| | This Island Earth DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Horror Movies, Science-Fiction/Fantasy Videos, Anime/Japanimation, Recommended, Classic, Friends, Aliens, Kidnapping And Missing Persons | | Starring | Jeff Morrow, Russell Johnson, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller, Robert Nichols, Douglas Spencer, Karl L. Lindt | | Director | Joseph M. Newman | | Composer | Herman Stein | | Director of Photography | Clifford Stine | | Editor | Virgil W. Vogel | | Producer | William Alland | | Production Designer | Alexander Golitzen | | Writer | Franklin Coen |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles A team of top nuclear scientists is assembled by the mysterious Exeter at a high-tech laboratory in Georgia. His mission, kept secret even from the researchers, is to develop new sources of atomic energy, which are needed to defend his home planet, Metaluna, from its interplanetary rival, Zagon. When two of the recruits begin to suspect Exeter's true identity and motive, they attempt to escape. But before the runaways can reach safety, the aliens intervene and carry them off in a last-ditch effort to save Metaluna. In a desperate attempt to save their civilization, benevolent aliens kidnap Earth scientists. This ground-breaking science fiction displays the best special effects of its time, and a close look reveals seeds of many later films, including "Star Wars," "Aliens," "Star Trek" and "Coneheads." Filmed in Technicolor.
Original aspect ratio: 2:1. This Island Earth Reviews: "THIS ISLAND EARTH remains among the most poetic and dreamlike of 50's fantasies, full of imagery both wonderfully inventive and pointedly banal..."-- Dave Kehr, New York Times
This is the only Karl L. Lindt video. This Island Earth | List Price | $14.98 (You save $5.29) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1955 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  888  | | CD Universe Part number | 7201848 | | Catalog number | 61020136 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 22, 2006 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | This Island, Earth | | Running Time | 86 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Subtitled |
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