| | Creature From The Black Lagoon DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Horror DVDs, Science-Fiction/Fantasy Movies, Recommended Videos, Classic, Monsters, Undersea | | Starring | Richard Carlson, Whit Bissell, Richard Denning, Julie Adams, Syd Mason, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman | | Director | Jack Arnold | | Composer | Henry Mancini, Hans J. Salter, Robert Emmett Dolan, Herman Stein, Milton Rosen | | Director of Photography | William E. Snyder, Charles S. Welbourne | | Editor | Ted J. Kent | | Producer | William Alland | | Production Designer | Bernard Herzbrun, Hilyard Brown | | Screenwriter | Harry Essex, Arthur Ross | | Source Writer | Maurice Zimm |
Black & White; Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Behind The Scenes A research team digging in the Amazon comes across the fossilized hand of a human fish creature. That night, the creature emerges from the swamp to kill. So begins one of the more recognizable classics of the science fiction and horror genres. Shot originally in 3-D, this has been a late-night TV hit for decades. The hand makes its way back to the oceanographic institute and soon conscientious scientist David Reed (Richard Carlson), greedy scientist Mark (Richard Cunha) and the beautiful girl they fight over, Kay (Julia Adams) are heading up the Amazon to find more fossils. Instead, of course, they run into the real thing, and terror begins. While Mark and David fight over what to do next, the creature falls in love with Kay, and makes plans of his own. Island diver Ricou Browning plays the creature in the spectacular underwater scenes, the highlight being a beautifully creepy scene of Kay going for a swim, while the smitten creature swims along below her, transfixed. The pounding, horrific score is credited to conductor Joseph Gerhsenson but was actually written by a team of composers, including Henry Mancini. Originally released in 3-D.
One of the first films to use sophisticated underwater footage. The underwater photography by Charles S. Welbourne was considered state-of-the-art at the time of the film's release.
Joseph Gershenson's score became a standard on the TV series "Creature Features."
Fred Frank was the assistant director; Joan St. Oegger was the hairstylist.
Additional cast: Bernie Gozier (Zee) and Henry Escalante (Henry).
Creature From The Black Lagoon Reviews: "...By far the most famous movie monster of the '50s..."
-- Mike Clark, New York Times "An obvious influence on JAWS' opening scene, this sexually suggestive chiller deals with an Amazonian scientific expedition that discovers a scaly Gill Man."-- Mike Clark, USA Today Creature From The Black Lagoon | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.69) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1954 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4434  | | CD Universe Part number | 1282545 | | Catalog number | 61020760 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 24, 2007 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 79 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled; Black & White | | Movie Details | B&W; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Digital Sound; Full Frame; Subtitled; Black & White; Subtitled French |
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Audio Commentary: Tom Weaver - Film Historian
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