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Forbidden Planet
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Leading Role: Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stevens
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
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Format: DVD
Apr 2000
Rated G
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Sound: Surround, Stereo
Closed Captioned
98 min.
Color
UPC: 012569505926
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Movie Description
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.

Credits
Cast:Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stevens
Director:Fred M. Wilcox
Producer:Nicholas Nayfack

Film Notes
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.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Pan & Scan - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Dual Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Additional Products:

FORBIDDEN PLANET

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Pan & Scan - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Dual Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Additional Products:
8-Page Booklet
8-Page Booklet

Industry Reviews
"...Sci-fi classic....[Nielsen does] a man's-gotta-do-what-a-man's-gotta-do..." -- Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly - Glenn Kenny (09/16/1994)

"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..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (08/01/1997)

"[A]n irresistible blend of the sublime and the silly....[With] magnificent galazy scapes...[and[ colorful futuristic interiors..."
Premiere - Glenn Kenny (12/01/2006)

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

"Over 50 years on, FORBIDDEN PLANET still looks like the future....An oddity that would change the face of science-fiction on film."
Empire - Kim Newman (08/01/2008)


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