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Le Monstre

Titre original : The Quatermass Xperiment
  • 1955
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  • 1h 22min
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Le Monstre (1955)
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
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La fusée habitée du professeur Bernard Quatermass revient sur Terre, mais deux des astronautes ont disparu et le survivant semble malade et incapable de communiquer.La fusée habitée du professeur Bernard Quatermass revient sur Terre, mais deux des astronautes ont disparu et le survivant semble malade et incapable de communiquer.La fusée habitée du professeur Bernard Quatermass revient sur Terre, mais deux des astronautes ont disparu et le survivant semble malade et incapable de communiquer.

  • Réalisation
    • Val Guest
  • Scénario
    • Richard H. Landau
    • Val Guest
    • Nigel Kneale
  • Casting principal
    • Brian Donlevy
    • Jack Warner
    • Richard Wordsworth
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  • NOTE IMDb
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    • Réalisation
      • Val Guest
    • Scénario
      • Richard H. Landau
      • Val Guest
      • Nigel Kneale
    • Casting principal
      • Brian Donlevy
      • Jack Warner
      • Richard Wordsworth
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    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • Prof. Bernard Quatermass
    Jack Warner
    Jack Warner
    • Inspector Lomax
    Richard Wordsworth
    Richard Wordsworth
    • Victor Carroon
    Margia Dean
    • Mrs. Judith Carroon
    Thora Hird
    Thora Hird
    • Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley
    Gordon Jackson
    Gordon Jackson
    • BBC TV producer
    David King-Wood
    • Dr. Gordon Briscoe
    Harold Lang
    Harold Lang
    • Christie
    Lionel Jeffries
    Lionel Jeffries
    • Blake
    Sam Kydd
    Sam Kydd
    • Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
    Jane Aird
    • Mrs. Lomax
    • (non crédité)
    Margaret Anderson
    • Maggie
    • (non crédité)
    Jane Asher
    Jane Asher
    • Little Girl
    • (non crédité)
    Harry Brunning
    • Night Porter
    • (non crédité)
    Ken Buckle
    • Police Driver
    • (non crédité)
    Eric Corrie
    • Maggie's Boyfriend
    • (non crédité)
    Edward Dane
    • Station Policeman
    • (non crédité)
    Gron Davies
    • Charles Green
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Val Guest
    • Scénario
      • Richard H. Landau
      • Val Guest
      • Nigel Kneale
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    8fertilecelluloid

    Dashingly good sci-fi film with a strong stench of horror

    Well written and terminally fascinating British sci-fi thriller from director Val Guest and writer Nigel Neale. It is a film of big ideas and planet-sized concepts that stares up into the unknown with a combination of wonderment and dread.

    Originally a highly popular TV series, it spawned two excellent sequels and decades of creative Hollywood pilfering.

    Brian Donlevy is wonderful as Quatermass, a scientist with the bullying manner of a military drill Sargent and a fierce, pragmatic streak. After a rocket that he sent into space crashes back to Earth, Quatermass and unofficial partner-in-crime Inspector Lomax (Jack Warner) uncover a bizarre alien conspiracy in which a surviving astronauts's body has been "borrowed" by extraterrestrials keen on relocating.

    Director Guest gives the drama a no-nonsense, almost documentary feel. The special effects are perfectly acceptable for the period and the brooding sense of mid-century paranoia is well conveyed.

    The hero is the script, though. The dialogue is fresh and colourful and writers Guest and Neale always keep the scientific jargon interesting. All the characters are believable and the performances are top notch.

    Despite the fact that James Bernard's solid score is a little overbearing at times, this is a dashingly good science fiction film with a strong stench of horror.
    8chexmix

    Richard Wordsworth is extraordinary

    Horror/science fiction films have rarely been singled out for the quality of the acting in them. Over the decades, a couple of "monsters" have been tapped for praise: Fredric March won an Oscar for his turn at Jekyll and Hyde, & Jeff Goldblum was rightly seen as an example of "inspired casting" in David Cronenberg's remake of _The Fly_.

    But I think Richard Wordsworth has them both beat.

