One of the all-time greats of science-fiction cinema, Forbidden Planet elevated the genre to a whole new level, transposing Shakespeare's The Tempest into deepest space and breaking new ground with its iconic designs, elaborate sets, and pioneering electronic score.

In the 23rd century, a United Planets starship is dispatched to the distant planet of Altair IV to determine the fate of an earlier expedition. Warned not to land, Commander John Adams (Leslie Nielsen) does so anyway and discovers Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira (Anne Francis), and a robot named Robby; the only survivors of the former crew, all of whom perished at the hands of an unseen force that also destroyed their ship. Now that unseen force is moving again, but what is it? Where does it come from? And how is it connected to the long dead civilization that once inhabited Altair IV?

A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4`s many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind.

Forbidden Planet is the grandaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that`s home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)... and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own.

Product details

Actor	Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Jack Kelly, Anne Francis, Warren Stevens
Director	Fred Wilcox
Label	Warner Home Video

Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 12
Publication date	07.12.2010
Genre	Adventure Science fiction

EAN	0883929164042
Audio	English, French
Subtitles	English, Spanish
Year of production	1956
Original title	Forbidden Planet
Region code	1
Version	US Version

Customer reviews

Forbidden Planet

Written on 29. January 2008 by -N-.

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Ce film est cultissime. Sorti en 1956, il fait assurément partie de l'histoire du cinéma.
einer der besten...

Written on 10. December 2004 by wathiik.

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one of the best sci fi films of all times... !
Klassiker

Written on 08. December 2006 by mvh.

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Die Mutter aller modernenen Science-Fiction-Filme. Dieser Klassiker gehört in jede ernstzunehmende Filmsammlung.
FORBIDDEN PLANET

Written on 08. December 2006 by Robby.

This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Eines der Berühmtesten Sci-Fi-Meisterwerke aller Zeiten ! Warner Bros. hat bei dieser Special Edition das Maximum herausgeholt (beide DVD's sind randvoll mit Specials), zu einem niedrigen Preis. Die Doku's sind der Hammer !
Bei der Doku "Watch The Skies" philosophieren S.Spielberg, G.Lucas, R.Scott & J.Cameron über die Sci-Fi-Filmklassiker der 1950er Jahre. Einfach Genial von A-Z !!!

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