This Island Earth

Director: Joseph M. Newman, Joseph Newman Joseph M. Newman

Overview

Based on Raymond F. Jones' novel, this sci-fi tale is about a pair of scientist who are abducted by aliens and taken to the planet Metaluna to help defend it against hostile invaders.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/22/2006
UPC:	0025192013621
Original Release:	1955
Rating:	NR
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code:	1
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rex Reason	Dr. Cal Meacham
Faith Domergue	Dr. Ruth Adams
Jeff Morrow	Exeter
Lance Fuller	Brack
Robert Nichols	Joe Wilson
Russell D. Johnson	Steve Carlson
Douglas Spencer	The Monitor of Metaluna
Richard Deacon	Spacecraft Pilot
Reg Parton	Mutant
Karl Ludwig Lindt	Dr. Adolph Engelborg
Robert B. Williams	Webb
Coleman Francis	Express Deliveryman
H.J. Salter	Composer

Technical Credits

Franklin Coen

George Callahan

Edward G. O'Callaghan

Joseph M. Newman	Director,Director
Franklin Coen	Screenwriter
George Callahan	Screenwriter
William Alland	Producer
Edward G. O'Callaghan	Screenwriter
David Horsley	Special Effects
Leslie Carey	Sound/Sound Designer
Robert Pritchard	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Just keep in mind that while you're doing whatever you're doing, big-headed creatures from space are watching you and making plans. Well, at least they are in this better-than-average science fiction movie. The big-headed creatures are Metalunans, one of whom has set out to seek help from Earth. Metaluna is under attack, and help is needed from Earth -- help that Exeter, in human disguise or otherwise, has been sent to gather. The film is not just about the special effects or the plot line; this is a polemic rather than a tale, warning against the expansion of atomic energy concerns and the misuse of resources. By way of telling about the Metalunan disaster, it warns against the hubris of the age and the consequences of this hubris. The Metalunans descend into tragedy on the scale of grand opera, warning the human cast to walk the narrow way -- never forgetting the Metalunans in the meantime. Disaster, whether atomic, military, or ecological, is only a mistake or two away. This Island Earth, sometimes unfairly picked on, is well worth seeing, especially if a video triple bill with Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still can be arranged.