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15 March 1956 (USA) moreTagline:
IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD! (original print ad - all caps) morePlot:
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 | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Blade Runner Named Best Sci-Fi Movie Ever (From WENN. 4 December 2008, 10:59 AM, PST)
Straczynski Corrects Forbidden Planet Rumors
(From Screen Rant. 8 November 2008, 8:34 AM, PST)
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Sci-fi Classic moreCast
(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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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
98 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
Color (Eastmancolor) (as Eastman Color)Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | USA:Approved (certificate #17605) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:U | Argentina:Atp | West Germany:12MOVIEmeter: 
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The "electronic tonalities" created by Louis Barron and Bebe Barron were reused several years later in another science fiction film From the Earth to the Moon (1958) that was produced by RKO. moreGoofs:
Continuity: During the kissing lesson, Jerry goes from embracing Altaira to holding her by the arms between shots. moreQuotes:
Altaira Morbius: Where have you been? I've beamed and beamed.Robby: Sorry, miss. I was giving myself an oil-job.
Altaira Morbius: Robby, I must have a new dress, right away.
Robby: Again?
Altaira Morbius: Oh, but this one must be different! Absolutely nothing must show - below, above or through.
Robby: Radiation-proof?
Altaira Morbius: No, just eye-proof will do.
Robby: Thick and heavy?
Altaira Morbius: Oh, no, Robby. It must be the loveliest, softest thing you've ever made for me, and fit in all the right places, with lots and lots of star sapphires.
Robby: Star sapphires take a week to crystallize properly. Would diamonds or emeralds do?
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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.