In Memory of Al Fuqua from Family & Friends. Special features: Additional scenes; lost footage; excerpts from The MGM Parade TV series The Thin Man series Episode Robot Client, Science fiction movie trailer gallery. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Summary:
A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. "Forbidden Planet' is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his space cruiser crew to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius, his daughter... and a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, "Forbidden Planet' is in a movie orbit all its own. from the back cover.
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