| | Rocketship X-M DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Horror DVDs, Science-Fiction/Fantasy Movies, Space Exploration Videos, Campy, Post-Apocalypse, Nuclear Destruction, Barbarians | | Starring | Lloyd Bridges, Noah Beery, Jr., Hugh O'Brian, Morris Ankrum, John Emery, Osa Massen | | Director | Kurt Neumann | | Composer | Ferde Grofe, Jr. | | Director of Photography | Karl Struss |
80 minute feature film DVD starring Lloyd Bridges. Lloyd Bridges stars as spaceship pilot Colonel Graham in this 1950 sci-fi film about a group of four astronauts (three men, one woman) whose trip to the moon is ruined when a solar wind blows them off course, forcing them to land on Mars. There, they find a primitive society of beings that bear a striking resemblance to humans. One of the better sci-fi films to come out of the 1950s, ROCKETSHIP X-M is a serious thriller that boasts excellent black and white photography (the Mars scenes have an eerie red tint), fine acting, and mixes an intriguing plot and sophisticated science with some rather bizarre fifties naivete, making for a thoroughly entertaining trip into space. Rocketship X-M Reviews: "[T]his Lloyd Bridges starrer technically launched the screen's '50s sci-fi boom..."-- Mike Clark, USA Today Rocketship X-M | List Price | $9.97 (You save $3.08) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1950 | | All Time Sales Rank |  10332  | | CD Universe Part number | 1281774 | | Catalog number | 8693 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 06, 2000 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 78 Minutes | | Movie Details | B&W; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction |
Rocketship X-M Movie Review Average Rating: (3.3 out of 5 stars)   Rocketship XM Review:
This is an interesting concept taken from the science available from 1949, when an actual trip to the moon was impossible. The script has some difficult areas, such as being able to go to Mars without any attempt at navigation. We would expect to see a monkey on Mars, who had just typed out the Webster's Dictionary by chance. However, the use of a filtered redish brown color for Mars surface, in the black and white era is unusual, and the graphics of planets is not bad. I saw this movie when I was 12, and somehow remembered the story. It was very nice to review the movie on DVD in excellent remastered quality. It is well worth the nominal price.
Submitted by Jay (Phoenix Arizona)
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 Classic Sci Fi
This is the second dvd of RXM I have purchased, the first being an inferior transfer with poor picture quality. Upon playing this 50th anniversay edtion I was thrilled at the much improved picture quality.
Great classic scifi and great quality.
Submitted by marksmith24 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 
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A LIPPERT Classic
There are many interesting stories around about the making of this sci-fi epic: Neuman came to producer Lippert with the "moon movie" idea, Lippert was cold at first, but finally convinced when he was told it could be done for under 25K. Another goes along the lines that Lippert was intending to ride off Pal's publicity for his upcoming "Destination Moon" and when Pal threatened a lawsuit, Lippert had his rocket "knocked off course" ending up at Mars and avoiding a lawsuit...some of these stories sound too outlandish to be true, but maybe they are?
In any event RXM is the superior product when compared to Pal's movie. RXM features superior acting, script, and a fantastic sound track by Ferde Grofe.
No doubt viewers under the age of 40 will find this one far to tame and dated. But one must remember, this was the FIRST sci-fi to pair space travel and atomic disaster-a theme worn long and hard by Hollywood in years to come.
This movie is well worth your time and money if you haven't seen it yet.
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Rocketship X-M DVD The 50th Anniversary Edition of Kurt Neumann's science fiction classic, restored with enhanced special effects sequences. Four men and a girl blast into space on mankind's first expedition to the Moon. But due to a cataclysmic event in space, their ship is sent hurling out of control towards the planet Mars. Suspenseful terror as the crew fights for their life on a war-ravaged world with radiation-riddled nightmare creatures! The climax makes this one of the most powerful and unforgettable science fiction movies ever made. "Rocketship X-M" was deftly brought to the screen by famed writer/director Kurt Neumann. Long considered the definitive space exploration film of the 50's, a genuine classic with a power that has spanned the decades.
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