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A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. "Forbidden Planet" is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose .. Read more

Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Director Fred McLeod Wilcox
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Forbidden Planet

A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. "Forbidden Planet" is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen portrays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied Altair-4 world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), the remarkable Robby... and to a mysterious terror.

Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Director Fred McLeod Wilcox
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Hearing-impaired English, German
Subtitles English, Dutch, German, Polish, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese
Released DVD: 18 Jun 2007
Production year: 1956
Format DVD

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  • Classic '50s sci-fi, surprisingly but effectively based on The Tempest, with Nielsen's US spaceship coming across a... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 25 out of 26 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    The Benchmark...

    ...against which all other 50's sci-fi films are gauged. Based loosely on Shakespeare's Tempest it was by far the most sophisticated up to that point and the special effects, though dated today, were cutting edge. It is a serious and imaginative story given extra sparkle by gloriously over the top acting.

    A lot of future science fiction films would plunder it's plot and characters for inspiration. And not forgeting Robbie. Probably one of the most recognisable and famous robots in film history.

    I don't like using the term 'must see', but your life may have just a little more grey than it needs if you don't get to see this.

      • David Wilkinson from Durham, England
      • Posted 11 Aug 2005 20:14

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  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Classic

    Well ahead of its time when it was released. Turned Scifi from B to A. Fifty years on it's still worth watching. A few cheesy moments but special effects still work. A must just to see the debut of Robby the Robot!

      • A customer from Epsom, UK
      • Posted 10 Mar 2005 16:03

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