The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Jack Arnold |
| Producer(s) | Albert Zugsmith |
| Top Genres | Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense |
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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) was a Science Fiction - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Jack Arnold and produced by Albert Zugsmith.
The Incredible Shrinking Man was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2009.
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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) (2)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 29, 2022 From 4 Star FilmsThese old Jack Arnold films are a perfect example of how expectations don’t always meet reality. Because if you’re like me, you have a certain preconception about how these movies will go — how they will look — and thus you may have written them off. Part of this might be the... Read full article
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, Jack Arnold) (2)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 9, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Incredible Shrinking Man is an enormous feat. It succeeds thanks to director Arnold, writer Richard Matheson, and star Grant Williams. Arnold?s arguably got the greatest successes; he carefully lays the groundwork for the film?s eventual startling visuals. To get to the startling ones, Arnold?s ... Read full article
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, Jack Arnold) (1)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 9, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Incredible Shrinking Man is an enormous feat. It succeeds thanks to director Arnold, writer Richard Matheson, and star Grant Williams. Arnold?s arguably got the greatest successes; he carefully lays the groundwork for the film?s eventual startling visuals. To get to the startling ones, Arnold?s ... Read full article
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, Jack Arnold) (3)
on Mar 9, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Incredible Shrinking Man is an enormous feat. It succeeds thanks to director Arnold, writer Richard Matheson, and star Grant Williams. Arnold?s arguably got the greatest successes; he carefully lays the groundwork for the film?s eventual startling visuals. To get to the startling ones, Arnold?s ... Read full article
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, Jack Arnold) (4)
on Mar 9, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Incredible Shrinking Man is an enormous feat. It succeeds thanks to director Arnold, writer Richard Matheson, and star Grant Williams. Arnold?s arguably got the greatest successes; he carefully lays the groundwork for the film?s eventual startling visuals. To get to the startling ones, Arnold?s ... Read full article
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[closing soliloquy narration]
Scott Carey: I was continuing to shrink, to become... what? The infinitesimal? What was I? Still a human being? Or was I the man of the future? If there were other bursts of radiation, other clouds drifting across seas and continents, would other beings follow me into this vast new world? So close - the infinitesimal and the infinite. But suddenly, I knew they were really the two ends of the same concept. The unbelievably small and the unbelievably vast eventually meet - like the closing of a gigantic circle. I looked up, as if somehow I would grasp the heavens. The universe, worlds beyond number, God's silver tapestry spread across the night. And in that moment, I knew the answer to the riddle of the infinite. I had thought in terms of man's own limited dimension. I had presumed upon nature. That existence begins and ends in man's conception, not nature's. And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears melted away. And in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God, there is no zero. I still exist!
Scott Carey: I felt puny and absurd, a ludicrous midget. Easy enough to talk of soul and spirit and existential worth, but not when you're three feet tall. I loathed myself, our home, the caricature my life with Lou had become. I had to get out. I had to get away.
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Scott Carey's cat was played by feline actor Orangey, according to the book "Hollywood Cats".
Scott Carey's closing soliloquy was added to the script by director Jack Arnold.
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