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Forbidden Planet (DVD)

Walter Pidgeon (actor), Anne Francis (actor) and Fred M. Wilcox (director)
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Review

USA Today, 08/01/1997, p.3D, "Filmed in CinemaScope and color and given a lofty sci-fi budget for its day....[A] perennially popular outer space variation on Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST..."

Premiere, 12/01/2006, p.130, "[A]n irresistible blend of the sublime and the silly....[With] magnificent galazy scapes...[and[ colorful futuristic interiors..."

Ultimate DVD, 08/01/2007, p.83, 5 stars out of 5 -- "FORBIDDEN PLANET is a feast for the eyes....This definitive Science Fiction movie has really never looked better..."

Entertainment Weekly, 09/16/1994, pp.126-8, "...Sci-fi classic....[Nielsen does] a man's-gotta-do-what-a-man's-gotta-do..." -- Rating: A-

Title Note

Color by Eastmancolor. Shot in CinemaScope.

"Electronic tonalities" by Louis and Bebe Barron.

Joshua Meador, who worked on the special effects team, was loaned to MGM by Walt Disney Productions.

The story is loosely based on Shakespeare's classic play "The Tempest."

Rated BBFC U by the British Board of Film Censors.

Distributor Note

Forbidden Planet: Ultimate Collector's Edition

This 1956 cult classic, regarded as one of the most influential science fiction movies ever made, now has an all new Ultimate Collector's Edition featuring remastered film and audio. Loaded with hours of bonuses, vintage memorabilia, a Robby the Robot replica, and collectible packaging, this all new edition is ready for the Sci-Fi fanatic.

Source: Warner Home Video

Release Note

DVD Features:

Region 1
Digipak
Disc - 2
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - French
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Additional Footage - Deleted Scenes, Lost Footage
Featurettes - 1. "Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us"
2. "Amazing!: Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet"
3. "Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon"
Trailers - Theatrical Trailers
Additional Product:
Collectible - Toy

Product Notes

Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST is transformed in this landmark science-fiction film. Spacemen travel to a planet ruled by Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), who has built a kingdom with his daughter and obedient robot Robby. The good doctor is plagued by his mad quest for knowledge through his "brain booster" machine, and by Freudian "monsters from the id" as his daughter discovers other men and learns to kiss.

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