The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
by Kevin Burns (III)
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Actor: Angela Cartwright, Barbara Eden, Bill Mumy, June Lockhart, Marta KristenDirector: Kevin Burns (III)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-05-30
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
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Movie Review: Irwin Allen Blockbuster Classic Documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
Definally for anyone who grew up in the 60s and was into fantasy science ficton. This documentary, hosted by Lost In Space co-stars Bill Mumy and June Lockhart, as well as the Robot, is about the history of series creator Irwin Allen. It details his earliest beginings in Hollywood, his long time association with Groucho Marx, his forays into filmmaking such as The Big Circus and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and his sci-fi tv series, Voyage, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, and the two big blockbuster disaster movies of his career, The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. This DVD also has some nice extras such as the behind the scene filming of this special, and to top it all off, a surprise appearance by Special Guest Star Jonathan Harris at the very end. As with other Irwin Allen productions, this DVD also contains star studded appearances by Barbara Eden, Red Buttons, David Hedison, Al Lewis, Steve Allen, Deanna Lund, Marta Kristen, Bob May, Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright, Dick Tufeld and much much more.
Summary of The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
An all-star tribute to the creator of "Lost In Space" and other sci-fi classics! The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen is the definitive documentary on Irwin Allen, Hollywood's famous "master of disaster" and creator of some of the most successful movies and television series of all time. This tribute to the prolific producer/director contains 100 minutes of classic scenes, never-before-seen outtakes, bloopers and behind-the-scenes glimpses from favorites like "Lost In Space," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "The Time Tunnel," "Land of the Giants," The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno! So put on your space suit and climb aboard the Jupiter 2 for this once-in-a-lifetime look at motion picture and television history hosted by Bill Mumy and June Lockhart.If you had a baking soda-powered Seaview submarine when you were a kid, then you're probably a fan of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, either the movie or the TV show, where that high-tech sub originated. And therefore you're probably a fan of that show's creator, producer-director Irwin Allen, the subject of this documentary. Allen is probably best known for starting the disaster film craze in the '70s with hit movies like The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, where he earned the title of "Master of Disaster." But perhaps he's best loved for the string of TV series he made in the '60s: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and the bizarre Land of the Giants. The documentary glosses over Allen's film career, rightly spending more time on the TV shows, revealing Allen's penchant for monster costumes and using stock footage. We find out that Allen often filmed some sequences for black-and-white shows in color so he could use them later as stock footage. Also, when he needed to shoot a sequence that was supposed to be inside a whale, he saved a fortune by using leftover sets from Fantastic Voyage. The format of the documentary is corny, hosted by Bill Mumy and June Lockhart, along with "The Robot," all from Lost in Space, all hamming it up. But there is such a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage that any fan of Allen's TV shows will want to own this disc. Especially noteworthy is a bonus 55-minute featurette of series proposals, including lengthy footage of two shows that didn't make it, City Beneath the Sea and The Man from the 25th Century. That's worth the price of the disc. --Jim Gay
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