    I enjoy _The Creeping Unknown_ overall, but it is Wordsworth's performance as Victor Caroon that lifts it into the stratosphere for me. I mean, sheesh, _look_ at him! This is an incredibly painful and, yes, passionate portrait of a man whose _body_ is being taken over and is changing into something else, even as he fights to retain possession of it. What might such a battle _feel_ like? Wordsworth lets you know, and in doing so anchors an almost cliché science-fiction "what if ...?" in raw human nerve endings. Watch him battle the frightening desires that overcome him; watch him try to stay ... human. He's first class, and why his career never really took off ...

    I am probably all alone on a windswept plain in this, but I think Wordsworth's acting here is as frenzied and solid as that of Klaus Kinski in any of the great movies he did with Werner Herzog. So shoot me! :)
    7Theo Robertson

    Rather Simplified But Still Effective

    Unfortunately Nigel Kneal had absolutely no input into the film version of THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT . Out goes the philosophy and long discussions of the human condition and in comes the more formuliac and streamlined plotting of a hostile alien endangering the human race , but to be fair to Richard Landau he also jettisoned many underdeveloped subplots from the serial ( When episode one of TQE was broadcast on television Kneale was still writing episode 5 so some subplots were abandoned by Kneale in order to meet the deadline ) and - unlike film viewers in 2002 - the oft used premise of an alien entity coming back to Earth from a spaceship would still be very new to cinema audiences in the mid 50s. I might even be right in saying this is the first time this idea had appeared in cinema .

    Director Val Guest treats THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT as SF film noir and brings in a heavy dose of mood and atmosphere especially during the night time zoo sequence. Unlike QUATERMASS 2 there`s no feeling that the night scenes were achieved by sticking a dark filter over the camera . Guest is less successful with his cast . Donlevy is relatively good at playing double crossing mobsters in the likes of THE BIG COMBO but he`s utterly unconvincing as a rocket scientist and it doesn`t help that he keeps pronouncing his name as " Qittermiss ", Margia Dean is utterly appalling as Judith Carroon , but Richard Wordsworth is outstanding as Victor Carroon even if he doesn`t have a single line of dialogue.

    The BBC serial of THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT shocked the viewers of Britain when it was broadcast and in its own way the film version is almost as groundbreaking , it was a big hit at the UK box office which led to Hammer Films to concentrate solely on horror films something they would excell at for the next 10-15 years .

    Trivia point 1 - The montage scenes of soldiers searching for Carroon at night time are actually culled from another British SF flick - SEVEN DAYS TO NOON

    Trivia point 2- The last four episodes of the BBC serial were shown live on television but because of an industrial dispute they weren`t - unlike the first two episodes - recorded onto film which means no one will ever see the complete BBC QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT
    7ma-cortes

    Classic British production contains forthright performance , original argument and tense filmmaking

    Vintage British sci-fi movie with a fascinating Brian Donlevy as Quatermass from original BBC production that kept millions glued to their TV screens in a serial formed by six episodes of 30 minutes starred by Reginald Tate and directed by Rudolph Cartier . The picture concerns about the events occur when a space aircraft falls on Oakley Green . There arrive Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) , a police official(Jack Warner) and an obstinate scientific . But one astronaut (Richard Wordsworth who brings abominable terror and helplessness to his character) carrying an alien infestation from outer space from destroying Earth . The former pilot is now possessed by a strange malignant force . Not long after a terrible thing stalks the street of the town .The plot is developed for continuous discovery leading a spooky and astounding finale set at Westminster Abbey.

    This chiller is an outstanding adaptation of TV serial exhibited in BBC (1953) by Nigel Kneagle . An elderly and bleak Brian Donlevy is very good as Quatermass, he gives a tremendously powerful acting as rough scientist . Extraordinary performance of Richard Wordsworth , he gives an eerie atmosphere , an air of foreboding, an evil that hangs over his amazing role who causes him to turn into a disgusting monster. This bears remarkable resemblance to Frankestein monster , even appears with a little girl played by Jane Asher , future Hammer-star and starring of ¨The masque of red death¨. The great climax film is ,of course, the ending confrontation between the protagonists and the weird entity.

