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Invaders from Mars (Special Edition)

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381136227
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 03, 2002
Running Time: 78 minutes
Sales Rank: 5517
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: April 22, 1953

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Editorial Review:

Description:
A young boy is awakened during a storm to witness a flying saucer land in the field behind his home. No one will believe his story as, one by one, the townspeople are captured and put under the control of sinister forces from the planet Mars! Brilliantly created by visionary set designer and director William Cameron Menzies (designer of 'Gone with the Wind' and H.G. Wells' 'Things to Come') with a haunting musical score by Raoul Kraushaar, this golden age sci-fi classic has lost none of its chilling power. Surreal imagery brought to terrifying life in a Cinecolor world just beyond our nightmares!

Amazon.com:
The cold-war paranoia of the McCarthy era had America in its grip when the original Invaders from Mars was released in 1953, and this atmospheric, highly influential science fiction film--the first of its kind to be filmed in color--was perfectly in tune with the mood of its time. Jimmy Hunt plays the quintessential American boy of the post-war years--a freckle-faced kid named David who's curious, alert, and possibly prone to elaborate flights of fancy. Then, during a midnight thunderstorm, he witnesses the landing of a flying saucer that buries itself underground in a nearby field. David's father (Leif Erickson) indulges his son's urging to investigate... and thus begins a bizarre and chilling story of alien invasion, with David's cries of 'Martians!' falling on deaf ears as more and more adults are abducted, probed, and placed under alien control.

Designed and directed by William Cameron Menzies (one of the greatest production designers of Hollywood's golden age, whose credits include Gone with the Wind), this eerie little thriller benefits from Menzies's skill at combining physical settings with psychological undercurrents of paranoid terror and resistance against the alien threat. It's still most effective for younger viewers, with Jimmy Hunt providing the story's youthful point of view. And although the malevolent aliens look campy now, with a leader who resembles a bubble-brained squid in a fishbowl, Invaders from Mars remains one of the seminal science fiction films of its time, paving the way for The War of the Worlds and the rapidly developing trend of alien-invasion thrillers. --Jeff Shannon




Rating: - suspenseful!
Movie captured my imagination and held it entire length. Never boring throughout and I was anxious ... Read More

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Rating: - Goofy but fun
Don't you just hate it when you're trying to get someone to believe you, and no one will? Especially ... Read More

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Rating: - Fun Sci-Fi Classics
This movie has an ending that sticks with me after more than 50 years! The special effects are just plain ... Read More

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Rating: - Real Cult Classic
I remember seeing this when I was seven years old and the impression it made. It filled my imagination for ... Read More

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Rating: - Destroyed by Colorization
An OK film, rendered completely worthless by colorization. Not one of the skin tones looks realistic. If ... Read More

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