Journey to the Seventh Planet
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Journey to the Seventh Planet |
| Country of production | Denmark , USA |
| original language | Danish , English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sidney W. Pink |
| script | Sidney W. Pink, Ib Melchior |
| production |
Samuel Z. Arkoff , Sidney W. Pink |
| music |
Ib Glindemann Ronald Stein |
| camera | Aage Wiltrup |
| cut |
Tove Palsbo , Thok Søndergaard |
| occupation | |
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Journey to the Seventh Planet ( "Journey to the Seventh Planet") is a science fiction film from 1962 , which was filmed in color. The seventh planet is Uranus, which is to be explored by an international crew on behalf of the United Nations.
action
During the journey to Uranus , the missile crew is controlled by a foreign power. The team then wakes up as if from a sleep and realizes that an inexplicably long time has passed. After landing on the icy and hostile Uranus, the crew strangely finds a forest area with a breathable atmosphere, which is surrounded by a mysterious barrier. When the crew member stuck his arm through the barrier, Karl suddenly freezes to death.
The zone within the barrier changes its appearance constantly. This is how a village and even attractive women appear, familiar to space travelers from the past. You will encounter strange animals, including a huge one-eyed rodent. The team realizes that they have become the victims of a mind-controlling being that makes their thoughts, desires and fears seem real. The alien brain plans to take possession of the bodies of the spacemen and then rule the earth. The crew, especially Captain Graham, recognize the danger and begin to defend themselves against the mental presence of the alien brain. The alien exploits their deepest fears until the decisive confrontation occurs, which ultimately takes place in the consciousness of the space travelers themselves.
This gives certain parallels to the much more important film Solaris from 1972, which is based on the novel of the same name by Stanisław Lem . The "Third Expedition" from the Mars Chronicles also shows the motif of the illusions created by extraterrestrial beings.
production
Director, producer and screenwriter was Sidney W. Pink , who had the film shot in Denmark on a budget of only 75,000 US dollars. The film was produced by Cinemagic Visual Effects and distributed by American International Pictures . First as VHS, then DVD of the film in the B-movie series was Midnite Movies Double Feature by MGM as Invisible Invaders / Journey to the Seventh Planet published.
reception
A reviewer for the New York Times wrote in 1962 that Journey to the Seventh Planet was a "terrible little movie" and that the director earned an Oscar for "1962's Most Boring Space Project". The current audience rating at Rotten Tomatoes is 12% positive votes.
Web links
- Journey to the Seventh Planet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review at Badmovies.org (en)
- Brief description and evaluation at Rottentomatoes (en)
literature
- Sidney W. Pink : So You Want to Make Movies (Pineapple Press, 1989)
- Nicolas Barbano: Twice Told Tails - The Two Versions of Reptilicus , in Video Watchdog # 96 (2003)