| Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | |
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 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Fred Sears |
| Produced by | Charles Schneer Sam Katzman |
| Written by | Donald E. Keyhoe (book) Kurt Siodmak George Worthing Yates Bernard Gordon |
| Starring | Hugh Marlowe Joan Taylor |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikov |
| Cinematography | Fred Jackman Jr. Donald Edward Keyhoe (June 20 1897 - November 29 1988 was an American Marine Corps officer with some flight experience Writer of many aviation articles George Worthing Yates was an American Screenwriter. He was born on 14 August 1901 in New York and died 6 June 1975 Hugh Marlowe ( January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film television stage and radio actor |
| Editing by | Danny B. Landres |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 1, 1956 |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| Language | English |
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Earth vs. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States the Flying Saucers is an American black and white science fiction film, directed by Fred F. Sears and was released in 1956. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Black-and-white is a number of Monochrome forms in Visual arts. Frederick Francis Sears (1913-1957 was an American film actor and director Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The film is also known as Invasion of the Flying Saucers. It was ostensibly suggested by the non-fiction work Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Donald Kehoe, and the flying saucer effects were created by Ray Harryhausen. Flying Saucers from Outer Space non-fiction book by Donald Keyhoe, about flying saucers Flying saucer is the name given to a type of Unidentified flying object (UFO with a disc- or Saucer -shaped body usually described as silver or metallic Ray Harryhausen (born Raymond Frederick Harryhausen on June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles California) is an Academy Award -winning
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Plot Overview
The film is set in 1956, a year before the first satellite, Sputnik I went into orbit. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sputnik 1 ( "Спутник-1", "Satellite-1" ПС-1 ( PS-1, i In the film, "Project Skyhook," a U. S. effort to launch a dozen satellites, is visited by a flying saucer. A misunderstanding leads to the aliens being fired on, and they respond by immediately attacking in retaliation. The sequence of events quickly spirals out of control and leads to a full scale invasion. Flying saucers attack Washington, DC, Paris, London and Moscow. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of In the end, the alien saucers are defeated over the skies of Washington by a device using high-power sound coupled with an electric field that stops the saucers' propulsion systems.
Visual Effects
Ray Harryhausen animated the saucers in this movie. Ray Harryhausen (born Raymond Frederick Harryhausen on June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles California) is an Academy Award -winning That may be considered easier than animating dolls for the usual monsters, but he also animated all the stones of the buildings they crashed into in this picture so that the action would appear realistic. Some figure animation was used to show the aliens emerging from the saucers. A considerable amount of stock footage was also used, notably scenes during the invasion which showed batteries of US 90 mm M3 guns and an early rocket launch, presumably standing in for the recently introduced Nike Ajax missile. Stock footage, and similarly archive footage, library pictures and file footage are Film or Video The American 90 mm family of guns served as primary heavy anti-aircraft and Anti-tank guns playing a role similar to the renowned German 88 mm Project Nike was a US Army project proposed in May 1945 by Bell Labs, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system
The voice of the aliens was produced from a recording of Paul Frees reading the lines by jiggling the speed control of a reel-to-reel tape recorder so that it continually wavered from a slow bass voice to one high and fast. Paul Frees ( June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was an American Voice actor and Character actor.
During a question and answer period at a tribute to Harryhausen and a screening of Jason and the Argonauts in Sydney, Australia, Harryhausen said he sought advice from George Adamski on the depiction of the flying saucers in the film, but felt that Adamski grew increasingly paranoid as time went on. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. George Adamski ( April 17, 1891 – April 23, 1965) was a Polish -born American citizen who became widely known in Ufology
Connections to other films
Several plot points are shared with George Pal's 1953 filmed version of The War of the Worlds:
- The aliens kill a relative of one of the main characters. George Pal ( February 1, 1908 &ndash May 2, 1980) born György Pál Marczincsák, The War of the Worlds (also sometimes known as HG Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 Science fiction film
- The aliens go out of their way to use their ray on a wooden water tank atop a building.
- The defeat of the aliens is shown by having their vehicles crash into buildings (in this film's case, the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building).
- The aliens required apparatus to see (and hear) adequately; this was acquired by the scientists, who tested it and noted that the aliens were sensorially degenerate.
The film also has several connections with Robert Wise's influential 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still:
- In both films, the initial encounter between the alien(s) and humans ends in violence through a misunderstanding. Robert Wise ( September 10, 1914 &ndash September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor film editor and Academy The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 Black-and-white Science fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes
- Both films involve alien spacecraft visiting Washington, DC, a situation that has since become a science fiction cliche (exploited notably in the 1996 film Independence Day). Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D A cliché (from French, klɪ'ʃe or cliche is a phrase expression or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 Science fiction film about a hostile Alien invasion
- Actor Hugh Marlowe appears in both films, and in both films his character at one point decides on a course of action that his love interest tries strenuously but unsuccessfully to dissuade him from taking. Hugh Marlowe ( January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film television stage and radio actor
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers even uses some stock footage from The Day the Earth Stood Still. The borrowed footage portrays the public apprehension and disruption caused by the alien(s) all over the world; in the British segment, the same actor can be seen mouthing the words "It's that spaceman—that's what it is!" although, of course, his voice is only heard in The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Scenes of the flying saucers were later re-used in The 27th Day, Orson Welles' F for Fake and the Three Stooges short Flying Saucer Daffy (1958). The 27th Day is a 1957 Science fiction film from Columbia Pictures. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television F for Fake ( Vérités et Mensonges) is the last major film completed by Orson Welles. The Three Stooges were an American Vaudeville and Comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous Short subject films The scenes of destruction were later used in a 1957 film called The Giant Claw. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Giant Claw is a 1957 Sci-fi film about a giant bird ("It's as big as a battleship!" that terrorizes the world
Tim Burton's 1996 film Mars Attacks! consciously spoofs several aspects of this film, especially in the design of its flying saucers. Timothy "Tim" William Burton (born August 25 1958 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Set designer, notable for the quirky Mars Attacks! is a 1996 Black comedy and Science fiction Movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject
The film has shots of several 1950s technologies in action, including paper tape communications and a differential analyzer. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Punched tape or paper tape is a largely obsolete form of Data storage, consisting of a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data The differential analyser was a mechanical Analog computer designed to solve Differential equations by integration, using wheel-and-disc mechanisms to perform
External links
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers at the Internet Movie Database
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers at Allmovie
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