    As turns up the Irish Brian Donlevy as starring who repeats role in ¨Quatermass II¨ both directed by Val Guest, the third part is titled ¨Quatermass and the pit¨, this is one of the best science fiction films of the history with Andrew Keir and directed by Roy Ward Baker ; besides John Mills starred the final chapter titled the ¨Conclusion Quatermass¨ directed by Piers Haggard . In the picture appears the usual Hammer technicians, as cameraman Elder Willis creating a riveting cinematography ; Les Bowie who makes some competent special effects , sensational makeup by Philip Leakey ; an awesome production design and musical conductor by James Bernard composing a tense and thrilling score . This successful movie owes a lot to prestigious artist and technician team that encourage its studio Hammer to continue to become Europe's foremost purveyor of terror and mystery . This nail-biting film is well produced by Anthony Hinds and compellingly directed by Val Guest. The movie was firstly exhibited in 1955 in London Pavilion and tiled ¨Quatermass Xperimet¨ and in US titled ¨The creeping unknown¨. The flick will appeal to science fiction movies enthusiasts and Hammer fans .Rating : Above average and well worth watching . Essential and indispensable seeing .
    7Muldwych

    Hammer Remake of Pioneer Sci-fi/Horror is Still Great Today

    The Quatermass series both inspired and paved the way for many sci-fi greats that would follow it, from shows such as 'Doctor Who' to 'Alien'. Indeed both of these examples successfully blended horror with sci-fi just as Quatermass did right in its very first outing - 'The Quatermass Experiment'. The horror element no doubt also inspired Hammer Films to do this remake only two years after the original series, and they do it well.

    Pre-dating Gagarin's successful trip into space, the story involves the first successfully-manned rocket returning from its maiden voyage. The program is headed by professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Rocket Group - a man extremely determined to push the frontiers of science - even if it means sacrificing lives. There's more than a touch of Jules Verne's science-is-the-beginning-and-the-ending about this man. Unfortunately, upon the rocket's return, where there were once three men there is now but one. To top it off, he doesn't seem to be feeling especially well - and it isn't travel sickness.

    In 'Xperiment', Quatermass is portrayed by American Brian Donlevy, no doubt to broaden the film's potential market. Donlevy gives his version absolute conviction - this is a man who will not be stopped by any setbacks, convinced as he is that humans must become an interplanetary species. We really need people like him today. Other well-known actors of the day round out the strong cast, but I'd also like to give special mention to Richard Wordsworth, as the troubled sole-surviving astronaut Victor Caroon. Wordsworth could convey so much with just his face that he has presence without uttering a word.

    The film also capitalises on the way space - particularly then, is a great unknown, where anything nice or nasty could happen simply by being there. As a result of the rocket's return, something wicked this way does come, and Hammer show their great skill not only in realising it effectively, but in creating wonderfully suspenseful moods in between. Doubtless the monochrome provides many more helpful dark shadows in this endeavour, but the production values really are more than good enough to convince even today.

    So with a fascinating story by creator Nigel Kneale, well-chosen actors, and an excellent big-screen realisation, 'The Quatermass Xperiment' still shows why it pioneered what was to come. But more than that, it's still excellent in its own right.

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    • Anecdotes
      The film achieved notoriety Stateside when in 1956 the parents of Stewart Cohen attempted to sue Chicago's Lake Theater and distributors United Artists for negligence after their nine-year-old son died of a ruptured artery at a double-bill of this and Les monstres se révoltent (1956) on Sunday 28th October, during the opening sequence of the Hammer movie. Cohen entered the Guinness Book of Records as the only known case of someone literally dying of fright at a horror film (he had been unknowingly living with an undiagnosed heart condition): pathologist Dr Albert Baugher officially found that "The boy died of a heart collapse after extraordinary tension while watching a film."
    • Gaffes
      Volkswagen Bus en route to the crash site is not the same Volkswagen Bus that arrives through the gate at the crash site. VW badge is larger, chrome trim is missing and license plate is different.
    • Citations

      Prof. Bernard Quatermass: There's no room for personal feelings in science, Judith!

    • Versions alternatives
      The original 1955 "Quatermass Xperiment" print has the closing caption "The End"; the reissued version (with a still bearing the new title "The Quatermass Experiment" inserted into the opening credits) replaces this with "A Hammer Production Produced at Bray Studios".
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      Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: The Creeping Unknown (1959)

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    • Date de sortie
      • 12 décembre 1956 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langue
      • Anglais
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      • Pánico mortal
    • Lieux de tournage
      • East India Docks, London, Greater London, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(derelict boat scene with little girl)
    • Société de production
      • Hammer Films
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      • 45 000 £GB (estimé)
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    • Durée
      1 heure 22 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1(original/negative aspect ratio, alternative theatrical ratio)

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