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When Worlds Collide [1951]


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Classic sci-fi....
Review date: 2008-10-09 Rating: 6 out of 10

This is indeed classic sci-fi and well scripted. The issues dealing with "who stays, who goes" are not badly made. However, as stated elsewhere the money must have run out just before the final scene was prepared, the canvas painting foreign planet looks like a painting. Worse than an early 80s episode of Dr Who!

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collision course earth
Review date: 2007-04-04 Rating: 10 out of 10

I must say, War of the Worlds and this movie have been fantastic. The post war angst of disaster is there, in your face. But the characters are interesting, and I now know where the concept of burning money comes from.
There is a touch of humour, in the midst of disaster which makes the film more of a human epic. The special effects aren't all that bad, remember, man on the moon was in the realm of sci-fi at the time, so whatever they came up with is amazing in its imagination and often so close to the truth. The burning up fuel, nothing left to land with is a reality in our modern space shuttles of today. And yet, they thought of it in great detail in this film. Re-entry into atmosphere, hadn't been addressed or landing gear, but then the landing wouldn't be as dramatic at the end.
Only criticism is right at the end, the canvas painting foreign planet looks like a painting.
If you like classic sci-fi, this one is a gem.


Classic early Sci-Fi
Review date: 2007-03-28 Rating: 8 out of 10

This 1951 film is a minor classic in the history of science fiction films.
The film has tended to be overlooked as it came out the same year as The Day the Earth stood still (which IS a better film). But if you look back prior to 1951 there is really only Metropolis which stands out.

The title explains everything about the plot. A passing planet is going to pass near the Earth and cause chaos, however it will be closely followed by its star which will destroy the Earth. A team of scientists have to build a Rocket to take a selected few from the Earth so that the human race can survive. This provides a lot of opportunities for various sub-plots about the morality of who should get a place on the Rocket.

Its only real flaw is the science, where the film just doesn't add up! For example when the star is getting very close this doesn't seem to raise the temperature on Earth all.....

The special effects now look incredibly primitive, but for the time they were brilliant. In 1951 at the Cinema, this film, which is in colour must have been absolutely stunning for the audience at that time. You might want to see it first before buying, but for me it is a milestone movie of its day.

Good scifi at its best
Review date: 2006-07-05 Rating: 6 out of 10

For its day, some of the special affects ate outstanding. To be honest, I've watched The day after, and this filmm, and I thought that the flooding of NYC was done better here. Probably because they build a model of the city and flooded it.
Story wise, it was an excellent, if long forgotten novel, written, I believe, in the 1940's. There was a sequal, After worlds collide, which wasn't as good.

We're all DOOOOOOMED!!!!!!!
Review date: 2004-04-20 Rating: 6 out of 10

This is an obvious catastrophe movie in a time when sci-fi movies were thehot stuff. The story goes like this, some astronomers discover there is astar that will colide with Earth in a few months, but around this starthere is a planet. So the question now becomes, whom will they send tothis planet, in order to preserve the Human race (its knowledge and someanimals... it's the Noah's Ark myth all over again).
In between, ourmain character falls in love with the main project director's daughter,despite said daughter already being engaged with a doctor. Well, this lovetriangle makes up the story when we are not dealing with the "savingMankind" bit... Quite bland, and unecessary, but without it the moviewould be even less than 86 minutes.
In fact, some suspension of disbelief is in order, not only from the ideaof detecting a stray star within months and stating with a precision ofminutes the date of impact, but also from the idea of moving a certainnumber of the world's population with only a scant upheaval at the momentjust before lift off of one of the rockets.
Rockets... the special effects are quite good, though easily detectable,the final scene reeks of matte painting (and similar to the ilustrationsfrom a number of books detailing what would life be in space. After all,this is the 50's, when the space race was in full bloom).
A sci-fi classic none the less, not up there with Forbiden Planet, or TheDay the Earth Stood Still, but still enjoyable.

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Actor(s):
Richard Derr
Peter Hansen
John Hoyt
Barbara Rush
Larry Keating

Creators:
Richard Derr (Primary Contributor)
Barbara Rush (Primary Contributor)
John F. Seitz (Cinematographer)
W. Howard Greene (Cinematographer)
Cecil B. DeMille (Producer)
George Pal (Producer)
Edwin Balmer (Writer)
Philip Wylie (Writer)
Sydney Boehm (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437819338
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, Full Screen, PAL,
Release date: 2002-09-23
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 79 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1951-08
Language: English (Original Language)
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Language: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired)
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Language: German (Subtitled)
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