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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781404905313
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404905316
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: May 06, 2003
Running Time: 78 minutes
Sales Rank: 53089
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1955-07
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A giant stop-motion-animated octopus (with six arms) attacks San Francisco. A pair of scientists and a nuclear sub captain try to stop it before it tears down the Golden Gate Bridge. Stunning special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
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Two years after unleashing The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms upon New York City, master special-effects creator Ray Harryhausen turned loose a giant (albeit six-armed) octopus on San Francisco, and the result is another enjoyable atom-age adventure that should please fans of vintage science fiction. Kenneth Tobey, who battled The Thing (From Another World) in 1951, stars as a Navy captain who pursues a monstrous octopoid (sextapoid?) after it attacks his atomic sub. After it wreaks havoc with shipping lanes, he tracks the creature to San Francisco for a final showdown. Scripting by George Worthing Yates (Them!) and Hal Smith and direction by Robert Gordon are perfunctory at best, which gives the always-reliable Tobey and co-star Faith Domergue little to do, but this is Harryhausen's show, and his monster, though budgetarily restrained, is still impressive. Younger audiences weaned on digital FX may find this creaky, but nostalgic viewers will enjoy its simple thrills. --Paul Gaita
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This 1950s monster movie makes a fine addtion to your monster movie dvd collection it looks like its been restored in its orgi black/white edtion nothing has been put in or takeing out I RECTAMEND (B/W)version, this movie if you like 1950 sci-fi monster movie will make a find addtion to your dvd collection.I do not rectamend color version it black/white color over the video in this version is to yellowley and poor.
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Atomic submarine commander Pete Matthews - 50's monster movie veteran Kenneth Tobey-runs into something big on the ocean depths while on maneuvers in the Pacific and two scientists are called in to investigate .They are John Carter,and Lesley Joyce (Faith Domergue).They soon discover the problem -a giant octopus is on its way to San Francisco and it is looking for something to eat.As its normal food supply has fled before its advance it needs something bigger to swallow and the human race -especially ... Read More
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One of Ray Harryhausens lesser efforts is still better than most others masterpieces. Again following the slow build up of King Kong & the beast from 20,000 fathoms, this wonderful bit of fun then runs away to a frantic climax. Strange how you don't feel sorry for the giant octopus! The great kenneth Tobey puts in his usual believable performance, and Faith Domergue is, for a change, both beautiful & appealing.
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"It Came From Beneath the Sea" is one of the iconic films of the golden age of sci-fi, and it enjoys this honor thanks almost entirely to Ray Harryhausen's glorious special effects. I'm sure lots of people have heard the story (possibly apocryphal) about how representatives of the city of San Francisco were reluctant to allow filming on the Golden Gate Bridge after seeing Harryhausen's test footage for the octopus- it looked so good that they couldn't believe it was just a model.
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If Ray Harryhausen had the buget they have for FX today,who knows what he would have been able to do! The story from what I've read was that the producers of the movie didn't have enough funds to make a 8 armed Octopus. You would never really know this unless told,as the Master Harryhausen was very clever in hiding the beast's missing tentacles. One of my favorites as a kid and it still holds up. The DVD transfer is good with some very cool extras.
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