Red planet mars 1952 husbandandwife scientists peter graves, andrea king pick up a pieinthesky tv message supposedly from mars. Red planet is a 1949 science fiction novel by robert a. Writing at a time when militant homosexuals and atheists are trying to drive religion out of the public square and into the closet, i find red planet mars. It represents the first appearance of heinleins idealized martian elder race see also stranger in a strange land. Knowledge about the red planet has increased with robotic missions. The red planet mars is a product of a worried hollywood reacting to this persecution. Plans include landing on mars for exploration at a minimum, with the possibility of sending settlers and terraforming the planet or exploring its moons phobos and deimos also considered. This movie foresaw the flat panel tv at least 40 years before they were commercially available. Herbert berghof, peter graves, and andrea king in red planet mars 1952. The soviet union instantly dissolving and the head of the russian othodox church becoming leader of the nation is really wild. Released 1952, red planet mars stars peter graves, andrea king, herbert berghof, orley lindgren the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A human mission to mars has been the subject of science fiction, aerospace engineering and scientific proposals since the 20th century. Mars pictures of mars, the red planet pictures cbs news. Red planet mars 1952 approved 1h 27min drama, scifi 15 may 1952 usa an american scientist is able to contact and communicate with mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.
Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. After establishing some means of real communication the martians shock the earthlings with their claims of living 300 years, producing food in abundance and. Its slightly slow in places and its certainly no the day the earth stood still 1951 or the thing from another world 1951 in terms of classic status, but all in all, its a very interesting film none the less. As weeks pass, more and more information is exchanged with mars, information such as mars having unlimited power, excess of food and a life span of over three hundred years. The more obscure red planet mars came and went quickly in 1952. The angry red planet 1959 the rat bat spider puppet monster. But the mars moviebomb conveyor belt was only just slipping into gear. Heinlein about students at boarding school on the planet mars. I last did this in our old house with gas mantlesbrown box radio with speaker in middle and station selecta on the wall a to j.
And in its own way, the planets rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. A scientist invents a device to receive messages from outer space and finds that an unusual series of communications are emanating from mars. Red planet is a 2000 science fiction thriller film directed by antony hoffman, starring val kilmer, carrieanne moss and tom sizemore. All of this sounds interesting, but given the fact that we have probes on the red planet, and that thousands of images were sent back to earth, have we actually found something that interesting on mars. In order to properly appreciate films like this, you have to understand the temporal context that surrounded its creation. The scientist husband and wife main characters had what looked like a 40inch equivalent over their fireplace and were seen watching the news on it in several scenes. It tells the story of a scientist, peter graves, who is using a hydrogencooled radio valve, developed by a nazi scientist, in an effort to communicate with mars. Images on the television set were very accurate matte inserts. The charismatic actor brings memories of mexico and a nose for authenticity to his performance as felix gallardo. Red planet mars 1952 stream and watch online moviefone. Red planet mars is a fairly obscure science fiction film from 1952. Red planet mars 1952 widespread fears about communist invasions and an atomic war in the early fifties resulted in a backlash of conservative, rightwing films that reflected a strong prochristian viewpoint. Even stranger was red planet mars 1952, in which anticommunist propaganda, scientific mumbojumbo, and old testament evangelizing battle for equal time in a lowbudget scifi melodrama that truly reflects the political climate of the mccarthy era. Red planet mars is all about the message, one that modern audiences will likely resist much more strongly than the original 1952 american audience.
At the end of the film, the president, speaking of the sacrifice by chris and linda cronyn, says the whole earth is their sepulcher. Red planet mars 1952 cast and crew husbandandwife scientists peter graves, andrea king pick up a pieinthesky tv message supposedly from mars. Red planet mars 1952 drama, scifi full length film youtube. Nov 18, 20 amazing film for its time back in the day. Peter graves and andrea king in red planet mars 1952 herbert berghof, peter. Red planet mars is an eerily fascinating artifact of the era of the red scare, and also the first postwar science fiction boom, combining those elements into an eerie story that is all the more surreal because it is played with such earnestness. Wired, reporting on the release of the martian 2015, said prior films set on marsred planet, mission to mars 2000, and the last days on mars 20were notable flops that were the most recent in a dismal track record of mars movies. The most dangerous game 1932 complete film by supervintagecinema. Husbandandwife scientists peter graves, andrea king pick up a pieinthesky tv message. Red planet mars was not, as its title and date of origin suggests, one of those cheesy hollywood bmovies with paper plate flying saucers menacing the good people of earth, it had higher ideals than that. Overview of red planet mars, 1952, directed by harry horner, with peter graves, andrea king, herbert berghof, at turner classic movies.
Its slightly slow in places and its certainly no the day the earth stood still 1951 or the thing from another world 1951 in terms of classic status, but all in all, its a very interesting film. This was the year that mariner 4 became the first successful flyby mission to mars, gaining historic ground where other attempts had failed by capturing the first images of the planet on 15th july almost 50 years ago to the day that new horizons. In this 1952 movie the peter graves character has a sweet widescreen tv over. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. For the obvious reason that media executives recognize it as an uncommercial white elephant, it has never shown up on an authorized dvd or bluray. An american scientist contacts mars by radio and receives information that mars is a utopia and that earths people can be saved if they return to the worship of god.
In the center, the smallest rover is a spare of the sojourner, the first mars rover, which landed on the red planet. It is a classic representation of the time and when you get into the details unique among its contemporaries. It is based on a 1932 play red planet written by john l. A radio transmission supposedly from a christian mars is a fact in this movie. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. A thoughtprovoking science fiction tale released toward the beginning of the great scifi boom of the 1950s. The outlandish story follows scientist chris cronyn peter graves as he begins receiving television broadcasts from mars, revealing that the planet is. That is the notion that this 1952 trainwreck of a film is trying to turn into a. Life on mars invaders from mars, red planet mars, and.
