The recent passing of the lovely Martha Hyer along with the upcoming 45th anniversary of the moon landing provides the inspiration for the pick for this week's feature. Featuring the memorable effects and figures of the late great Ray Harryhausen, this memorable sci-fi adventure was one of Miss Hyer's most popular films and one where she got to be the primary instead of the secondary leading lady. It's also fun in retrospect to see how 1964 filmmakers and viewers imagined something that would become reality only 5 years later. You'll have to sit through a few Asian KFC commercials before the film starts. Enjoy!
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Wow forgot about 56.com. They’ve gotten a little faster.
3 posted on
06/22/2014 11:16:04 AM PDT by
Dallas59
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4 posted on
06/22/2014 11:18:59 AM PDT by
Argus
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A wonderful motion picture!
5 posted on
06/22/2014 11:29:34 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
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Cavorite
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The dancing hamburger patty was far too raunchy for family TV
lol
9 posted on
06/22/2014 11:35:04 AM PDT by
GeronL
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12 posted on
06/22/2014 11:40:08 AM PDT by
Thorliveshere
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science fiction ain’t my bag
14 posted on
06/22/2014 1:01:12 PM PDT by
yldstrk
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I watched a good yesterday,”coach Carter”
16 posted on
06/22/2014 1:01:51 PM PDT by
yldstrk
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Harryhausen and H. G. Wells? Sold!
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There was a movie about a trip to the moon that I saw as a kid on TV, which gave me nightmares. I don’t recall the name but it wasn’t this one. I suppose it was similar to the low-budget, objectively terrible horror films from the 50’s. When the crew got to the moon they had been told to not venture out in direct sunlight because they could roast to death, so they had to stay in the shadows. There were also creatures on the moon who were sort of giant rock monsters. (Maybe Harryhausen was involved in that.) Naturally these two plot elements worked together.
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21 posted on
06/22/2014 6:19:09 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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Amazing that they went from this to '2001,' in just five years.
I would love to see a futuristic space movie that's based on something remotely scientific.
25 posted on
06/22/2014 6:33:28 PM PDT by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
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27 posted on
06/22/2014 10:42:35 PM PDT by
GeronL
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I was afraid that the whole thing would be in Chinese lol!
29 posted on
06/23/2014 9:54:35 AM PDT by
Silentgypsy
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