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Post by ant-mac on Oct 30, 2018 2:27:27 GMT
RED PLANET MARS (1952) 3/5.
A small but enjoyable American science fiction film released by the film company, United Artists. The screenplay was written by Anthony Veiller and John L Balderston and was based on the play RED PLANET, which was written by John Hoare and John L Balderston. The film was produced by Anthony Veiller and Donald Hyde and it was directed by Harry Horner, in his directorial debut.
The plot involves an American astronomer, who obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. Meanwhile, at the same time, a colleague of his claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II.
It stars Peter Graves, Andrea King, Orley Lindgren, Walter Sande and Marvin Miller. It’s an inoffensive little piece that is mildly thought-provoking and includes an interesting message for a B-grade science fiction film from the 1950s.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 30, 2018 2:32:08 GMT
I watched this expecting to see a giant spider alien.
It's unusual for the strong political message. I'd love to see it remade by one of the big studios. haha Not gonna happen.
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Post by ant-mac on Oct 30, 2018 2:43:10 GMT
I watched this expecting to see a giant spider alien. It's unusual for the strong political message. I'd love to see it remade by one of the big studios. haha Not gonna happen. They'd probably only ruin it.
The spirit of the original wouldn't survive the transition.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Oct 30, 2018 11:39:16 GMT
RED PLANET MARS (1952) 3/5.
A small but enjoyable American science fiction film released by the film company, United Artists. The screenplay was written by Anthony Veiller and John L Balderston and was based on the play RED PLANET, which was written by John Hoare and John L Balderston. The film was produced by Anthony Veiller and Donald Hyde and it was directed by Harry Horner, in his directorial debut.
The plot involves an American astronomer, who obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. Meanwhile, at the same time, a colleague of his claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II.
It stars Peter Graves, Andrea King, Orley Lindgren, Walter Sande and Marvin Miller. It’s an inoffensive little piece that is mildly thought-provoking and includes an interesting message for a B-grade science fiction film from the 1950s.
Did you know that of all the 1950s years (1950-9) that 1952 had the least number of science-fiction film releases?
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Post by ant-mac on Oct 30, 2018 11:43:24 GMT
RED PLANET MARS (1952) 3/5.
A small but enjoyable American science fiction film released by the film company, United Artists. The screenplay was written by Anthony Veiller and John L Balderston and was based on the play RED PLANET, which was written by John Hoare and John L Balderston. The film was produced by Anthony Veiller and Donald Hyde and it was directed by Harry Horner, in his directorial debut.
The plot involves an American astronomer, who obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. Meanwhile, at the same time, a colleague of his claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II.
It stars Peter Graves, Andrea King, Orley Lindgren, Walter Sande and Marvin Miller. It’s an inoffensive little piece that is mildly thought-provoking and includes an interesting message for a B-grade science fiction film from the 1950s.
Did you know that of all the 1950s years (1950-9) that 1952 had the least number of science-fiction film releases?The popularity of the genre may have been on the decrease after such a glut during the earlier part of the decade.
I've noticed similar trends with other genres, such as war films and westerns, at different points in time.
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Post by Stammerhead on Nov 2, 2018 11:17:53 GMT
This is one of my favourite mad science fiction films. The Cold War aspect of the story (RED Planet Mars) is where it really starts to go bonkers, especially when the revelation of God on Mars leads Christians in the USSR to dig out their hidden religious icons and thus end Communism.
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Post by ant-mac on Nov 2, 2018 13:25:32 GMT
This is one of my favourite mad science fiction films. The Cold War aspect of the story (RED Planet Mars) is where it really starts to go bonkers, especially when the revelation of God on Mars leads Christians in the USSR to dig out their hidden religious icons and thus end Communism. Well, in America, many of the science fictions films - and some films of other genres - in the 1950s used the threat of Communism as a plot point or an inspiration for their plot.
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