Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
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Cast & Crew.
Walter Pidgeon
Dr. Edward Morbius
Anne Francis
Altaira Morbius
Leslie Nielsen
Commander John J. Adams
Warren Stevens
Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
Jack Kelly
Lt. Jerry Farman
Earl Holliman
Cookie
Richard Anderson
Chief Engineer Quinn
George D. Wallace
Bosun
Robert Dix
Crewman Grey
Jimmy Thompson
Crewman Youngerford
Jimmy Thompson
Crewman Youngerford
James Drury
Crewman Strong
Harry Harvey Jr.
Crewman Randall
Roger McGee
Crewman Lindstrom
Peter Miller
Crewman Moran
Morgan Jones
Crewman Nichols
Richard Grant
Crewman Silvers
James Best
Crewman (uncredited)
William Boyett
Crewman (uncredited)
Les Tremayne
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Frankie Darro
Robby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)
Marvin Miller
Robby the Robot (voice) (uncredited)
Nicholas Nayfack
Producer
Fred M. Wilcox
Director
Bebe Barron
Original Music Composer
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Arthur Lonergan
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Louis Barron
Original Music Composer
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Ferris Webster
Editor
Cyril Hume
Screenplay
Irving Block
Story / Production Design
Allen Adler
Story
John Greenwald
Assistant Director
James Brock
Sound
Bob Abrams
Visual Effects
Kurt Hernfeld
Sound Editor
Franklyn Soldo
Special Effects Technician
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Mentor Huebner
Production Design
A.D. Flowers
Set Dresser
Logan Frazee
Special Effects
Joshua Meador
Special Effects / Visual Effects
Irving G. Ries
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 23, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Budget$1,900,000
Box Office$3,250,000
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States
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Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, and directed by Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on a film story by Allen Adler and Irving Block. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, this landmark film is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the plot contains certain happenings analogous to the play, leading many to consider it a loose adaptation.
Forbidden Planet pioneered several aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in a man-made faster-than-light starship. It was also the first to be set entirely on a planet orbiting another star, far away from Earth and the Solar System. The Robby the Robot character is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical "tin can" on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film. Outside science fiction, the film was groundbreaking as the first of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score, courtesy of Bebe and Louis Barron.
Forbidden Planet's effects team was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Special Effects at the 29th Academy Awards. Tony Magistrale describes it as one of the best examples of early techno-horror. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".