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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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7.8/10   14,478 votes
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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
Genre:
Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller 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
NewsDesk:
(39 articles)
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" And "Forbidden Planet" Saturday At Loews Jersey City
 (From CinemaRetro. 20 November 2009, 8:31 PM, PST)
Fede Alvarez Animates The Robocalypse In Panic Attack
 (From SciFiCool.com. 10 November 2009, 4:34 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Sorry "Star Wars"--the greatest Science Fiction film ever more (212 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
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
Morgan Jones ... Crewman Nichols
Richard Grant ... Crewman Silvers
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

James Best ... Crewman (uncredited)
William Boyett ... Crewman (uncredited)
Frankie Darro ... Robby the Robot (uncredited)
Marvin Miller ... Robby the Robot (voice) (uncredited)
Les Tremayne ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Fred M. Wilcox  (as Fred McLeod Wilcox)
 
Writing credits
Cyril Hume (screenplay)

Irving Block (story) and
Allen Adler (story)

William Shakespeare (play "The Tempest") uncredited

Produced by
Nicholas Nayfack .... producer
 
Cinematography by
George J. Folsey 
 
Film Editing by
Ferris Webster 
 
Production Design by
Irving Block (uncredited)
Mentor Huebner (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Arthur Lonergan 
 
Set Decoration by
Hugh Hunt 
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett (costumes: men)
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
William Tuttle .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Rhein .... assistant director
 
Art Department
A.D. Flowers .... set dresser: trees (uncredited)
Mentor Huebner .... production illustrator and storyboards (uncredited)
Arthur Lonergan .... designer: Morbius house and Krell lab (uncredited)
Glen Robinson .... special prop designer and builder: ray guns, accessories (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Wesley C. Miller .... recording supervisor (as Dr. Wesley C. Miller)
 
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie .... special effects
Joshua Meador .... special effects
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
Irving G. Ries .... special effects
Doug Hubbard .... special effects (uncredited)
Robert Kinoshita .... robot builder (uncredited)
Glen Robinson .... special effects technician (uncredited)
Franklyn Soldo .... special effects technician (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Bob Abrams .... animation effects (uncredited)
Joe Alves .... assistant effects illustrator (uncredited)
Max Fabian .... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Howard Fisher .... matte painter (uncredited)
Henri Hillinck .... matte painter (uncredited)
Bob Trochim .... animator (uncredited)
Matthew Yuricich .... matte painting assistant (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Helen Rose .... costumes: Anne Francis
 
Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Bebe Barron .... composer: electronic tonalities
Louis Barron .... composer: electronic tonalities
 
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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
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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
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Spaceship C57D, models and full-size prop was actually used in seven episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (1959). The list is as follows by season, "Third from the Sun", "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", "The Invaders", "To Serve Man", "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby", "Death Ship" and "On Thursday We Leave for Home". Robby's vehicle does appear in one episode. In "The Rip Van Winkle Caper", at the end when the final surviving gold thief is dying, a futuristic car stops and he begs for water. This is Robby's vehicle. The crew's outfits were used in a number of episodes, not to mention also in The Time Machine (1960) along with some props. The flickering force-field fence-posts appeared in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961) and were last seen being placed at the bottom of the ocean in Around the World Under the Sea (1966/I). more
Goofs:
Plot holes: When Dr. Morbius is showing the commander around the alien installation for the first time he uses combination lock to open the lab door. How did he know the combination if the aliens died so long ago? more
Quotes:
[to Altaira]
Commander John J. Adams: I'm in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6 who have been locked up in hyperspace for 378 days. It would have served you right if I hadn't... and he... oh go on, get out of here before I have you run out of the area under guard - and then I'll put more guards on the guards!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Spaceballs: The Animated Series: Grand Theft Starship (#1.2)" (2008) more

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63 out of 81 people found the following comment useful.
Sorry "Star Wars"--the greatest Science Fiction film ever, 1 March 2000
10/10
Author: rlcsljo from Hollywood, ca

Sure Star Wars (a movie I have seen at least fifty times) beats all the others in special effects, but this film has every thing else!

It has horror(non-graphical), romance, robots, witty repartee, intelligence, (surprisingly good) special effects, and drama.

I saw this film a couple of years ago in a revival with a newly struck print, and I was amazed at how well it held up today. I thought the old 40's style electronics would look hokey, but they somehow looked futuristic and moderne.

Ann Francis in here (mostly) short skirts and bare feet with a girlish innocence that is hard to beat still gets a rise out of me.

The Krell monster appearing in the ray beams still scares the bejebees out of me.

Of course we all know that the "Great Bird of the Galaxy" probably modeled much of "Star Trek" from this movie.

No one has yet to beat Robby, the Robot, in terms of personality

(sorry, R2D2 and C3PO).

This movie, overall, is the standard that all other Science Fiction films will have to measure up to!

Honorable mention for the haunting electronic score which kept us all on pins and needles.

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