Forbidden Planet
Release Date
11/14/06Genre:
Sci-Fi, FantasyStarring:
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie NielsenDirected By:
Fred M. WilcoxStudio:
Warner Home VideoRated:
GWhy Own it on HD DVD
The legendary sci-fi classic that set a new standard for the genre has been especially restored both in picture and sound. With the added excitement of high definition, you can experience this gem as never before! Special features include the 1957 film The Invisible Boy, a 2005 documentary on science fiction and the 1950s, a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of Forbidden Planet, a look at Robby the Robot, additional footage and more!
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The Invisible Boy
The 1957 “sequel” to Forbidden Planet.
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Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
2005 TCM documentary
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Amazing!: Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Behind-the-scenes featurette discussing the making of Forbidden Planet.
- Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
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Excerpt from MGM Parade Episode 27
The 1955 TV series featuring Walter Pidgeon and Robby the Robot.
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Excerpt from MGM Parade Episode 28
The 1955 TV series featuring Walter Pidgeon and Robby the Robot.
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2/28/1958 The Thin Man: Robot Client TV Episode
Featuring Robby the Robot
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Additional Footage
Deleted Scenes, Lost Footage
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Trailers
The Thing from Another World (1951) , The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), Them! (1954), Forbidden Planet (1956), The Black Scorpion (1957), The Invisible Boy (1957), The Time Machine (1960)
“Every subsequent sci-fi movie and TV show is indebted to Forbidden Planet.” —Charles Matthews, Oscar® A to Z
A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4’s many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that’s home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)…and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own.
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