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Just Imagine

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El Brendel (Actor), Maureen O'Sullivan (Actor), David Butler (Director)

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Just Imagine -Black and White-1930, is a science fiction musical comedy in which a man from 1930 who died on a golf course is brought back to life in the futuristic world of, gasp, 1980! He is amazed to find a world where every one has their own flying machine, people have numbers instead of names, and babies are ordered by push button machines. He takes the numerical name Single 0, and helps some men of the future with their romances. Single 0 then takes part in a journey to Mars, which is inhabited by a race of twins, one good, one evil. This movie is an ultra-rare sci-fi gem.

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Actors: El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick, Marjorie White, Frank Albertson
Directors: David Butler
Format: Multiple Formats, Full Screen, NTSC
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Studio: PR Studios
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
Run Time: 108 minutes
Average Customer Review: 24 customer reviews
ASIN: B001P3XYUE
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,264 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2025 in Movies & TV > DVD > Science Fiction

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Amusing film, terrible DVD

ByR. Prokopon July 18, 2013

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As a diehard fan of pre-sputnik SF movies, I just had to see this film at least once, and I'm glad I did. It will certainly never get into my list of "favorites", but it does have its charm. I for one enjoyed the satirical look at 1930s America (which is actually what this movie is all about), especially the Prohibition Era gags. But let's be honest, as a science fiction film, Just Imagine stinks! Good for laughs (such as when the spaceship to Mars takes off with spectators standing just a few feet away, or when the explorers blithely walk out onto the Martian surface without a second's hesitation, not stopping to check whether the atmosphere is breathable), but there's no "science" in this movie whatsoever. Did enjoy the sets immensely - they reminded me of Dr. Seuss illustrations. And the acting is straight out of Vaudeville - excellent stuff, if you go for that sort of thing (I have a high tolerance for it). Sadly, the very best scene in the entire movie is right at the beginning, when the two main characters park their personal aircraft in mid-air to talk to one another, and are told to "move along" by a stereotypical Irish cop in a floating traffic signal (which he manually operates).

But the quality of the DVD? Truly dreadful! The edges of the film seemed cropped throughout - not only left and right, but top and bottom as well. I can deal with scratches and skips (I am, after all, a fan of really, really old cinema), but the sound quality is unforgivable. Also, it appears to have been copied off of a TV broadcast. At one point, the channel logo even briefly appears in the lower right corner.

But all in all, I do not regret my purchase, and am not asking for the time back that I spent watching it. So if you enjoy really obscure classic cinema and have a high tolerance for corn, don't hesitate to add this one to your collection.

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Terrible print of an amazing film

ByPierre Fontaineon November 15, 2010

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This is a tough DVD to review. For starters, Just Imagine is a piece of cinema history. Made after Fritz Lang's Metropolis, this film is a very different take on life in the future, specifically the year 1980 where everyone has a number for a name and flies around in their own personal aero-car. I've long known about this film and I've long known that its considered to be a very flawed masterpiece.

For starters, this film is a light-hearted musical comedy, made in 1930, which attempts to predict what life would be like in 50 years. Probably inspired by Buck Rogers, the film is told from the point of view of a man awoken from 50 years sleep only to find himself in a strange futuristic world. He befriends two men and hilarity ensues as they try to undo an arranged marriage between one man's girl-friend and her state picked fiance. After a trip to Mars to prove his that he is worthy of his girlfriends hand in marriage, all ends well.

The humor in the film is forced and there are weird pauses in the action as if to allow the audience enough time to laugh before moving onto the next piece of business. One of the film's stars is a very young Maureen O'Hara. The real star of the film though is the wonderful set designs and special effects, which are really remarkable. The futuristic city is a real wonder to behold and the whole film has a wonderful art deco feel to it.

Unfortunately, the DVD was probably struck from a VHS copy of a 16 mm print of the original film. The image is soft and breaks up every so often from video noise. I hope a better print of this film exists somewhere and that it eventually finds release on DVD but right now, this is the only record of this fantastically weird film. If you are into retro-science fiction then I would highly recommend this film but the transfer lets it down. However, I'm incredibly indebted to the company that released this as its the only version available and having it is better than not.

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What was that?

BywiredweirdHALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWERon July 14, 2009

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I'll try to keep a straight face, here, but it might not be easy. This presents itself as a 1930s view of what 1980 would look like: people's names replaced by numbers, aircars in tidy skylanes over the gleaming city, and marriages arranged by application to the benevolent state. Oh: arranged when the man applies, since the woman's interest in the affair has no legal standing. Therein lies the romantic struggle, to present a more convincing case for worthiness to the licensing tribunal than the competing suitor does.

Well, the first manned trip to Mars ought to put enough weight in the resume. They aim their rocket, push the button, and they're off - along with the comedic relief, a tippling stowaway with a funny accent and a personality like Red Skelton's Clem Kadiddlehopper. The Martians? Of course there are Martians, why else go to Mars? They greet our adenturers with the warmest of welcomes, sometimes hinting at the steamy, but then ... well, see for yourself.

Since the vaudeville era hadn't yet loosed its grip on the image of what entertainment should be, there are songs, adventure, dance numbers, adventure, comedy, adventure, chaste romance, and a predictably happy ending. A collection of bold characters and silly predictions keep this moving. Modern viewers will see this 80 year old artifact as a campy anachronism - unless they look a bit past, and see which hopes, fears, and expectations movies of that era addressed.

-- wiredweird

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Better than nothing

BySeth Deitchon June 25, 2011

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This is a great and hard to see film and I have been trying to get a good copy of it for decades. This review is not about the film, it is about the product. I had a VHS copy taken off the TV and missing the last thirty seconds, so this DVD is technically an improvement. That being said, the quality sucks big time. I don't regret the purchase and hopefully you won't either, but it is far from the presentation this film deserves. It looks like it was shot off of a dupe of a dupe of a scratchy 16 MM print. If this is the best quality available then Just Imagine is one step away from being a lost film. I'm happy enough to have this DVD, but I hope somewhere, someone has a good print that can be the basis of a remastered version someday. This will have to stand in for it until then.

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