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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792850076
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
ISBN: 0792850076
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 05, 2001
Running Time: 79 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1963
Editorial Review:
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"Only the gods see everything," cautions one scientist as Dr. James Xavier (Ray Milland) experiments with a formula that will allow the human eye to see beyond the wavelength of visible light. "I am closing in on the gods," he responds with the hubris that is doomed to destroy his overreaching ambition. A mix of Greek tragedy and sci-fi potboiler, Roger Corman's X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (simply identified as X in the eerie, odd opening credits) is a familiar tale of a scientist who risks everything to explore the unknown and is finally driven mad by, literally, seeing too much. Peeping through the clothes of comely women is all good adolescent fun until the gift becomes a nightmare as his sight rages out of control. The possibilities suggested in the hints of addiction and inconsistent bouts of megalomania remain tantalizingly unexplored in the unfocused script, and Corman's cut-rate special effects are often more hokey than haunting (the "city dissolved in an acid of light" that Xavier poetically describes becomes fuzzy photography through a series of color filters). Don Rickles offers a venal turn as a scheming carnival barker turned blackmailing con man, and Diana Van der Vlis is understanding as a sympathetic scientist who tries to rescue Xavier from his spiral into tortured madness, but in the tradition of Greek tragedy, he is doomed to be destroyed by the very gifts he desires.
MGM's widescreen disc also features commentary by director-producer Corman. --Sean Axmaker
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This was the typically-hokey-but fun Roger Corman film which stars a famous classic-era actor: Ray Milland.
One actually wonders what an actor of Milland's status would doing in a Grade B sci-fi movie like this. For someone who had admired Milland's work for many years, it just seems odd for me to see him in a small-budget film (I hadn't seen the others he had done around this time.)
Whatever, at least having him in the movie elevates it and the dialog isn't as cheesy as ... Read More
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This is one heck of a sci fi chestnut! As many times as I have seen/viewed this movie; still enjoy it the same! But now that I
have my own DVD of "The Man with the XRAY EYES" and have added it
to my "Sci-Fi" storeage shelf for easy access, look forward to those
rainy days, "In August"........
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Dr. Xavier (Ray Milland from The Premature Burial and Frogs) invents eye-drops that give the user the ability to see through solid objects. He tries the stuff on a monkey and it works, but the monkey quickly dies. Of course, this means that Xavier simply must experiment on himself! So, with no further trials or tests, he puts the drops in his own peepers and -Zish!- he has x-ray vision! At first, he has fun by inadvertantly seeing through everyone's clothes at a swingin' dance party. Soon, Xavier attempts ... Read More
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Some wealthy celebrities become addicted to plastic surgery. They continue having operations until they no longer look like themselves. Sometimes, in extreme cases, they no longer appear human. They are greedy individuals who can't stop. For them, enough is never enough.
Dr. Xavier is a greedy physician who has discovered a formula for improving his vision. Is he satisfied with having 20/20 vision? Of course not. He wants to see the entire spectrum of light, visible and non-visible. ... Read More
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Sorry, I just had to steal that line from Famous Monsters magazine. They ran a shot of Ray Milland at the end of this movie, after a "Lost Weekend". We all know how those are, when your eyes are REALLY bloodshot, but this Ray's fault. When I was a kid, this flick creeped me out bigtime. Haven't seen it since, but I'd love to, but surrealy folks, not for prices like this. Maybe the Roger Corman collection is the way to go. There's got to be some early Jack Nicholson in there.
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