Plan 9 From Outer Space [Special Edition]

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Overview

"Considered by many to be the worst film of all time, Edward D. Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed captions on t

Product Details

Release Date:	09/30/2008
UPC:	0014381850420
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Presentation:	[B&W, Full Frame]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:18:00
Sales rank:	13,596

Special Features

"Two-hour long retrospective documentary: "Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion"","Interviews with Gregory Walcott, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Vampira, and Conrad Brooks, plus sci-fi historian Forrest J. Ackerman and directors/fans Sam Raimi and Joe Dante"

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bela Lugosi	Ghoul Man
Lyle Talbot	General
Tor Johnson	Inspector Clay,Farmer Calder
Gregory Walcott	Jeff Trent
Mona McKinnon	Paula Trent
Duke Moore	Lt. Harper
Vampira	The Ghoul Woman
Dudley Manlove	Eros
John Breckinridge	The Ruler
Criswell	Narrator
Paul Marco	Patrolman Kelton
Conrad Brooks	Policeman
David De Mering	Danny
Bill Ash	Captain
Norma McCarty	Edith
Jo Anna Lee	Actor
Lynn Lemon	Actor
Ben Frommer	Man
Gloria Dea	Girl
Maila Nurmi	Vampire Girl
Johnny Duncan	Second Stretcher Bearer
George Duryea	Col. Edwards
Carl Anthony	Patrolman Larry
J. Reynolds	Gravedigger
Gordon Zahler	Composer
Trevor Duncan	Composer
Steve Race	Composer
Gilbert Vinter	Composer
Franz Mahl	Composer
James Stevens	Composer
Wolfgang Droysen	Composer
Van Phillips	Composer
Bruce Campbell	Composer
Ward Sills	Composer

Technical Credits

J. Edward Reynolds	Executive Producer
Ed Wood	Producer
Edward Wood Jr.	Screenwriter
Charles Duncan	Special Effects
David Martin	Executive Producer
Lindsay Lucht	Producer
Barry Sandrew	Executive Producer
Susan Olney	Executive Producer
Richie Chechilo	Executive Producer

Scene Index

Menu Group #1 with 20 chapter(s) covering 01:18:17
1. Criswell Predicts; Main title. [2:41]
2. First sighting; "holy mackeral!". [4:10]
3. Death of the old man. [2:04]
4. Clay on the case; "I'm a big boy now Johnny.". [2:31]
5. Muzzled by army brass. [2:06]
6. The death of inspector clay. [2:05]
7. Harper's gunplay. [1:37]
8. Saucers seen over Hollywood. [4:29]
9. Plan 9 revealed. [8:00]
10. The moving figure of the dead old man. [2:14]
11. Clay rises. [6:57]
12. Kelton's discovery. [7:50]
13. A change in plans. [6:15]
14. The old man's last stand. [6:21]
15. Clay clips Kelton. [1:20]
16. Aboard the saucer. [4:33]
17. The theory of Solarmanite. [6:57]
18. A whop on the head. [1:51]
19. Fight for freedom. [2:45]
20. "God help us in the future.". [1:21]

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Editorial Reviews

Plan 9 From Outer Space has been unjustly deemed the worst movie of all time. It's true that cardboard gravestones are knocked over, that scenes change from day to night at a moment's notice, and that half of Bela Lugosi's scenes are shot with a taller stand-in who has trouble keeping his vampire's cape on his shoulders. But technical gaffes like these are shared by a number of low-budget sci-fi films with plots that equal the absurdity of this epic's tale of extraterrestrial grave robbers. What distinguishes Plan 9 from less interesting failures is the bizarre but sincerely overwrought screenplay from now-famous director Edward D. Wood Jr. As in his other works (such as the autobiographical Glen Or Glenda? and Bride of the Monster), Wood's words expressed far more of his interior obsessions, beliefs, and philosophies than any other hack churning out similar kiddie spook shows. It's clumsy poetry to be sure, but Wood loved the movies and tried to speak through them. An alien invader's soliloquy on the stupidity of modern man comes off like a strange man on the bus, demanding to tell you what's wrong with the world. Most of Wood's films have this strangely direct feel to them, but Plan 9 From Outer Space is definitely the tightest synthesis of the man's personal idiosyncrasies and his deep desire to tell a story that everyone would love. As a result, it's proven itself to be immensely popular, a rare combination of accessibility and outsider vision that unfortunately never paid off within Edward D. Wood Jr.'s lifetime.