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Ray Harryhausen Collection : 20 Million Miles to Earth / Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers / It Came From Beneath The Sea [1955]

Price: £17.05
RRP: £15.99
Average customer rating: 5.0

Binding : DVD
EAN : 5035822652514
Label : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Publisher : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date : 2008-03-03
Title : Ray Harryhausen Collection : 20 Million Miles to Earth / Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers / It Came From Beneath The Sea [1955]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Parental Guidance
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 6
Original release date : 1955-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 235
Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Theatrical releaseDate : 1955

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Three classic movies from Ray Harryhausen in a stunning collector's box.

20 Million Miles to Earth: Dazzling special effects by Ray Harryhausen highlight this thrilling sci-fi extravaganza about a Venusian monster who wreaks havoc in Italy. On its way home from Venus, a U.S. Army rocket ship crashes into the sea of Sicily leaving Colonel Calder (William Hopper of Rebel Without a Cause) the sole survivor...or so it seems. A sealed container is also recovered from the wreck and, when a zoologist (The Mark of Zorro's Frank Puglia) and his granddaughter (Joan Taylor) open it, the gelatinous mass inside escapes. Overnight, it grows into a horrific monster that has doubled in size. In desperation, Calder calls in the Army to help fight the monster, which has taken refuge atop the Coliseum in Rome. But it will take more than man's weapons to fight the evil forces of the unknown and save the world from destruction.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers: Relive the exciting days of sci-fi movie matinees with the cult classic Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. Featuring extraordinary visual effects by cinematic genius Ray Harryhausen, the film pits earthlings against alien humanoids in a violent battle for Earth's survival! When the zombie-like aliens arrive at the U.S. Army base in search of help for their dying planet, they try to make friendly contact with scientist Dr. Russ Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his recent bride Carol (Joan Taylor). But the military greets their fleet of saucers with gunfire, and the aliens are forced to retaliate. Can Marvin invent the ultimate weapon in a deadly game of beat-the-clock to save the human race? Hold on to your seat for an intergalactic flight into fantasy with Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

It Came from Beneath the Sea: The action is wet and wild in this sci-fi thriller that pits man - and woman - against a giant octopus. Submarine commander Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey) and scientists Lesley Joyce (Faith Domergue) and John Carter (Donald Curtis) battle an angry sea monster driven from the depths of the ocean by an H-bomb explosion. In search of non-contaminated food, this tentacled tyrant counts among its victims a fishing trawler and its passengers, a family sunning at the beach, several San Francisco skyscrapers and even the Golden Gate Bridge. A daring attempt by the scientists to destroy the monster while saving themselves is a gripping finale to this aquatic adventure. The riveting special effects were created by Ray Harryhausen.

Customer reviews

review by: ianw date: 2008-06-02 rating:

And how do you feel about colourisation?
This is the process how movies made in black and white are transformed into colour. A common reaction among film fans to this is similar to that of an animal lover watching their favourite pet tortured to death; it is a vile and disgusting abomination.

I'd never seen a colourised movie before I bought this set of three of Ray Harryhausen's earliest full length movies. And you know what? I like it just fine. No doubt it helps that the process was supervised by the man himself who stated that if they'd had the money they would have been filmed in colour in the first place. Also technology has improved since the process was first invented so if you didn't know that these were originally made in b/w you almost certainly wouldn't be able to guess.

As for the films themselves, well they are good examples of 1950's monster/sf movies and very much of their time; creaky by today's standards but still good fun. I remember actually seeing two of them in the cinema, probably on their second run at smaller cinemas (the fleapits), back in the 50's when I was around eight or nine and no doubt they contributed greatly to my lifelong love of science fiction and monsters.

All three come with a second dvd of worthwhile extras.

And if you really have to see them in black and white, all you have to do is click the appropriate item on the menu screen or toggle the angle button after its started.

3 classic genre movies, a bargain price, loads of extras, and in colour, or not. Everyone wins!

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