Up to that point the majority of science fiction films that hollywood produced were nothing more than lowbudget novelties, and serious actors of the day just didnt show interest in them. When it does, supposedly in 1952, scientists notice that the huge ice mountains of the poles have been melted into water and channeled to large cities spread across the landscape, proving the existence of life on the red planet. Now the red planet takes center stage once again in ridley scotts the martian, which stars matt damon and is based on the popular novel of the same name. Red planet mars from the conelrad 100, a collection of the top 100 atomic films carefully selected by the staff of. Journey into space sci fi old time radio downloads. Classic horror film board the silver age of horror 50s horror and scifi red planet mars. When it does, supposedly in 1952, scientists notice that the huge ice mountains of the poles have been melted into water and channeled to large cities. A list of science fiction films released in the 1950s. Released on 10 november 2000, it was a critical and commercial failure.
Red planet 2000 val kilmer, carrieanne moss science fiction movie hd duration. Two space engineers on earth stand with a snapshot of martian rover history. Andrea king wasnt expecting much when she was first handed the script to red planet mars back in 1952. The main star of this is 50s regular peter graves it conquered the world and he is the person who keeps receiving radio messages supposedly from mars. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Approved, 1 h 27 min peter graves, andrea king, herbert berghof, walter sande director. Although this is a foreign film produced in italy and written by federico fellini, it found itself caught up in a communist smear campaign initiated by various catholic organizations in the u. From the goofy to the terrifying, filmgoers have been traveling to the red planet since the early days of the film industry. Balderston and john hoare and was directed by art director harry horner in his directorial debut. To date, the only anticommunist scifi religious movie ever made.
Red planet mars 1952 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There were many such films created during this time period. What happened to episodes 15 to 18 of operation luna. In this 1952 movie the peter graves character has a sweet widescreen tv over his living room fireplace. An american scientist is able to contact and communicate with mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.
May 15, 2017 red planet 2000 val kilmer, carrieanne moss science fiction movie hd duration. The latest, john carter, invades theaters on march 9th based on edgar rice burroughs scifi novel about civil war vet john carter taylor kitsch, who hides in a cave from apache indians, and wakes up on mars. Said and done, the cronyns work out a way to communicate with mars. Red planet mars is a film directed by harry horner with peter graves, andrea king, herbert berghof, walter sande, year. Another similarity to our home planet is the fact that the planet mars has an axial tilt, giving it seasons. Incidentally, president truman, during the election campaign of 1948 called this witch hunt a red herring. List of science fiction films of the 1950s wikipedia. Red planet mars movie posters from movie poster shop. The red planet weighs in at around 708 million million million tons and its density is much less than earths. One movie that i saw back then was red planet mars. Buy red planet mars movie posters from movie poster shop. In the summer of 1965 the world finally got some answers to the many questions posed about that mysterious red dot on the horizon. Just three of many, many exclamation marks of this really odd film. Red planet mars is a 1952 american science fiction film released by united artists starring peter graves and andrea king.
The red planet mars, named for the roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. Trailer editor the end of the trailer some guy shoots a monitor like he was elvis gives away the ending of the movie. Numerous orbiters, landers, and rovers have followed and will continue over. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Films such as red planet and mission to mars are installments in scifi celluloid. The outlandish story follows scientist chris cronyn. Any film with marvin miller has to be watched, simply for curiosity value. With the film opening in theaters on october 2, we have compiled a list of 10 other mars set movies that are out of this world. Ironically, just as cold war rhetoric was chilling hollywood, this film was used to go to the supreme court and win first amendment rights for the first time for motion picturesin 1952. Red planet mars is a fairly slowmoving and talkative movie, but it is one of the more interesting scifi movies from the 1950s.
Red planet mars 1952 drama, scifi full length film by cult cinema classics. Red planet mars is not only a cerebral affair, completely foregoing any action or space fx, but also a religious film peter graves is a young scientist whos made contact with mars. The superiority complex of the american characterswe conrolled 60% of the worlds economy in 1952 is a sight to behold. For 25 years, the chfb has been the essential site for classic horror news, research and enthusiasm. Red planet mars has the reputation of an awful movie, an outright dog. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. December 5th, 2006 not yet rated 1 hr 27 min plot summary.
A place to share the old, the foreign, the forgotten, the obscure and the odd ball, speculative fiction and magical realist works, lectures, movies, radio, adverts, albums, posters, and anything else fanish that the algorithm would never suggest. Some scifi films were visually surreal landscapes or existential masterpiece such as william cameron menzies invaders from mars 1953 or ib melchiors the angry red planet 1959 and jack arnolds magnificent adaptation of richard mathesons the incredible shrinking man 1957. Red planet mars 1952 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Right on time, cronyns instruments light up, a message is being received. Mars the red planet even though it is a small rocky planet, mars has captured the imagination and scientific interest of humans for centuries.
So, we have red menace, red planet and red herring. Husbandandwife scientists peter graves, andrea king pick up a. As ridiculous as red planet mars isand its at least enjoyably ridiculouslike invaders from mars, it comes from a time when mars could be virtually anything. Nasa sent its fi rst successful mission to mars in 1964. The film s somewhat openended conclusion allows for rejection as well as acceptance another strong point in the movie s favor and one persons outright dismissal will be anothers inspiration.