Forbidden Planet (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]
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To be fair this was made in the 50's not long after the 2nd World War so it's not unreasonable for the dialogue to reflect the times. But it is a cracker movie and time only seems to improve it. For all the CGI and special effects you get today there is a kind of magic about this film that never fades.
Another of those many films not appreciated in its day and now highly thought of / regarded as a classic piece of cinema . . . as well as being one of the best sci-fi films of the 1950s - along with INVADERS FROM MARS (1953), INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956), THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953), THE QUATERMAS XPERIMENT (1955) and THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957) - only the second of this little group to have had a steelbook release and only the third to have a Blu-ray release in the UK.
One of the new WB wave (including ZODIAC, THE LAST SAMURAI, BULLITT, DOG DAY AFTERNOON) . . . a new steelbook with slightly different artwork to what's gone before? What's not to like?
Not as if the new steelbook front art is something off the wall . . . 'tis in fact from a poster voted #5 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere magazine:-
. . . and that's even though the scene pictured is an invention and didn't happen in the film.
Robby, in reality, not vaguely menacing, as on the poster, but a loyal servant, chauffeur, chef etc. . . . highly adaptable and capable of all tasks from the smallest to the largest.
As for the film: maybe not action packed, no swearing (as far as I can remember), a body count of seven and maybe too walk talky for modern tastes . . . but with its big budget (for the time) . . .
. . . great characters - particularly the colourful Robby the Robot in its debut role - Leslie Nielsen's debut role too as straight as they come long before he found his niche in the NAKED GUN comedy series, 1940's matinee idol Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Morbius, the menacing Id monster invading the camp, the massively impressive scene of the Krell power/computer plant under the planet, the pretty but innocent Altaira with her mini-skirt - an item of clothing not seen as a piece of iconic fashion until at least five years later (and which resulted in the film being banned in Spain until 1967) - etc. . . . I'd say this film deserves its cult status more than most.
Not forgetting the film's totally electronic music score's influence on 1960's/1970's electronic music (Pink Floyd and Brian Eno as but two examples) and on later films and TV productions (Star Trek Original / THG being the most obvious).
As for the star of the show, Robby the robot: it was recently let go by the director William Malone, from his private collection, to someone who paid $5.5M approx. at auction http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...rop-robby-therobot-sets-price-record-selling/
One of the new WB wave (including ZODIAC, THE LAST SAMURAI, BULLITT, DOG DAY AFTERNOON) . . . a new steelbook with slightly different artwork to what's gone before? What's not to like?
Not as if the new steelbook front art is something off the wall . . . 'tis in fact from a poster voted #5 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere magazine:-
. . . and that's even though the scene pictured is an invention and didn't happen in the film.
Robby, in reality, not vaguely menacing, as on the poster, but a loyal servant, chauffeur, chef etc. . . . highly adaptable and capable of all tasks from the smallest to the largest.
As for the film: maybe not action packed, no swearing (as far as I can remember), a body count of seven and maybe too walk talky for modern tastes . . . but with its big budget (for the time) . . .
. . . great characters - particularly the colourful Robby the Robot in its debut role - Leslie Nielsen's debut role too as straight as they come long before he found his niche in the NAKED GUN comedy series, 1940's matinee idol Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Morbius, the menacing Id monster invading the camp, the massively impressive scene of the Krell power/computer plant under the planet, the pretty but innocent Altaira with her mini-skirt - an item of clothing not seen as a piece of iconic fashion until at least five years later (and which resulted in the film being banned in Spain until 1967) - etc. . . . I'd say this film deserves its cult status more than most.
Not forgetting the film's totally electronic music score's influence on 1960's/1970's electronic music (Pink Floyd and Brian Eno as but two examples) and on later films and TV productions (Star Trek Original / THG being the most obvious).
As for the star of the show, Robby the robot: it was recently let go by the director William Malone, from his private collection, to someone who paid $5.5M approx. at auction http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...rop-robby-therobot-sets-price-record-selling/
Pre Order Live
https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/forbi...usive-limited-edition-steelbook/11639652.html
This has different back and inside artwork to previous UK steelbook and front artwork is slightly different
No embossing on this steelbook
German Steelbook Same as Zavvi
Comparison photos between this steelbook and previous
Pictures from steelbookfan on Amazon Germany Website
https://www.amazon.de/review/RK6Y71...&nodeID=284266&store=dvd-de&tag=hidefnin0d-21
https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/forbi...usive-limited-edition-steelbook/11639652.html
This has different back and inside artwork to previous UK steelbook and front artwork is slightly different
No embossing on this steelbook
German Steelbook Same as Zavvi
Comparison photos between this steelbook and previous
Pictures from steelbookfan on Amazon Germany Website
https://www.amazon.de/review/RK6Y71...&nodeID=284266&store=dvd-de&tag=hidefnin0d-21
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