This Island Earth
by Jack Arnold, Joseph M. Newman
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Actor: Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller, Rex Reason, Russell JohnsonDirector: Jack Arnold, Joseph M. Newman
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
Cinematographer: Clifford Stine
Editor: Virgil W. Vogel
Producer: William Alland
Writer: Edward G. O'Callaghan
Writer: Franklin Coen
Writer: Raymond F. Jones
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of This Island Earth
Movie Review: Good but Missing Widescreen!
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie is everything I remember it to be... Cool story, excellent fx (for it's time) and wonderful production/performances... This is still a definite original in the anals of sci fi...
Too bad it didn't come in widescreen... I was very disappointed at that as it misses the complete effect of remembering and enjoying the movie as it was.... I do not like converting films to full screen as it destroys a large part of the director's/cameraman's work! ...and my complaint? I wasn't informed that it was full screen (or at least it wasn't made obvious or clear)...
Summary of This Island Earth
Prepare to blast off from planet Earth in one of the most popular classic sci-fi films of all time! When atomic scientist Dr. Meacham (Rex Reason) is chosen to take part in a top-secret research experiment in a remote lab he quickly discovers that he is really involved in an evil scheme by alien Metalunans to take over Earth. After he and the gorgeous Dr. Adams (Faith Domergue) make their escape shortly before the lab explodes they are whisked away in a flying saucer to Metaluna where they are blamed for the destruction. Will interstellar negotiation save the day or will the scientists be forced to take part in a treacherous battle to the death? Featuring incredible special effects that were 2 1/2 years in the making this is one adventure that you have to see to believe!System Requirements:Running Time: 86 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating:?NR UPC:?025192013621 Manufacturer No:?20136A mysterious, pilotless plane carries scientist Rex Reason to a colony of America's best and brightest minds. They've been kidnapped by a dying alien race, the Metalunians, to repair their defense shield before their enemies destroy their world completely, toiling under their spying eyes and futuristic security cameras (two-way TVs that dominate every room). Jeff Morrow, under a raised forehead, bronze tan, and snow-white hair, philosophizes as Exeter, the thoughtful Metalunian torn between his duty and his morals as he forces the plucky humans to labor in his race's defense. The moody mystery of the first half turns to pure pulp adventure when the humans are transported across the galaxy to the battle-scarred world of Metaluna, under the threatening watch of a monstrous bug-eyed monster with a giant brain for a head and massive claws for hands. There's a genuine sense of wonder to Joseph Newman's intergalactic adventure, one of the most ambitious science fiction films of the 1950s. The story is simple space opera, but the futuristic designs of glass and metal, the marvelous alien makeup, and grandstanding special effects invest the film with a Technicolor splendor. Faith Domergue co-stars as a nuclear physicist and Gilligan's Island's Russell Johnson makes his first professorial appearance as a scientist. Science fiction auteur Jack Arnold was an unbilled codirector. --Sean Axmaker
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