The Humanoid (1979) L'umanoide (original title)

Director:

Aldo Lado

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay) &
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Release Date:

11 April 1979 (Italy)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Mystery

Tagline:

Light years beyond tomorrow...

Plot:

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr...

Plot Keywords:

Future | Post Nuclear | 2000s | Outer Space | Spacecraft

Cast

Richard Kiel	...	Golob
Corinne Cléry	...	Barbara Gibson
Leonard Mann	...	Nick
Barbara Bach	...	Lady Agatha
Arthur Kennedy	...	Dr. Kraspin
Ivan Rassimov	...	Lord Graal
Marco Yeh	...	Tom Tom
Massimo Serato	...	Great Brother
Venantino Venantini
Vito Fornari
José Quaglio		(as Giuseppe Quaglio)
Attilio Duse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Larry Dolgin	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ulla Johannsen	...	Girl who is drained of blood (uncredited)

Directed by
Aldo Lado		(as George B. Lewis)

Writing credits
Adriano Bolzoni		(screenplay) &
Aldo Lado		(screenplay)
Adriano Bolzoni		(story)
Garry Rusoff		uncredited

Produced by
Giorgio Venturini	....	producer

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Silvano Ippoliti

Film Editing by
Mario Morra

Production Design by
Enzo Bulgarelli

Art Direction by
Giacomo Calò Carducci

Costume Design by
Luca Sabatelli

Makeup Department
Giannetto De Rossi	....	makeup artist
Mirella De Rossi	....	hair stylist (as Mirella Sforza)

Production Management
Cecilia Bigazzi	....	production supervisor
Giuliano Principato	....	unit manager
Viero Spadoni	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Enzo G. Castellari	....	second unit director (as Enzo Castellari)
Walter Italici	....	second assistant director
Nello Vanin	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Alessandro Alberti	....	set dresser
Enzo Bulgarelli	....	scenic designer
Stefano Maria Ortolani	....	construction manager (as Stefano Ortolani)
Giuseppe Ranieri	....	property master

Sound Department
Luciano Anzellotti	....	sound effects
Massimo Anzellotti	....	sound editor
Ugo Celani	....	sound recordist
Romano Checcacci	....	dubbing mixer

Special Effects by
Antonio Margheriti	....	special effects supervisor (as Antony M. Dawson)
Armando Valcauda	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ermando Biamonte	....	optical effects (as Ermanno Biamonte)
Jan Jacobsen	....	process photography (as Jan W. Jacobsen)
Emilio Ruiz del Río	....	models (as Emilio Ruiz)
Paolo Zeccara	....	model maker

Stunts
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	....	stunts
Rocco Lerro	....	stunt arranger
Angelo Ragusa	....	stunts
Goffredo Unger	....	stunt arranger (as Freddy Unger)

Camera and Electrical Department
Giovanni Bergamini	....	photography: second unit
Bruno Bruni	....	still photographer
Franco Bruni	....	camera operator
Ettore Corso	....	camera operator: second unit
Federico Del Zoppo	....	camera operator: second unit
Angelo Lotti	....	photography: second unit
Enrico Sasso	....	camera operator
Fabrizio Vicari	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nadia Vitali	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Mario D'Ambrosio	....	second assistant editor
Massimo Quaglia	....	first assistant editor

Other crew
Vittorio Biferale	....	production assistant
Lillo Capoano	....	story editor
Enrico Lucherini	....	publicist
Flavia Sante Vanin	....	continuity (as Flavia Vanin)

Production Companies

• Merope

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (USA) (dubbed)

Special Effects

• Studio 4 (optical effects)
• Studio Verzini (optical effects)

Other Companies

• Cinesicurtà  insurance consulting
• D'Angelo  draperies
• Ditta Pompei  shoes
• Ditta Rancati  arms
• Fono Roma  sound re-recording
• G.P. 11 Safas Cantini  costumes
• Minotaur Photoplay  dialogue recording
• RCA  music recorded and published
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• Roma's Press Photo  still photography

Also Known As:

"L'umanoide" - Italy (original title)
"Humanoid" - Philippines (English title)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 (video premiere) | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Merope

Trivia:

The role of Dr. Kraspin was first intended for Donald Pleasence.

Quotes:

Lord Graal:No one can stop me now, Princely Hero. Come on fight, what can you do against me?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010) (V)

What a _CHEESY_ movie!!!

Aside from the goofy special effects and silly dialog, there's still plenty of lameness in this low-budget Italian/Turkish STAR WARS ripoff ...enough to keep most people rolling around the floor in laughter. The "villain" played by Ivan Rassimov (SHOCK, EATEN ALIVE, ULTIMO MONDO CANNIBAL) is one of the biggest pansies I've seen... even if his costume does look just like Darth Vader's... from his silly comments like "so you have come to battle me at last, princely hero!" to the way he cracks the whip around his cronies like "you failed to kill the girl! You are stripped of your command for 100 days!", I couldn't take him seriously at all. Wouldn't most villains kill their own men for disobeying them? No wonder the silly troupe of Leonard Mann, Corrine Clery, and Richard Kiel destroy his entire army so easily... and his death has to be the lamest ever filmed... "ack, my blue screen is dying!"

The Humanoid has a dynamite cast though, from Arthur Kennedy (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA) to Barbara Bach (CAVEMAN) to Massimo Serato (AUTOPSY). Even better is the crew... from Enzo G. Castellari to Giannetto De Rossi, Antonio Margheriti, and Ennio Morricone. The only problem here really is that all these cool people did their jobs BADLY... This film is not only hilariously cheap, it's a real snoozer, especially because of Morricone's howlingly awful "sleepy spacey music" which never stops! The score has no tune or melody to it, it's just random music, but synthesized to a point where it's even worse than Morricone's score for COLD EYES OF FEAR. I'm usually a fan of stuff like this but you have to draw the line somewhere. This film is lame beyond belief, though not quite as bad as STAR WARS EPISODE 1: "THE PHANTOM MENACE".