When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) notices that her lover has become strangely distant, this sets in train a series of shocking discoveries that sees both her and colleague Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) fleeing for their lives to the sound of ear-piercing alien screams.

Remakes of great films are usually on a hiding to nothing, but Philip Kaufman's brilliant update of the 1956 classic is a rare and memorable exception. Transposing the action to the heart of San Francisco allows Kaufman to retain all the suspense of Jack Finney's original story while adding caustic social commentary about the selfishness of the 1970s "me generation" that remains all too relevant today.

But it's a paranoid thriller first and foremost, based on one of the most psychologically terrifying of all premises - what happens when you can no longer trust not just the authorities but even your nearest and dearest?

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Director	Philip Kaufman
Actor	Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
Label	MGM (VIDEO & DVD)

Genre	Horror Science fiction
Content	Blu-ray
FSK / age rating	from age 16
Publication date	13.09.2011
Audio	English
Length	115 Minutes
Year of production	1978
Original title	Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Version	US Version
Region code	A

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Gesellschaftskritik

Written on 15. May 2008 by det bundy.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Die (unterschwellige) Sozialkritik des Films sollte nicht vergessen werden.
Grossartig

Written on 15. May 2008 by det bundy.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Stimmung, SchauspielerInnen, Filmmusik, Story: hier passt alles zusammen. Sutherland ist einer der unterbewertetsten Schauspieler überhaupt.
Sehr gut

Written on 28. December 2004 by Peter Lienhardt.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Ein gelungenes Remake des Films "Invasion of the bodysnatcher" aus dem Jahre 1956
Klassiker

Written on 06. February 2004 by Tracker.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Guter Film, überzeugendes Ende.
So muss ein Horrorfilm sein!

Written on 09. January 2003 by Matti.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Ich schliess mich Marc an, den Film muss man gesehen haben, ein Psychologisch gut aufgebauter Film mit brillianten Darstellern im schönen San Francisco!!
1977 Rulez !

Written on 09. January 2003 by marc.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

ein genialer film!
wer ihn nicht kennt, unbedingt anschauen, es lohnt sich!

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