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Summary:

Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his space cruiser crew, and Robby the Robot, to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius and his daughter, and to a mysterious terror.

Contributors:

Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966

Wilcox, Fred M.

Nayfack, Nicholas

Hoffman, Herman, 1909-1989

Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-1984

Francis, Anne, 1930-2011

Nielsen, Leslie, 1926-2010

Stevens, Warren, 1919-2012

Eyer, Richard, 1945-

Abbott, Philip, 1924-1998

Brewster, Diane

Stone, Harold J., 1911-2005

Harris, Robert H.

Block, Irving

Adler, Allen

Cooper, Edmund

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Pan Production (Firm)

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

English (Dolby surround 5.1) or French (mono.) dialogue, subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Main Work:

Forbidden planet (Motion picture)

Included Works:

Invisible boy

Subjects:

Interplanetary voyages — Drama

Robots — Drama

Interplanetary voyages

Robots

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Science fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital; dual layer.

Performers:

Forbidden planet: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens.
The invisible boy: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster, Harold J. Stone, Robert H. Harris.

General Notes:

Forbidden planet originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
The invisible boy originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Forbidden planet based on a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler.
The invisible boy based on a story by Edmund Cooper.
Special features: deleted scenes and lost footage; 2 follow-up vehicles starring Robby the Robot: feature film "The invisible boy" ; "The thin man" TV series episode Robot client; 3 documentaries: TCM original Watch the skies!: science fiction, the 1950's and US ; The all-new amazing! Exploring the far reaches of Forbidden planet ; Robby the Robot: engineering a sci-fi icon; excerpts from "The MGM parade" TV series; New digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements; science-fiction movie trailer gallery.

Audience:

MPAA rating: G.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sound, color & black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

FOR DVD

ISBNs:

0790792141
9780790792149

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 012569691223
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 66912

OCLC Numbers:

74813544