Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet (1956)

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Overview

Captain Adams and the crew of the Starship C57D fly towards planet Altair 4 in search for the Bellerphon spaceship that has been missing for twenty years. To their surprise they are already being expected. A classic science fiction film from 1957 starring Leslie Nielsen.

Featured Crew

Cyril Hume

Screenplay
Fred M. Wilcox

Director

Top Billed Cast

Walter Pidgeon

Dr. Edward Morbius
Anne Francis

Altaira Morbius
Leslie Nielsen

Commander John J. Adams
Warren Stevens

Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
Jack Kelly

Lt. Jerry Farman
Richard Anderson

Chief Engineer Quinn

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Status Released

Original Language English

Runtime 1h 38m

Budget $1,900,000.00

Revenue $3,250,000.00

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Release Information

March 15, 1956
G, Theatrical
April 18, 2000
G, Physical
September 7, 2010
G, Physical

Genres

Science Fiction

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A review by John Chard

9.0

By John Chard

Your mind refuses to face the conclusion.

Forbidden Planet is directed by Fred M. Wilcox and stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Screenplay is written by Cyril Hume from an original story by Irving Block & Allen Adler (original title being Fatal Planet). It is a CinemaScope production out of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is shot in Eastman Color (not Metrocolor as suggested on some sources) by cinematographer George J. Folsey. The piece features a novel musical score (credited as "electronic tonalities") by Louis & Bebe Barron.

Loosely based around William Shakespeare's pla... read the rest.

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