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| Wild, Wild Planet, The |
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Genre:Science Fiction
Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Tony Russell, Lisa Gastoni |
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| Supplementals |
| The theatrical trailer is included. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML100709 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
94 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1965 |
| (LD Release Date): |
1/99 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Anthony Dawson |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Ivan Reiner |
| (Story): |
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| (Music): |
A.F. Lavagnino |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
John Masin |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Angel Coly |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
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| (Co-Producers): |
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| (Producers): |
Joseph Fryd & Anthony Margheriti |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Touted as the first space horror film, The Wild, Wild Planet takes us to the rocket-propelled future of flying cars, ray-gun girls and flesh-fusion experiments run amok. The people of earth are disappearing left and right and its up to Commander Mike Halstead (Tony Russell) to get to the bottom of it. What he discovers is that people are being shrunken to the size of Barbie dolls and taken to the planet Delphos to be used in heaven-knows-what kind of diabolic experiments. Some fine examples of not-so-fine special effects plus lots of groovy costumes make for a swingin’ time!
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is extremely grainy with distracting noise and artifacts. Color fidelity is dated and oversaturated, with brownish fleshtones, and deep undefined blacks. Only occasional scenes exhibit vibrant colors. The picture is generally wanting in better sharpness and detail, obviously due to the excessive grain. The overall presentation is generally mediocre at best, but it is entertaining to see how much technology has improved over the last 35 years. The LaserDisc is matted at 1.85:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural that sounds compressed and strident with dubbed dialogue.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
No |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
No |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
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