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After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
Anthony Dexter
- Herron
- (as Tony Dexter)
Mike Marshall
- Lt. White
- (as Michael Marshall)
Marissa Mathes
- Juror
- (as Merissa Mathes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Richard Kiel.
- GoofsWhen Capt. Chapman first enters the scene in the beginning of the movie, he looks at his wrist to check the time - but he is not wearing a watch.
- Quotes
Lt. Ray Makonnen: You know, Captain, every year of my life I grow more and more convinced that the wisest and best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful. If you just take the time to look at it.
- Crazy creditsInstead of "The End," the end title reads "The Beginning."
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Spacemen, Go-go Girls and the True Meaning of Christmas (2004)
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Low budget but visionary
Low budget production but the script is visionary in regards to anti-gravity and magnetic fields. Nuclear physicist Robert Lazar who worked at Area 51 in Nevada during the 1990s, says his job was to back-engineer a spacecraft that apparently used anti-gravity for propulsion. While, he and other scientists could theorize about anti-gravity, they and nobody else had the knowledge to create or utilize such.
Also, magnetic walls have long been studied and attempted by U.S. Department of Defense research scientists.
So, while it is easy to dismiss this film due to hokey characters and cliché love story, the script is visionary for a 1961 movie. There are many other sci-fi films far worse than this such as Santa Claus Conquers the Martians with Pia Zadora. If you want bad, this is not bad. However, it is good for low-budget films but it is not good in the context of big budget sci-fi films.
Also, magnetic walls have long been studied and attempted by U.S. Department of Defense research scientists.
So, while it is easy to dismiss this film due to hokey characters and cliché love story, the script is visionary for a 1961 movie. There are many other sci-fi films far worse than this such as Santa Claus Conquers the Martians with Pia Zadora. If you want bad, this is not bad. However, it is good for low-budget films but it is not good in the context of big budget sci-fi films.
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- Aug 18, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
- 1.85 : 1
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