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Nebs
Joined: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:01 pm Posts: 6385
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Forbidden Planet
Forbidden PlanetQuote: Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox, with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. It starred Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis. The characters and its setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and its plot contains certain story analogs. Forbidden Planet was the first science fiction film that was set entirely in deep space, away from the planet Earth. It is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, a precursor of what was to come for the science fiction film genre in the decades that followed.
Forbidden Planet features special effects for which A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving G. Ries, and Wesley C. Miller were nominated for an Academy Award. It was the only major award nomination the film received. Forbidden Planet features the groundbreaking use of an all-electronic music musical score. It also featured "Robby the Robot", one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical "tin can" on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is a complete supporting character in the film.
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:22 am |
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The Wall
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 am Posts: 16163 Location: Croatia
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Re: Forbidden Planet
9/10 -> A-
I saw this again last month... Just as good as I remember.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: Forbidden Planet
There's some sort of bizarre psychological message underneath all the Hollywood shine and glamour. The story is typical 50s sci-fi - with a dash of Shakespeare thrown in - the sets and effects are as cheesy as it gets, and there's a terrific electronic score, but they're all working together to mask the Freudian implications of the film. The way that sexuality and technology are dealt with, in a conservative-yet-liberal fashion, tied to the character relationships and the "monster of the id", is brilliant. It's not a masterpiece, but it's not trash, either.
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tree and a half
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:38 am Posts: 2084
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Re: Forbidden Planet
Amazing how much Roddenberry used this film as a template for his Star Trek TV series.
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