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Forbidden Planet
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens View AllCrew
Fred M. Wilcox (Director), Cyril Hume (Screenplay) View All
Release: Mar. 23rd, 1956
Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
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Cobpyth
The film's Freudian theme is very cleverly metaphorized through thoughtful, seemingly unimportant details (the cook's lust for drinking, the men's lust for the daughter, etc.) and more obvious representations (the tiger jumping at the commander and the daughter, the robot being the most likable and ....
PHOENIX74
The film got the visuals to match the fascinating story on MGM sound stage sets (the film was shot entirely indoors) that were created by primarily by art director Arthur Lonergan (the crowning achievement of his career - one that would include an Oscar nomination for his set decoration on 1966 film....
Citizen Rules
This review is about how Forbidden Planet became one of the most important sci-fi films to be made and literally changed the future...Not only the future of sci fi films, but the future of women's fashions...I'm talking the mini skirt.
