Sci-Fi Film Fiesta Blog
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Through this blog, the author would like to share his enthusiasm for classic / vintage sci-fi films.
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta Blog
1M ago
A good-looking sci-fi film with a naively optimistic view of the future and with characters that are difficult to care too much about.
Directed by Kurt Maetzig
Screenplay by Kurt Maetzig, J. Barkhauer (uncredited)
Story by J. Fethke, W. Kohlhasse, G. Reisch, G. Rücker, A. Stenbock-Fermor
Based on The Astronauts by Stanisław Lem
Cinematography: Joachim Hasler
Edited by Lena Neumann
Music by Andrzej Markowski
Production companies: Roter Kreis group of DEFA, Filmowe Iluzjon film studio
Distributed by Progress Film (East Germany), Crown International Pictures (US)
Running time: 93 minutes ..read more
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2M ago
A stylish, innovative, well-paced and entertaining mid-1960s sci-fi film with strong tone and atmosphere along with earnest performances.
Directed by Mario Bava
Screenplay by Alberto Bevilacqua, Callisto Cosulich, Mario Bava, Antonio Román, Rafael J. Salvia
English version: Ib Melchior, Louis M. Heyward
Based on "One Night of 21 Hours" by Renato Pestriniero
Produced by,Fulvio Lucisano
Cinematography: Antonio Rinaldi
Edited by Antonio Gimeno, Romana Fortini
Music by Gino Marinuzzi Jr.
Production companies: Italian International Film, Castilla Cooperativa Cinematográfica, American Intern ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta Blog
3M ago
A landmark film with an excellent combination of the sci-fi and horror genres along with a great deal to think about
Directed by Ridley Scott
Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon
Story by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Cinematography: Derek Vanlint
Edited by Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherley
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Production companies: 20th Century-Fox, Brandywine Productions
Distributed by: 20th Century-Fox
Running time: 116 minutes
Budget: $11 million[a][5]
Box office: $184.7 million
Cast
Tom Skerritt: Dallas
Sigourney Weaver: Riple ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta Blog
4M ago
The film that gave Star Trek back to the world
Directed by Robert Wise
Screenplay by Harold Livingston
Story by Alan Dean Foster
Based on Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry
Produced by Gene Roddenberry
Cinematography: Richard H. Kline
Edited by Todd C. Ramsay
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Production company: Paramount Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date: December 7, 1979
Running time: 132 minutes
Budget: $44 million]
Box office: $139 million
Cast William Shatner: Captain Kirk
Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimo: Spock
DeForest Kelley DeForest Kelley: Dr. McCoy
James Doohan James Do ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta Blog
6M ago
A lesser-known 1980s sci-fi gem that deserves far greater recognition
Directed by Michael Crichton
Written by Michael Crichton
Produced by Michael I. Rachmil, Lisa Faversham, Kurt Villadsen
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Edited by Glenn Farr, James Coblentz
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Production company: Delphi III Productions
Distributed by Tri-Star Pictures
Release date: December 14, 1984
Running time: 99 minutes
Budget: $8 million
Box office: $6,770,587 (USA)
Cast Tom Selleck as Sergeant Jack R. Ramsay
Cynthia Rhodes as Officer Karen Thompson
Gene Simmons as Dr. Charles Luther
Kirstie ..read more
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7M ago
( 海底軍艦, Kaitei Gunkan )
'The Undersea Warship'
A fairly entertaining Japanese science fiction film with impressive-looking sets and battle sequences together with a rousing music score. However, this is probably one of Toho’s and Ishiro Honda’s lesser efforts
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa[1]
Based on The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure by Shunrō Oshikawa, The Undersea Kingdom by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Edited by Ryohei Fujii
Music by Akira Ifukube
Production company: Toho
Distributed ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta Blog
8M ago
A competently directed British sci-fi / horror gem with a stirring and eerie musical score, colorful and crisp cinematography and an entertaining combination of suspense, humor and horror.
Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Edward Mann Al Ramsen
Based on an original story by Mann and Ramsen
Produced by Tom Blakely
Cinematography: Reg Wyer
Edited by Thelma Connell
Music by Malcolm Lockyer
Barry Gray (electronic effects)
Production company: Planet Film Productions
Distributed by Planet Film Distributors, Universal Studios (US)
Running time: 89 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: £7 ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta Blog
9M ago
ISLAND OF THE BURNING DAMNED
ISLAND OF THE BURNING DOOMED
A low budget but eerie, tense, gripping and effective sci-fi / horror film that let its characters tell the story
Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Jane Baker, Pip Baker, Ronald Liles
Based on “Night of the Big Heat” 1959 novel by John Lymington
Produced by Tom Blakeley, Ronald Liles
Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer
Edited by Rod Nelson-Keys
Music by Malcolm Lockyer
Production company: Planet Film Productions
Distributed by Planet Film Distributors
Running time: 94 minutes
Cast Christopher Lee as Professor Godfrey Hanson
Pat ..read more
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11M ago
Certainly not a classic sci-fi film, but it is an entertaining oddity with an impressive supporting cast and good production values.
Directed by Byron Haskin
Written by John Gay
Based on “The Power” by Frank M. Robinson
Produced by George Pal
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Edited by Thomas J. McCarthy
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-May
Cast
George Hamilton: Jim Tanner
Suzanne Pleshette: Margery Lansing
Richard Carlson: N. E. Van Zandt
Yvonne De Carlo: Sally Hallson
Earl Holliman: Talbot Scott
Gary Merrill: Mark Corlane
Ken Murray: Grover
Barbara Nichols: Flora ..read more
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1y ago
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
VOLUME 5:
“Alien Contact”
The science fiction films from the 1950s that feature in this volume imaginatively depict what could happen during a time of alien contact in the form of transmission of messages and visitations to the planet earth.
Such films also serve to reflect the kinds of fears that were prevalent at the time as well as offering commentary concerning the state of human affairs on our own planet. It is interesting to note just how much of this can apply to our own era in the 21st century!
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KINDLE DOWNLOA ..read more