This Island Earth [DVD]

Starring: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, et al.

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• Format: DVD
• UPC: 025192013621
• Release Date: February 1986
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Joseph Newman
• Starring: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer, Robert Nichols, Karl L. Lindt
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: dvd_video

Customer Reviews

2.5 years in the making, 86 minutes in the telling.

It keeps you intrigued from the introductory scene where a jet plane is saved from crashing on burn out and we see a mysterious light on the plain as it is brought to a safe landing. Later while ordering electronic parts for a project Dr. Cal Meacham (Rex Reason), receives a unique catalog that would not raise an eyebrow in today’s market. The pages were made of metal, and the products are miniature electronics not anywhere near today’s circuitry. You can find your own Interositor plans on the net. While hiding from their host's prying eyes a small group of invited scientists notices that the live-in cat could tell that they were being scanned. This was probably the original "CAT scan." Russell Johnson has this thing for islands. First, there is "This Island Earth" then there is "Gilligan's Island" and my favorite island with him on it is in "Attack of the Crab Monsters" (1957) where he gets his tubes eaten. After viewing the movie, be sure to read the book for comparison." This Island Earth" (Forrest J. Ackerman Presents) The book story is thinly veiled Sci-Fi fun. But as with most Sci-fi, it is a vehicle to carry the real story or theme. Written shortly after WWII, the story draws parallels or allegories of Earth being like islands and Earthlings as local natives in an unfathomable galactic war. Morals abound, and there may even be a fifth columnist or an insurgent. How will Cal, a pacifist of sorts, cope with the changing environments?