Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
by Robert Parrish
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Actor: Ian Hendry, Loni von Friedl, Lynn Loring, Patrick Wymark, Roy ThinnesDirector: Robert Parrish
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-24
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
Movie Review: The movie gets an A, but Universal gets an F-
Summary: 3 Stars
For a movie with the kind of camp appeal that "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" has, I would have thought that Universal would have put a little more effort into the presentation. Yes, the transfer of the movie looks pristine--it sounds and looks great, particularly considering it debuted almost 40 years ago. And although the model work may look a bit cheesy--the launch sequence, especially, would give true space fans fits with the cheese factor--that is one of the movie's most endearing qualities. The Dove, the Doppelganger landing craft, and the Eurosec facilities (in Portugal!) are, to me, better for this type of movie than the fancy CGI computer work.
While the movie itself is wonderful, and takes me back to my first time seeing it, on a TV station that showed it without commercial interruption during broadcast tests, Universal should be ashamed for the lack of extras on this. There's no scene selection menu, no movie trailer--nothing that would add to the viewer's experience. (Universal also committed the same blunder with another one of its classic movies, the disaster thriller "Earthquake".) It's almost as if they wanted to just get the movie out there and be done with it.
Still, despite the lack of goodies, "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" is worth the purchase.
Summary of Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
Sci-fi adventure and suspense has never been more exciting or intense as when you Journey to the Far Side of the Sun! One hundred years in the future two astronauts are sent to uncover the secrets of a "duplicate" Earth on the other side of the Sun. When they crash land three weeks earlier than they had planned they must embark on a life-or-death mission to determine whether they have arrived back home or on the strange mirror world. This imaginative space adventure offers a journey few will ever forget!There's a sense of awe to the special effects work of animation specialists Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds Are Go)--the slow, lovingly detailed introduction of a massive spaceship creeping out of dock and struggling against its bulk while trapped on the ground, and the almost balletic spectacle of the ship elegantly floating against an impressive star field or dramatically flying against the rugged landscape. These moments are the highlights of this sober science fiction thriller about the discovery of a planet on the far side of the sun in Earth's orbit. A mission is hastily put together, with British astrophysicist Ian Hendry teamed with hotshot American astronaut Roy Thinnes for the three-week trip, but when they suddenly crash-land the strange creatures that surround them are revealed to be human. Against all rational explanations they're back on Earth, but Thinnes suddenly discovers that everything is a mirror image of his existence: Through the Looking Glass by way of The Twilight Zone. Though it begins as a paranoid spy thriller set in the near future (the opening details an ingenious espionage caper featuring a very special eyepiece), it quickly turns into a serious and oddly unsettling space-race drama with a heady twist. Robert Parrish's direction is unusually aloof, but the film is always intriguing and well acted with gorgeous special effects that may rank second only to Stanley Kubrick's 2001 as the most elegant vision of outer space flight on film. --Sean Axmaker
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