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Phantom Planet | 
 enlarge | Director: William Marshall (ii)
Actors: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Francis X. Bushman, Richard Weber
Studio: St Clair Vision
Category: DVD
Buy New: $3.88
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 95710
Format: Black & White, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 82 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 777966846590
EAN: 0777966846590
ASIN: B0001GH7MM
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1961
Release Date: March 2, 2004
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 A FiveStar B Movie September 24, 2008
Nick Tropiano (Havertown, PA United States)
Everything a 50's B movie should be. Monsters, space ships, bizarro plot, an overall strange and trippy throughout, unintended notes of surrealism, tough talkin' 50's B-movie hero types. So much fun, so much old school trippy craziness - just campy enough. These movies can never be replicated. Like vintage wines, they have to "ferment" for a number of decades to reach the peak of their entertainment value. I savored this one, which I somehow missed on UHF TV growing up. It's new old stock! Yeah! What makes this one especially great is that - while not a high-budget production, it wasn't so poverty stricken that it detracted. To the contrary, this one had some surprisingly competent and effective pre-CGI special effects, decent acting and acceptable production values. A great time at the movies for those who appreciate this vintage. A five star wine of a B film that has reached maturity.
For nostalgia only, or hardcore 60s scifi fan June 12, 2008
Robert J. Crawford (Balmette Talloires, France)
I watched this with my son (9), who enjoyed the story and laughed at the clunky special effects. He dutifully listened to my stories about seeing it and similar films - he is at the age where he accepts my reminiscences instead of rolling his eyes like his sister does at 13 - and we talked about the space age, etc.
I quite enjoyed this for what it made me remember. But, as with my son, for other viewers it is only of passing interest, like background TV. Thus, I think it is headed for oblivion or of interest only for film historians once those who watched it as kids are no longer around.
The story has a nice sense of possibility, like we all felt during the space race and which is rather humdrum today. The hero, while not very charismatic, is open-minded and a lonely explorer, hence his vulnerability to the charms of the mute girl. He encounters an advanced civilization that has chosen a primitive lifestyle, on a planet fleeing strange enemies and with an unimaginable technology manipulated by what looks like broken wine glasses. He even makes friends from a natural enemy. Then, restored to his colleagues, he wonders if it was all a dream. It ends on a hopeful note for exploration. I liked it then and still do now.
Recommended.
the phantom planet April 10, 2008
J. tanquary (california)
this 1950 movie and the people cant be done again even for one trillion its there way and intelligence who made and acted in the movie all these are five stars if cant see then your to ignorant.
 Better than expected April 29, 2007
Robby Krell (Sea of Tranquility, Luna)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just watched this yesterday, with very low expectations, and was pretty surprised at how good it was. Definitely worth viewing, esp if you can track it down on a multi-movie set. (The transfer used in Mill Creek's Sci-Fi Classics box set is just fine.)
Others have talked about the story and the acting, but I want to mention is the non-stop use of special effects. Sure, they're hokey, but they keep coming, and that's what keeps your (or at least my) interest. There's the ping-pong-table Moon base, complete with whirling radar dish; plenty of spaceship shots, a space walk, meteor shower, invisible asteroid, shrinking astronaut/tiny people, Rock of Oblivion... and that's not even mentioning the monster. I don't think 3 minutes pass by in this movie without some "special effect" or other. That makes for pretty fun, engaging viewing, in my opinion.
Also, you can practically count the future Star Trek episodes... The one with the hollow asteroid traveling across space... The one where Kirk and Spock engage in mortal combat... The one where the girl falls for Kirk. (Oh wait, that's all of them.) And so on. Even the Rock of Oblivion acts suspiciously like the transporter, set on one-way of course.
All in all this is a fun film that rarely flags, perfect for a rainy weekend afternoon.
Phamtom Planet January 10, 2007
Robert W. Carr (Atlanta, GA, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Wade Williams' collection is always superior in quality.
He has hard to find films and reproduces them in the best format.
It is worth the cost.
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