The Martian Chronicles
by Michael Anderson
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Actor: Bernie Casey, Christopher Connelly, Gayle Hunnicutt, Nicholas Hammond, Rock HudsonDirector: Michael Anderson
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Ted Moore
Editor: Eunice Mountjoy
Producer: Andrew Donally
Producer: Charles M. Fries
Producer: Charles W. Fries
Producer: Milton Subotsky
Producer: Richard Berg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Miniseries, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Movie Review: The Martian Chronicles
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never read ray bradbury's book but I have watched the miniseries and enjoyed it. To me it was Sciences Fiction of the times. A bit awkward but for the time it was an up to date movie. There has been advances in movies. Take the andromeda strain, a movie and a mini-series. the mini-series is newer and more up to date but I still like the older one for some of its ideas. Like the farm and the building on the farm. The building hides an underground lab, to get into the lab you have to enter a tool closet and punch a button for the floor as an elevator to star moving. I loved the style of it. The corridors where one big circle in both walking around in the hall and from floor to ceiling circles. Anyway, back to martian Chronicles. There ar no fancy movie effects such as lasers guns or warp engines or any thing that would be considered from the future. But still going to mars and living. a novel Idea.
Summary of The Martian Chronicles
From the mind of science-fiction giant Ray Bradbury springs what is perhaps his most epic vision. Capturing mankind's first venture into the colonization of another planetand its tragic first contact with another species"The Martian Chronicles" is a stunning achievement that will take you from the edge of your seat'to the stars. Earth is on the verge of extinction. To survive, mankind must find another place to live. But when three expeditions to Mars, headed by Col. John Wilder (Oscar?(r) nominee* Rock Hudson), find suitable conditions for relocation, humans pour in bythe shipload, bringing the old evils of Earth with them! As Wilder begins to heed the lessons of the dying Martian civilization, can he save humanity from repeating its doom? *1956: Actor, GiantWith each passing year, this 1980 miniseries becomes more for those who have read Ray Bradbury's landmark novel. The three-part, nearly five-hour series keeps its brainy science fiction roots; this story (and the 1940s novel) is not about laser battles and exciting action pieces. Bradbury's novel is galvanized by the cold war nightmare: at the end of the 20th century, an earth teetering on world war begins to colonize Mars without much knowledge of the new world. Hard science is left for other stories, and director Michael Anderson (Logan's Run) keeps this retrofitting: for example, astronauts arrive on a breathable Mars in leisure suits. The space travel effects are clunky, but the action on Mars--with Assheton Gorton's geometric sets and simple props--are far more effective. There are Martians there, as the unprepared first Earthlings learn. Later, as the planet is quickly colonized, the remaining Martians are near specters--bringing awe and fear to those they encounter. Master sci-fi writer Richard Matheson (I Am Legend) smartly streamlines Bradbury's episodic stories, giving a central role to Col. John Wilder (played by Rock Huston, leading a plethora of solid, yet B-list actors). For those in love with cerebral science fiction, they can enjoy this dated but curious sci-fi miniseries; for those of think sci-fi began with Star Wars, beware. --Doug Thomas
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