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Forbidden Planet

Walter Pidgeon (Actor), Anne Francis (Actor), Fred M. Wilcox (Director) Rated:

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In this classic and much-emulated work of science fiction, a rescuemission to a distant planet discovers the two survivors of a space shipthat crashed 20 years before on the Forbidden Planet.One of the strandedhumans has deciphered the secrets of the planet's long-extinctinhabitants--and the technology that gave them the power to instantlydestroy their civilization. Now, he refuses to share his knowledge ...and one-by-one the rescuers begin to die.Based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest"

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Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly
Directors: Fred M. Wilcox
Writers: Cyril Hume
Producers: Nicholas Nayfack
Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English (Mono), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Subtitles: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Dubbed: French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
G
General Audience
Studio: WarnerBrothers
DVD Release Date: December 7, 2010
Run Time: 98 minutes
Average Customer Review: 1,747 customer reviews
ASIN: B0047BXRB2
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,001 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #113 in Movies & TV > DVD > Science Fiction
- #1063 in Movies & TV > DVD > Drama

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Oh, remember... SOME of the reviews here are over TEN years old! Get the BLU-RAY!

ByMichael Grösch-McCluskeyTOP 1000 REVIEWERon December 13, 2015

Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase

Wow! I upgraded to Blu-'.
I had the previous Collector's Edition DVDs---one for THIS FLICK, and the other DVD for
Robbie The Robot follow-up with the little boy... AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF I got as
bonus material... except the little minnie Robbie... and all those postcard-size lobby cards,
of course.

Great price; video AND sound!

Wow! What a great upgrade!

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O.K., I'll give it 3.8 stars...

ByDagoneton August 30, 2017

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This was a little different as I haven't seen too many old movies like this but it was entertaining. Leslie Neilsen had a lead role and he wasn't much of an actor, Walter Pidgeon on the other hand was much better. The only female in the movie was a much needed character and this attractive actress played her part well enough. I'm still unsure about the ending, how could it have been better?

Product info-the dvd is housed in a "book" type case. The "front cover" of this "book" is cardboard as well as the "spine" and the back cover is plastic. Thus, you'll need to handle it w/a little more care as it is not as durable as an all plastic case, a little disappointing here. Some of the special effects had (an) audio (track) that sounded a lot louder than the dialogue, at times during the movie I had to adjust the volume on my television. Am I the only one with this complaint?

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Stupendous and way ahead of its time!

ByHans K. Hildebrandon April 16, 2017

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I originally saw this movie at the local art deco Majestic Theatre in my little town in NH in 1956 or thereabouts. Being 7 years old I couldn't process many of the concepts but now all these years later it is fresh every time I watch it. Star Trek and Star Wars owe a lot to this movie in my opinion. The monsters from the Id still frighten me now as they did then.

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Fortunately, I watched this video to tell me not ...

ByAWon June 27, 2017

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I was planning a vacation and trying to see which planet I should go to. Fortunately, I watched this video to tell me not to go to the FORBIDDEN PLANET.

Also, Star Trek TOS totally 100% took the transporters from this movie.

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"I am programmed to answer to the name Robby"

ByGaryon June 26, 2017

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This is an absolute classic that won every award of its' time. First movie with extensive synthesizer sound effects. Blu-ray with near perfect graphics and fantastic actors. I think Robby may be an alcoholic though. :-)

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A classic!

ByGregory Waleon March 11, 2017

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This is a sci-fi classic extraordinaire. You can see a lot of parallels to other sci fi works from the likes of Mr Roddenberry. Worth having in your collection if you are a sci-fi buff and I have a very limited collection. Way ahead of its time in a lot of ways.

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Robby, emergency cancellation Archimedes

ByRobert Williamson June 18, 2013

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I first saw this film at the theatre way back in 1956. I liked it then and still like it now. I think all the actors are (like the Krell) mostly dead now but their work will live on now in this classic film.

Altair 4 is a beautiful little green world 22 light years from earth. It was there some 20 years in the past that Dr. Edward Morbius, (Walter Pidgeon) his wife and crew of the Belleraphon began to explore this world. Millions of years ago it was the home of the Krell, a wise an noble race of beings that had been wiped out in a single night.

Commanded by John J. Adams, (Leslie Nielson) the space crusier C-57D and her crew arrives from earth to check on the situation here. They are greeted by a robot (Robby ) who is fluent in 188 languages and is more advanced than all of earth's sciences could have created, However, Morbius insistes it is only a useful toy.

Commander Adams meets, then falls in love with Morbius' daughter Altaira (Anne Francis) who has a way with animals and, except for her father, has never seen an earth man before. It then an unseen force begins to kill the crew of the C-57D one by one, just as it had on the Belleraphon crew 22 years in the past.

This film seems to be ageless, despite the 57 years of advances in technology. Gene Roddenberry was so impressed by it, he used it as a template for the series Star Trek. The film's development is far beyond the typical monsters from space as the 1950's film industry had been cranking out (ie. Creature From the Black Lagoon etc. etc.).

And so I find myself many years later buying a copy of the 50th anniversary edition and being excited about having it. I wonder how many generations of us will continue to enjoy the movie. Perhaps, in years to come, our descendants may actually visit the world of the Krell.

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Lots of dialog for a young watcher

ByJ. DonaldsonTOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICEon September 12, 2017

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Watched this rental with my 7 year old son. I've seen it perhaps 7 or 8 times. It scared me when I was young. My son was a bit bored because of the large amount of dialog but not too much action.

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Five Stars

Pretty amazing for such an early sci-fi film.

Published 3 days ago by Antoinette Ruzzier

A "hand-crafted" masterpiece of science fiction.

Forbidden Planet is easily one of the finest science fiction movies ever made. Although released in 1956, it still compares favorably with much flashier movies from more recent...Read more

Published 3 days ago by Emma Wilson

Five Stars

The Original!!! What more could you ask for! Fast Shipment! Came in MINT condition!

Published 9 days ago by Christopher Beighley

Five Stars

Great sound

Published 10 days ago by steve

One of the great classic sci-fi films from the 50's

One of the great classic sci-fi films from the 50's! Highly recommended.
Shakespeare gets the deluxe space treatment in Forbidden Planet, an adaptation of The Tempest with...Read more

Published 11 days ago by D. Howe

Must have for any Sci-Fi Fan

Must have in a Sci Fi Library. this and Andromeda strain, Colossus the forbin project, the day the earth stood still... ETC.

This is one of the best guys.

Published 13 days ago by Russell Grover

Five Stars

Liked it so much I bought the DVD.

Published 20 days ago by Greg Moore

A true classic

Worthwhile addition to any video library

Published 22 days ago by F. Locke

Four Stars

Great movie that explores the monsters that exist in our imaginations. Still took its time getting here though.

Published 27 days ago by William Martin Horwatt III

A Go-To Classic

A Classic Everyone Should Have in a Video Library!

Published 1 month ago by C. Sinclair

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