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To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill

Original title: Hollywood Aliens & Monsters
  • TV Movie
  • 19971997
  • 1h 38m
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Hollywood Aliens & Monsters (1997)
  • Documentary
Mark Hamill is hosting an informational tour through the history of science fiction movie-making. The focus is not on special effects and action scenes, but on the relationship between socie... Read allMark Hamill is hosting an informational tour through the history of science fiction movie-making. The focus is not on special effects and action scenes, but on the relationship between society's hangups and fears and the subject matter of the movies. The effects of the American p... Read allMark Hamill is hosting an informational tour through the history of science fiction movie-making. The focus is not on special effects and action scenes, but on the relationship between society's hangups and fears and the subject matter of the movies. The effects of the American public's changing paranoias, e.g. the communist scare, is particularly well explored.
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  • Director
    • Kevin Burns
  • Stars
    • Forrest J. Ackerman
    • Mark Hamill
    • Ronald V. Borst
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  • Director
    • Kevin Burns
  • Stars
    • Forrest J. Ackerman
    • Mark Hamill
    • Ronald V. Borst
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    Forrest J. Ackerman
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    Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
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    Ronald V. Borst
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    Bob Burns
    Bob Burns
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    Wade Williams
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    Robert Wise
    Robert Wise
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    Patricia Neal
    Patricia Neal
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    Robert Clarke
    Robert Clarke
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    Gene Barry
    Gene Barry
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    Ann Robinson
    Ann Robinson
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    David Hedison
    David Hedison
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    Barbara Eden
    Barbara Eden
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    Saul David
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    Arthur C. Clarke
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    Charlton Heston
    Charlton Heston
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    George Lucas
    George Lucas
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    Veronica Cartwright
    Veronica Cartwright
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    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
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    Mark Hamill is hosting an informational tour through the history of science fiction movie-making. The focus is not on special effects and action scenes, but on the relationship between society's hangups and fears and the subject matter of the movies. The effects of the American public's changing paranoias, e.g. the communist scare, is particularly well explored. —Signy
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    6/10
    Neither the worst, nor the best.
    A fairly good documentary about sci-fi in movies. It's a historical odyssey through the 20th-century science fiction movie making. It's not exactly brimming with informative and interesting facts, but it's not drenched in empty phrases and clichées either. It doesn't deal with special effects very much, which is sad, since it's such an important aspect of sci-fi movie making.

    I found it interesting that that they approached the sociological impacts on sci-fi, how what's happening in the world around us influences the subjects dealt with, for instance the subject of fear. The american culture is one built on fear. Fear of communists, fear of terrorists, fear of the government or little green men. Nowhere is this as prominent as in american sci-fi. This was sufficiently explored in this documentary.

    I was absolutely horrified when I discovered that they had omitted Blade Runner. They obviously thought that it had no place in a documentary about science fiction movies. While we're at it, the WWII holocaust never happened.
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      • November 9, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Monstres et extraterrestres à Hollywood
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