Nathan Juran
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: Arabic (Subtitled); Bulgarian (Subtitled); Czech (Subtitled); Danish (Subtitled); Dutch (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Finnish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Greek (Subtitled); Hebrew (Subtitled); Hindi (Subtitled); Hungarian (Subtitled); Icelandic (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Norwegian (Subtitled); Polish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Swedish (Subtitled); Turkish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); German (Dubbed); Italian (Dubbed)
Format: PAL
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Movie Reviews of 20 Million Miles to Earth [Region 2]
Movie Review: NICE JOB ON AN OLD FAVORITE! ONE OF HARRYHAUSEN'S B&W CLASSICS IN COLOR!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the late 60's, I remember Saturday mornings, sitting in my PJ's, eating a bowl of cereal and watching this film(and many like it)on my living room floor! My family didn't have a color set until 1971, so I thought every movie was in B&W. I actually love B&W as it seems to add something to my favotite old horror films like Frankenstein and The Wolfman. On the other hand, Ray Harryhausen's work seems to be made for color, so I was pretty excited to see this.... if it was done right. Not being a fan of colorization, having Ray Harryhausen overseeing this project made a big difference to me.
****The Film****This is one of my favorite monster movies with one of Ray's most memorable creatures. The Ymir is an interesting and cool looking creature from Venus who grows rapidly in Earth's atmosphere. Not since King Kong has an animated monster evoked so much sympathy from it's audience. The film is pretty standard 50's sci-fi, but the FX and Harryhausen's gifts bring this to another level. This is a fun film to watch!
I have bought all of Harryhausen's films on VHS and the original DVD releases and I have now bought these new colorized versions.
Being able to switch from black and white to color was a great feature and it worked perfectly on my DVD player. I must say after seeing this film in B&W 100 times in my life, it was a welcome change to watch it in color. The Ymir and elephant battle is a highlight as there is a huge contrast of color with the grey elephant and the green Ymir.
The Transfer looks really good here, but I thought the old print was excellent too, so your buying this for the color choice and the new extra features which are also excellent. If you have the Sinbad films, you will pretty much have all the features that didn't get carried over on this disc and you will be able to add these new features, plus the commentary with Mr Ray Harryhausen himself to your collection! I found these new versions on sale for $7.00, so the upgrade was worth it for me. I hope The Beast Of 20,000 Fathoms gets this treatment in the near future.
I have heard that some players won't play the disc or do the color change without an annoying display icon on screen, but it I didn't have this problem. The icon would disappear as soon as I pressed the angle key a second time. If you love these films, it's worth looking into for the new features and color choice, the color palate looks perfectly normal and it adds that wow factor back to this classic film!
Summary of 20 Million Miles to Earth [Region 2]
Special-effects legend Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion talents and "Dynamation" (rear-projection) process are the highlights of the '50s-era creature feature 20 Million Miles to Earth. An American spaceship returns to Earth after a mission to Venus and crashes into the sea near Sicily. A sole survivor (William Hopper) is rescued, along with a specimen that quickly grows into a reptilian biped called the Ymir. The being eventually grows to 20 feet high and escapes its confines, whereupon it rampages through Rome before a showdown with the military. Despite lacking much of a personality, the Ymir is a marvelous showcase for Harryhausen's skills. Unfortunately, the rest of the film does not match his level of excellence; direction by Nathan Juran is perfunctory (his later collaborations with Harryhausen, including The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, are more lively), and performances and scripting are flat. Still, Harryhausen fans should enjoy this opportunity to see this phase of his career before he created his most enduring works. --Paul GaitaScience Fiction & Fantasy DVD Video
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