Forbidden Planet

...is. This set gives a nice cross-section of classic science fiction, with the undeniable classic 2001, the fantastic Shakespeare in space of Forbidden Planet, the Heston romp Soylent Green, and the HG Wells adaptation, The Time Machine. A...

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...loves King Kong, which he calls, "a perfect movie with a perfect monster." Host Neal Conan prefers Forbidden Planet, "stolen from the best writer ever, Shakespeare." Which movies - from Frankenstein through Zombieland - make up your horror...

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...movie Forbidden Planet, and quickly became an icon . As Forbidden Planet was inspired by Shakespeare's play The Tempest, Robby's character was inspired by Ariel , the sprite in the play. The first known use of the name "Robbie the Robot" was...

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I lean more toward action / adventure cheese, comedy cheese, and monster cheese. Forbidden Planet (That's adapted Shakespeare's "Tempest" cheese) And of course the Greatest, action, fantasy, kung fu, trucking movie of all time, "Big...

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...which was released by Warner Brothers in 1959. Its plot borrows from the 1956 science fiction classic Forbidden Planet which, in turn, lifted much of its plot from Shakespeare's The Tempest. Jeff Richards plays Mark Bradley, a radio...

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...revisionist (Ten Things I Hate About You, My Own Private Idaho). We've got the Bard in outer space (Forbidden Planet), in high school (O), and in feudal Japan (Throne of Blood). Our list also contains great performances from some of the finest...

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...with ''Scandal at Scourie in 1953. Although he continued making films, including Week-End at the Waldorf and Forbidden Planet, based on Shakespeare 's The Tempest, Pidgeon returned to work on Broadway in the mid-1950s after a twenty-year...

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...a hat that pipes beer from two cans into your mouth, is Robby the Robot. He had a supporting role in Forbidden Planet, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. Later, he became a cult figure, landed a few more acting gigs, and settled...

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...in various ways. With Irving Block he wrote the story for the screenplay for Forbidden Planet, based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, but was a victim of the Second Red Scare and was blacklisted from the film industry. Adler was the son of...

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