This Island Earth Details

1955

Benevolent aliens kidnap an Earth scientist and enlist his help in a desperate attempt to save their civilisation. When they reach their embattled planet they discover that they have arrived too late, and set about making plans to colonise Earth. The special effects for this 1955 classic were 2½ years in the making. Read more

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This Island Earth

Benevolent aliens kidnap an Earth scientist and enlist his help in a desperate attempt to save their civilisation. When they reach their embattled planet they discover that they have arrived too late, and set about making plans to colonise Earth. The special effects for this 1955 classic were 2½ years in the making.

Starring	Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow/ Faith Domergue
Director	Joseph M. Newman
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 23 mins
Certificate
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language	DVD: English
Released	DVD: 04 Feb 2008 Production year: 1955
Format	DVD

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• Let down by variable acting and less evocative in theme than Forbidden Planet (the plot has aliens shanghai-ing two... read more on Time Out

  • Time Out
  • Posted 04 Nov 2008
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  Absorbing science fiction mystery with splendid special effects and only one mutant monster to liven the last reels.

  • Halliwell's Film Guide
  • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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• 10 out of 11 people found this review helpful

  

  You couldn't really call 'This Island Earth' a great film,

  but it is an excellent bad film, a classic of sf cinema.'This Island Earth' may be pulp, but captures everything that science fiction stories of the Golden Age were all about - awe, excitement and wonder. Of course Rex Reason is plank-like and Faith Domergue screams too much, but if you can look past some of the acting, there's a fine story and some of the best sfx of the time
  
  Sit back, relax, and enjoy an entertaining ride from a magical sci-fi era.

  • • David Wilkinson from Durham, England
    • Posted 11 Aug 2005 19:40

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• 10 out of 11 people found this review helpful

  

  You couldn't really call 'This Island Earth' a great film,

  but it is an excellent bad film, a classic of sf cinema.'This Island Earth' may be pulp, but captures everything that science fiction stories of the Golden Age were all about - awe, excitement and wonder. Of course Rex Reason is plank-like and Faith Domergue screams too much, but if you can look past some of the acting, there's a fine story and some of the best sfx of the time
  
  Sit back, relax, and enjoy an entertaining ride from a magical sci-fi era.

  • • David Wilkinson from Durham, England
    • Posted 11 Aug 2005 19:40

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  Benevolent aliens kidnap an Earth scientist and enlist his help in a desperate attempt to save their civilisation. When they reach their embattled planet they discover that they have arrived too late,...