The Incredible Shrinking Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The Incredible Shrinking Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jack Arnold Cast: Grant Williams
Grant Williams
, Randy Stuart
Randy Stuart
, Paul Langton
Paul Langton
, April Kent
April Kent
Jack Arnold
The Incredible Shrinking Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The Incredible Shrinking Man [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jack Arnold Cast: Grant Williams
Grant Williams
, Randy Stuart
Randy Stuart
, Paul Langton
Paul Langton
, April Kent
April Kent
Jack Arnold

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Overview

The screen's great existential science fiction film, The Incredible Shrinking Man stars Grant Williams in the title role. While catching some rays on his brother's yacht, Scott Carey (Williams) is enveloped by a mysterious dark cloud. Soon after, he discovers that he's getting thinner -- and smaller. Despite the assuring attitude of his family doctor (the inevitable William Schallert), Scott is losing an inch's worth of height with each passing day. It is finally determined that he has developed an "anti-cancer," a by-product of a new strain of insecticide. By the time he's reached the size of a small boy, Scott has become world-famous. But the phenomenon has adversely affected his personality, turning him into a tyrant, lashing out at the world in general and his faithful wife in particular. An anti-toxin briefly halts the shrinking process, whereupon Scott joins a midget troupe, where he is briefly "accepted" for what he has become. But before long he's shrinking again, becoming so tiny that he is forced to live in a dollhouse. When Scott is attacked by his pet cat, his wife assumes that he's been killed; in fact, Scott, by now so minuscule that even a garden-variety spider poses a deadly threat to him, is hiding in his cellar. By film's end, Scott is no larger than an atom. Uncertain of what is in store for him, he steps out into the mists, summing up his newfound philosophy: "Smaller than smallest, I meant something too. To God there is no zero. I still exist!" Adapted by Richard Matheson from his own novel, The Incredible Shrinking Man is enhanced by its superb special effects.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/19/2021
UPC: 0715515265119
Original Release: 1957
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Language: English
Time: 1:21:00
Sales rank: 4,010

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Grant Williams Scott Carey
Randy Stuart Louise Carey
Paul Langton Charlie Carey
April Kent Clarice
Raymond Bailey Dr. Thomas Silver
William Schallert Dr. Arthur Bramson
Frank Scannell Barker
Helene Marshall Nurse
Diana Darrin Nurse
Billy Curtis Midget
John Hiestand TV Newscaster
Lock Martin Giant (cut)
Luce Potter Midget
Regis Parton Bit
Fred Karlin Composer
Fred Carling Composer
Irving Gertz Composer
H.J. Salter Composer
Herman Stein Composer
Elliot Lawrence Composer

Technical Credits
Jack Arnold Director
Everett H. Broussard Special Effects
Roswell A. Hoffmann Special Effects
Clifford Stine Special Effects
Albert Zugsmith Producer
Richard Matheson Screenwriter
Fred Carling Screenwriter
Richard Simmons Screenwriter
Fred Knoth Special Effects
Robert Pritchard Sound/Sound Designer
Leslie Carey Sound/Sound Designer
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