The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms / Them! (Double Feature)
by Eugène Lourié, Gordon Douglas
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Actor: Cecil Kellaway, Edmund Gwenn, James Whitmore, Paul Hubschmid, Paula RaymondDirector: Eugène Lourié, Gordon Douglas
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Eugène Lourié
Writer: Daniel James
Writer: Fred Freiberger
Writer: George Worthing Yates
Writer: Lou Morheim
Writer: Ray Bradbury
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 171 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 73126
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Humanity has split the atom, unleashing a new era of science - an era that would also unleash monstrous celluloid rampages. An A-bomb test in the Arctic awakens The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and it makes New York City its stomping ground in the movie (based on a story by Ray Bradbury) that launched a string of Atomic Age creature features. One of the best of those cautionary yarns is Them! Radiat
DVD Reviews of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms / Them! (Double Feature)
DVD Review: Ants In Your Pants
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw "Them" when it first came out. I was probably about nine years old. My father told my mother it was a nature documentary about insects, so the family, including some aunts, uncles and nieces and nephews all piled into our cars and drove into Manhattan. When we got to the theatre, on the marquee was a totally gigantic ant with a partially clad woman in its mandibles.
The 'girls' went down the street to see National Velvet.
The 'boys' went into see 'Them'. I remember exactly when we walked in (in those days, movie going was a much easier experience. If you wandered in late, you stayed to see what you missed at the next showing). I came into the theatre just after James Whitmore and his partner walked into Gramp's general store. They found his body. Whitmore leaves his partner there while he goes to interview an ant survivor. His partner, alone, hears some chirping.... Given the marquee, as he walked out of the wrecked store, gun drawn, we knew what was going to happen...
'Them!' remains one of my favourite films of that era. It has not been easy to find on DVD, so for many years I made do with a VHS version. Glad I am that I purchased this DVD combo with 'The Beast from Twenty Thousand Fathoms'. The transfer is excellent--sharp enough to cut your eyeballs. The black and white film looks great, just as it did in the theatre. The 'extras' are not all that extra, but it was kind of fun to see very brief clips showing special effects technicians manipulating the giant ant mock-ups.
The charm and brilliance of this film does not lie in the special effects. They're okay, but really just barely. This is not an eye candy film. You rarely see the ants moving much. But they remain convincing because they are in the context of an excellently written, directed and acted film. The movie is 'real' all the way through. No kiddie stuff here, no weak acting.
Look closely and you will see a rather young Leonard Nimoy at a teletype machine. Fess Parker, later to become Davey Crockett for Walt disney, got his big break in this film with a meatier role.
This film is odds-on best of all the giant bug movies of the fifties.
"The Beast" has long been available on Ray Harryhausen DVDs, but it is a definite bonus to have it on this double sided DVD. The transfer is also very good, and there are some nice featurettes. "The Beast" is Harryhausen's first go-it-alone feature after working with his mentor, the great Willis O'Brien, on "Mighty Joe Young."
I remember going to the local theatre in Brooklyn to see this film when it first cdame out. My mom did not want me to go, after seeing the ads on tv, but relented. The theatre was packed. The movie really was the first of its kind for my generation--King Kong was twenty years old then, and I'd seen it on a re-release to an equally packed theatre. The experience of seeing this film was electrifying. Compared to 'Them!', the effects were eye candy, and the real reason for seeing the film. It was well acted and directed, but could not and can not compare with 'Them!' in those departments.
An excellent DVD bargain.
Description of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms / Them! (Double Feature)
No Description Available.Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: UN
Release Date: 22-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
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