Product Details

• Actors: Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine, John Carradine, Derek Bond, Cyril Luckham
• Directors: Burt Balaban, Herbert S. Greene, Mikel Conrad
• Writers: Mikel Conrad, Arthur C. Pierce, Desmond Leslie, Hans Jacoby, Howard Irving Young
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 21, 2006
• Run Time: 218 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000C20VNM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,869 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Virtually The Day the Earth Stood Still retold, The Cosmic Man is another moralistic antiwar film with a kindly, intelligent alien who makes the U.S. Army look like destructive dunderheads. Bruce Bennett stars as the Robert Oppenheimer-type scientist who feels guilty about having created the atomic bomb and is now cautious about the relationship between science and the military. He's called in to investigate a mysterious floating white sphere believed to be from outer space. John Carradine is the helpful alien the army brass wants to exploit until they begin to fear his superior powers. Bennett fights to understand and save the Cosmic Man from trigger-happy soldiers and toady scientists. The special effects are charming because of their cheapness. The Cosmic Man first appears in negative but passes himself off as human by wearing a trench coat and kooky glasses with eyes painted on them. Add to that some hams in supporting actor roles and occasionally ridiculous dialogue. Look for Griffith Park Observatory doubling as a science lab! --Margaret Griffis

Product Description

Look up to the stars... for we are not alone! First THE COSMIC MAN arrives in a strange spherical spaceship. Is he here to destroy the world or bring it peace? Humanity stands in the balance in this powerful and engaging sci-fi saga with John Carradine, inspired by The Day the Earth Stood Still. Then a STRANGER FROM VENUS has the power of life and death at his touch, and Academy Award-winner Patricia Neal is a woman caught up in the biggest event in history in this touching and haunting story of "first contact" with a peaceful and advanced intelligence from another planet. Finally, America and Russia race against the clock in a thrill-packed contest to capture THE FLYING SAUCER hidden in the uncharted, avalanche-prone wastelands of Alaska. After experiencing these three fantastic tales of Cold War-era visitors from another world, you'll never look through a telescope the same way again!

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COSMIC BARGAIN!!!, October 18, 2007

By	Richard J. Oravitz - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a GREAT BARGAIN PACK of Image 1950's sci-fi dvds...The transfers are wonderful! COSMIC MAN looks just like it did when I saw it at the theater eons ago!!!...& it is my favorite of the three. FLYING SAUCER is a little slow with not much happening, but this is a VERY EARLY entry into the sci-fi genre & STRANGER FROM VENUS is kind of a remake/take-off on THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, as is COSMIC MAN!...So if you want to see some very good invader-friendly 1950's message oriented films in beautiful condition then this is your ticket! The source material is exceptional!!! & you couldn't get a better introduction to 1950's sci-fi.
BUY THIS.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COSMIC ENJOYMENT!!!, February 11, 2007

By	Richard J. Oravitz - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Cosmic Man (DVD)

Actually saw this in a theater in the early 1960's...Loved it, as any reader of FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine would...Bought the dvd & it brought back past memories, especially the FLOATING ALIEN SPACE_SPHERE (GLOBE/BALL?)...whatever.
Good sci-fi entry in the mode of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, enjoyable & family watchable!!!...Recommemded for fans of this sort of stuff (...like me).

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of Cosmic Man film., March 8, 2007

By	Judith Morrell Gribble (Burbank, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Cosmic Man (DVD)

I believe that this film does have a significant message even for people in the early part of the 21st century. Destruction of what you do not understand is not in the best interest of society. Listen to what other people of various races and cultures have to teach. We can all learn something from other people and cultures. The message that war is destructive to all societies is never an old message.