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| Product Details |
| In this remake of the 1956 cult classic, terror slowly and silently strikes San Francisco as the city is mysteriously covered by alien spores that produce strangely beautiful flowers. Unbeknownst to the people, the flowers are the bearers of alien pods that make a spiderlike webbing that captures their victims as they sleep and replicates their human form. Although they still look human, the victims are transformed into emotionless creatures by a strange race of aliens out to consume and control humanity--and only four people are left to stop them. Donald Sutherland stars as Matthew Bennel, a Department of Health inspector whose close friend and coworker Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) is overwhelmed by fear and paranoia when she begins to suspect her boyfriend, Geoffrey (Art Hindle), of no longer being human. Together, with their friends Jack (Jeff Goldblum) and Nancy (Veronica Cartwright), they are out to stop the bizarre alien invasion before they fall victim to the alien pods. Leonard Nimoy costars... |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Horror/Suspense |
| Directors: |
Philip Kaufman |
| Actors: |
Art Hindle · Brooke Adams · Don Siegel · Jeff Goldblum · Lelia Goldoni · Leonard Nimoy · Veronica Cartwright |
| Stars: |
Donald Sutherland |
| UPC: |
027616029737, 027616082923, 027616622136, 027616627421, 027616641632, 883904116530 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 57min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 2-Disc Set; Collector's Edition; Lenticular Faceplate, DVD: Canadian; Collector's Edition; Sensormatic; Lenticular, DVD: Contemporary Classics, VHS, VHS: Contemporary Classics, VHS: Widescreen; Contemporary Classics |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Aliens |
| Release Date: |
1978 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: Contemporary Classics
- 1hr 59min
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- August 26, 1997
- PG (MPAA)
- 027616622136
- Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo
, - VHS: Widescreen; Contemporary Classics
- 1hr 57min
- MGM Home Entertainment
- August 26, 1997
- PG (MPAA)
- 027616641632
- Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo
, - VHS
- 1hr 55min
- Facets Video
- PG (MPAA)
, - VHS
- 1hr 57min
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- June 30, 1993
- PG (MPAA)
- 027616029737
- Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
W.D. Richter |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/01/2004, p.141, Uncut Staff): "[D]isturbing.", (03/01/1979, p.128-9, John Pym): "...A remake aimed at buffs familiar with the original in particular and film lore in general...", (03/01/2004, p.96, Andy Webster): "A skillful, moody, and understated remake of the Don Siegel classic.", (10/16/1998, pp.91-2, George Blooston): "...Sheer heartbreak and visual spookiness....An elemental fable..." -- Rating: B+, (11/23/2007, p.109, Jan Vincent-Rudzki): 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] tense and compelling paranoid journey, standing in its own right as a damned good movie.", (12/20/1978, Poll.): "...[The film] not only matches the original in horrific tone and effect, but exceeds it in both conception and execution..." |
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