Forbidden Planet (1956) | |
| Director(s) | Fred M. Wilcox |
| Producer(s) | Nicholas Nayfack |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction |
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Forbidden Planet (1956) was a Mystery - Science Fiction Film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and produced by Nicholas Nayfack.
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Silver Screen Standards: The ?Rough Magic? of Forbidden Planet (1956) (2)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 14, 2023 From Classic Movie Hub BlogSilver Screen Standards: The ?Rough Magic? of Forbidden Planet (1956) The Tempest has always been my favorite Shakespeare play, so my love for the science fiction classic, Forbidden Planet (1956), shouldn?t surprise anyone who knows how much this iconic film owes to the Bard?s romantic tale of is... Read full article
Silver Screen Standards: The ?Rough Magic? of Forbidden Planet (1956) (1)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 14, 2023 From Classic Movie Hub BlogSilver Screen Standards: The ?Rough Magic? of Forbidden Planet (1956) The Tempest has always been my favorite Shakespeare play, so my love for the science fiction classic, Forbidden Planet (1956), shouldn?t surprise anyone who knows how much this iconic film owes to the Bard?s romantic tale of is... Read full article
Forbidden Planet (1956)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 11, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsWe’re all part monsters in our subconscious. ~ Leslie Nielsen as Commander Adams I couldn’t help?but recall Han Solo’s line about the Millenium Falcon in the original Star Wars in response to Luke’s derision. After giving?his pride and joy?an affectionate pat he defends her r... Read full article
“Monsters! Monsters from the Id!”: Forbidden Planet (1956)
on Sep 26, 2016 From True ClassicsThe Wonders in the Dark sci-fi countdown rolls on, and here’s another contribution from yours truly: at #25, it’s the 1956 deep-space classic?Forbidden Planet: MGM, the studio that produced Forbidden Planet, threw a couple million dollars into the production of the film, and it shows in ... Read full article
Project X: A Bit of Mission: Impossible, a Pinch of Forbidden Planet, and a Dash of Jonny Quest (1)
By Rick29 on Aug 25, 2016 From Classic Film & TV CafeChris George as Hagan Arnold. One of William Castle's final films as a director, the seldom-shown Project X is a science fiction film brimming with innovative ideas--perhaps too many. Set in 2118, it has a team of scientists trying to retrieve a forgotten secret from deep inside the mind of gove... Read full article
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Commander John J. Adams: Whatever you know in here, your other self knows out there.
Dr. Edward Morbius: [angrily] I'm not a monster, you...
Commander John J. Adams: [grappling with Morbius] We're all part monsters in our subconscious, so we have laws and religion!
Robby: Morbius. Morbius!
Dr. Edward Morbius: What?
Robby: Something is approaching from the southwest. It is now quite close.
[they run to the windows and look out, but see nothing]
Commander John J. Adams: Could Robby be wrong?
Dr. Edward Morbius: No. Never.
[an invisible force rips down the trees; Morbius closes the steel shutters over the windows]
Dr. Edward Morbius: I feel sorry for you, young man.
Commander John J. Adams: Feel sorry for your daughter, Morbius.
Altaira: It's listening.
[the monster pounds on the steel shielding, denting it]
Dr. Edward Morbius: Alta, go into my study.
Commander John J. Adams: You still refuse to face the truth.
Dr. Edward Morbius: What truth?
Commander John J. Adams: Morbius, that thing out there - it's you.
Dr. Edward Morbius: You're insane. How else would you have led it here, where Alta must see you torn to pieces?
Commander John J. Adams: You still think she's immune? She's joined herself to me, body and soul!
Altaira: Yes, and whatever comes, forever.
Dr. Edward Morbius: Say it's a lie. Shout, let it hear you out there! Tell it you don't love this man!
Altaira: Not even if I could.
[the steel shielding begins to break]
Dr. Edward Morbius: Stop it, Robby! Don't let it in! Kill it, Robby!
[Robby shorts out]
Commander John J. Adams: It's no use. He knows it's your other self.
[steel shielding breaks; they run]
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Facts about
Writers and special effects artists Irving Block and Allen Adler originally conceived of this film as a B picture and brought it to Allied Artists, which turned it down. They then decided to try their luck at MGM, then still Hollywood's most prestigious studio, which had not produced a science fiction film since The Mysterious Island (1929). To their surprise, studio chief Dore Schary green-lighted the project, immediately catapulting the film to the status of a major production.
Louis Barron and Bebe Barron worked on the electronic soundtrack music "tonalities" for only three months, the length of time given them by Dore Schary, head of MGM. He authorized the studio to send them a complete workprint at Christmas 1955. They received the complete 35mm Eastmancolor workprint at New Year's 1956, a week later, still with many visual effects sequences missing and timed in with blank leader by editor Ferris Webster. From January 1, 1956 to April 1, 1956, they worked on the soundtrack score in their Greenwich Village studio in New York City while the film was in post-production in Culver City. The score was completed and delivered to MGM on April 1, 1956, and the film was released for a studio sneak preview soon afterward. The musician's union, however, objected to the soundtrack, and blocked the Barrons from being credited as "composers", hence the term "electronic tonalities".
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