Invasion of the body snatchers
1956
DVD
Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying race for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people.
Item Details
ISBN: 9780782009989
Description:
- 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- digital optical
- NTSC
- video file dvd video region 1
Target Audience Note:
- MPAA: Not rated.
- Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
Other Title:
- Walter Wanger's Invasion of the body snatchers [DVD]
- Invasion of the body snatchers (Motion picture : 1956)
Notes:
- Based on the Collier's magazine serial by Jack Finney.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
- Director of photography, Ellsworth Fredericks; music, Carmen Dragon; editor, Robert S. Eisen.
- Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke, Virginia Christine, Tom Fadden, Kenneth Patterson, Guy Way, Eileen Stevens, Beatrice Maude, Jean Andren.
- DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; widescreen (2.00:1) superscope presentation.
- In English.
- Named to the National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 10724710
Control Number: 1573943
UPC:
- 887090034302
- 017153201826
Subjects:
- California -- Drama.
- Doppelgängers -- Drama.
- Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
- Life on other planets -- Drama.
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
- Andren, Jean, 1904-1996.
- Christine, Virginia, 1920-1996.
- Donovan, King.
- Dragon, Carmen.
- Dumke, Ralph, 1900-1964.
- Eisen, Robert S.
- Fadden, Tom.
- Finney, Jack. Body snatchers.
- Fredericks, Ellsworth, 1904-1993.
- Gates, Larry, 1915-1996.
- Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983.
- Mainwaring, Daniel, 1902-1977.
- Maude, Beatrice, 1892-1984.
- McCarthy, Kevin, 1914-2010.
- Olive Films.
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Patterson, Kenneth, 1911-1990.
- Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.
- Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc.
- Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968.
- Way, Guy.
- Willes, Jean.
- Wynter, Dana.