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Forbidden Planet (1956) -- A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has.

Overview

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Director:

Fred M. Wilcox

Writers:

Cyril Hume (screenplay)
Irving Block (story) ...
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Release Date:

15 March 1956 (USA) more

Tagline:

IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD! (original print ad - all caps) more

Plot:

A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more

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(38 articles)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Walter Pidgeon ... Dr. Edward Morbius

Anne Francis ... Altaira 'Alta' Morbius

Leslie Nielsen ... Commander J. J. Adams
Warren Stevens ... Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow M.D.
Jack Kelly ... Lt. Jerry Farman

Richard Anderson ... Chief Quinn
Earl Holliman ... Cook
Robby the Robot ... Himself
George Wallace ... Bosun

Robert Dix ... Crewman Grey (as Bob Dix)
Jimmy Thompson ... Crewman Youngerford
James Drury ... Crewman Strong
Harry Harvey Jr. ... Crewman Randall
Roger McGee ... Crewman Lindstrom
Peter Miller ... Crewman Moran
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Additional Details

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (as Eastman Color)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:Approved (certificate #17605) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:U | Argentina:Atp | West Germany:12


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The movie's poster was as #5 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere. more

Goofs:

Continuity: As Alta talks to the commander after being found kissing Lt Farman, her position changes from being side-on to face-on to the commander. more

Quotes:

Dr. Edward Morbius: The fool, the meddling idiot! As though his ape's brain could contain the secrets of the Krell!
Altaira: [shocked] Father, he's *dead*!
Dr. Edward Morbius: He was warned, and now he's paid! Let him be buried with the other victims of human greed and folly!
Altaira: [coldly] Morbius. You wanted me to make a choice. Now you've chosen for me.
Dr. Edward Morbius: Alta?
Altaira: [to Commander Adams] I'm ready to go with you, darling.
[She runs up the stairs]
Dr. Edward Morbius: Altaira! No!
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Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Honey West: The Fun-Fun Killer (#1.25)" (1966) more


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43 out of 49 people found the following comment useful.
Sci-fi Classic, 2 November 2000
Author: Matthew Ignoffo (mermatt@webtv.net) from Eatontown, NJ, USA

Like THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, this film helped make sci-fi respectable instead of the stuff for silly B-movies with cheap costumes and obviously faked sets. To help strengthen the thought-level of the story, the scriptwriters included elements of Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, the Biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and Freudian psychology to make an enlightening tale of other-worldly mystery.

Leslie Nielsen is in his serious mode here long before he became the comic madman of the NAKED GUN movies and POLICE SQUAD television series. It is easy to see the prototypes of much of STAR TREK in this movie. The electronic soundtrack becomes a bit repetitious, but it works well as it is used in the scenes.

The short skirt on the heroine is a bit much but of course "cheesecake" was one of the things the cigar-chomping studio suits always liked in the 1950s and still do. Robbie the Robot is thrown in for some comic-relief and appeared in many other movies and television shows including LOST IN SPACE.

The most interesting aspect of the story for me was Monsters from the Id. The point being made is that the serpent is still in the Garden of Eden because we carry evil around with us wherever we go.

This is an excellent entertainment.

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