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This Island Earth (1955)

Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.

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(as Joseph Newman)

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(story "The Alien Machine"), (screenplay) | 1 more credit »
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The electronic engineer Dr. Cal Meacham is a prominent scientist that is studying industrial application of nuclear energy and also a great pilot. One day, he receives a different condenser and soon his assistant Joe Wilson receives a manual instruction and several components of a sophisticated machine. Carl and Joe build a communication apparatus and a man called Exeter contacts Carl. He tells that Carl has passed the test assembling the Interocitor and invites him to join his research. The intrigued Carl decides to travel to meet Exeter that sends an unmanned airplane to bring him to an isolated facility in Georgia. He is welcomed by Dr. Ruth Adams but she mysteriously does not recall their love affair in the past. They team-up with Dr. Steve Carlson and they note that the other scientists in the facility have been transformed, having a weird behavior. They decide to flee in a car, but they are attacked by rays and Steve dies. Carl and Ruth also witness the facility blowing-up and ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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June 1955 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Metaluna IV antwortet nicht  »

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$800,000 (estimated)
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(Western Electric Recording)

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(Technicolor)

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2.00 : 1
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It is believed that the Earth miniature used in the effects shots was also used to make the 50's-80's Earth in space Universal Pictures fanfare opening. See more »

Goofs

When Dr. Mecham is getting into the T-33 to leave at the beginning of the movie, he casually tosses his case into the back seat and climbs into the front seat. No pilot would ever have something unsecured in the cockpit where it could get caught in the controls. (The US Air Force prohibited cameras in the back seat of F4s because a film can had gotten in the ejection mechanism and caused a fatality when the ejection seat failed) See more »

Quotes

Dr. Ruth Adams: My mind is my own, and nobody's going to change it! I'm not going into that room!
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Soundtracks

Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 2nd Movement
(uncredited)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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A Great Film
24 February 2003 | by See all my reviews

I saw this film for the first time when I was about 10 years old and it has always stuck with me and when I saw it was on video I bought it immediately. I think that this is more than a B picture and what people have to remember is the fact that this film was made before all the great advances in special effects. Another thing that made it interesting was the fact that through the first half of the film you really didn't know if Exeter was human or alien. It wasn't until the second half of the film that we did see there was more to this mysterious group. This film is definitely an underrated classic of its era.


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