Forbidden Planet [Blu-ray]

Director: Fred M. Wilcox

Overview

In the 23rd century, Cmdr. J. J. Adams guides a rescue mission to faraway planet Altair-4. Twenty years earlier, Earth ship Bellerophon disappeared while en route to Altair-4. Only the ship's philologist Dr. Morbius survived; in the intervening decades, Morbius has created an Edenlike world of his own.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/07/2010
UPC:	0883929114436
Original Release:	1956
Rating:	G
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	3,906

Special Features

Deleted Scenes and Lost Footage; 2 Follow-Up Vehicles Starring Robby the Robot: Feature Film The Invisible Boy; The Thin Man TV Series Episode Robot Client; ; TCM Original Documentary Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us; ; 2 Featurettes: Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet ; Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon; ; Excerpts from The MGM Parade TV Series; Theatrical Trailers of Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Walter Pidgeon	Dr. Edward Morbius
Anne Francis	Altaira 'Alta' Morbius
Leslie Nielsen	Commander J. J. Adams
Warren Stevens	Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow M.D.
Jack Kelly	Lt. Farman
Richard Anderson	Chief Quinn
Earl Holliman	Cook
George Wallace	Bosun
Bob Dix	Grey
Jimmy Thompson	Youngerford
James Drury	Strong
Harry Harvey Jr.	Randall
Roger McGee	Lindstrom
Peter Miller	Moran,Robby
Morgan Jones	Nichols
Richard Grant	Silvers
Frankie Darro	Robby the Robot
Robby the Robot	Actor
James Best	Crewman
Les Tremayne	Narrator
Bebe Barron	Composer

Technical Credits

Cyril Hume

Cyril Hume	Screenwriter
Nicholas Nayfack	Producer
Irving G. Reis	Special Effects
Warren Newcombe	Special Effects
Joshua Meador	Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects
Wesley C. Miller	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

You remember this one: Intrepid astronauts led by Commander John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) visit the far-off planet known as Altair-4, where the seemingly idyllic lifestyle enjoyed by reclusive scientist Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his futuristic glam-girl daughter, Altaira Morbius (Anne Francis), is suddenly threatened by the inexplicable rampages of an invisible monster. Few science-fiction films from the '50s remain as popular as this space-opera adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, although we're not sure we agree with the assertion made in one of this deluxe edition’s new documentaries, claiming that Forbidden Planet was the genre's most important pre-Star Wars movie. That appraisal comes from one of the many influential filmmakers who sing Planet's praises in "Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet." They include directors Joe Dante, John Landis, and John Carpenter, who are joined by special-effects wizards John Dykstra and Dennis Muren, several film historians, and surviving cast members Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Earl Holliman, and Warren Stevens. Warner excels in the production of special features, and the studio has pulled out all the stops once again, coming up with material that was either believed lost or was just plain forgotten, including test footage from special-effects sequences and lighting comparisons of the various sets. Other featurettes include "Watch the Skies," a Turner Classic Movies documentary on sci-fi films of the '50s, and "Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon." Robby stars as well in two 1958 extras: "The Invisible Boy," a feature; and "Robot Client," an episode from the Thin Man TV series.