Village of the Giants

1965
Not Rated
1h 21min

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3,7/10

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Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaDelinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.

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Beach Party Meets The Amazing Colossal Man meets Wild in the Streets

What do you get when you mix the children of famous Hollywood actors (Beau Bridges, Tisha Stirling and Tim Rooney), a couple of former child stars (Tommy Kirk and Johnny Crawford), a then current child star (Ron "Ronny" Howard) and a future one hit wonder (Toni "Micky" Basil) with a hack director (Burt I. Gordon). You get one of the biggest camp classics in the history of film. This film attempted to mix the then popular beach party flicks with the fading giant human pics. Gordon must have really been desperate for a hit because he figured that if he couldn't get Lloyd Bridges, Ann Southern and Mickey Rooney he could at least get their children to play in one of his quickie drive-in movie features. It's fun if you like camp, but as far as a great film, I'll stick with the films this mess rips off.

StuOz

The Silly Side Of A Land Of Giants

A group of teenagers become giant sized.

Before this film, we had other "giant movies", such as The Incredible Shrinking Man, but a recent YouTube viewing of Village Of The Giants has made me wonder if "Village" is the best of the lot. It has a sense of B-Grade fun that is hard to capture on film...without looking too stupid that is. The dance scene alone, with the little boy grabbing the giant girl, makes the film a winner. And note the music for the dance scene.

Story elements, character names (Genius) and Ron Howard were all shifted into a Land Of The Giants (1968,ABC) episode called...Genius At Work.

Attention Hollywood: Don't remake this film today, "Village" is a product of the 1960s, it is about the 1960s mentality and 1960s music!

The film is a wonderfully casted and wonderfully scored knockout!

3claudio_carvalho

Silly and Lame

When the boy Genius (Ronny Howard) accidentally discovers a formula to increase the size of animals such as ducks and dog, his sister Nancy (Charla Doherty) and her boyfriend Mike (Tommy Kirk) believe that they will be rich with Genius' discovery. However, a group of rebellious teenagers led by Fred (Beau Bridges), see the ducks and decide to rob the substance. Then they take over the control of the village. What will happen next?

"Village of the Giants" is a silly and lame film directed by Bert I. Gordon. The plot is awful and watching this film is a waste of time. Good only to see how Beau Bridges and Ron Howard started their careers. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "A Cidade dos Gigantes" ("The Village of the Giants")

Dethcharm

"Dig That Nitty-Gritty!"...

After the grooviest opening credits ever filmed, complete with dancing, VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS begins... with dancing! Mud dancing in fact! Within seconds, junior scientist, "Genius" (Ron Howard) invents a formula that turns the family cat into an elephantine feline! Aided by his big sister and her boyfriend, Mike (Tommy Kirk), other animals are soon enlarged. More dancing breaks out! Whew! Giant ducks cut a rug!

Oh no!

Local bad boy, Fred (Beau Bridges) and his cadre of dancing delinquents decide to abscond with the formula for their own purposes. Hilarity ensues.

VILLAGE is another Bert I. Gordon production, loosely based of FOOD OF THE GODS by H.G. Wells. A lighthearted film, best enjoyed after one's cranium has been emptied of its content...

6funkyfry

Good drive-in fare

Goofy, fun mid 60s has goo in the plot and on the brain. Teenagers go giant with a potion cooked up somehow by little Ron Howard. These giants love to go-go in sexy harem outfits that somehow grow to fit them. Tommy Kirk is, as usual, excellent and amusing -- I think he had real potention to become one of the best actors of his generation. This movie is a bit too cheezy to be exciting or scary, but it's worth a good laugh.

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Vicki London was originally cast in the lead female role, but it was given to Joy Harmon after London refused to show her boobs to the director. She said in an interview "During the wardrobe fittings, Bert Gordon wanted us [Joy Harmon, Tisha Sterling, Gail Gilmore] to take off our shirts and show him our breasts, because he wanted the girl with the biggest ones to play the lead and be featured in the movie poster. I refused and Tisha did too. They still gave Tisha a very nice part but it was down hill after this for me. They made an issue out of me not willing to show my breasts, so they threatened that if I didn't do it they were going to cut me out of everything and they did." Gail Gilmore remembered this incident and said, "They wanted us to show us popping out of our clothes and asked if we minded being nude for it during filming though we would cover our breasts with our arms. I never had any qualms with nudity so I readily said yes. Joy did too, but Vicki refused." Joy Harmon said that while she would never agree to being nude onscreen in a movie, she had no problem being nude on set for any role that called for it as long as the camera didn't see anything. She wasn't shy so it didn't bother her if actors or production crew saw her body. So when Gordon asked to see her breasts, it made sense why he was doing it and she wanted the bigger role, so she took off her top and let him look at her topless.

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The size of the giants is not consistent throughout the film, along with some of the miniature props they handle.

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Genius: This time I was sure I had it. It's a very elusive formula.
Elsa: Had what, kiddo?
Genius: Kiddo? I prefer to be called Genius, if you don't mind.
Elsa: Okay, Genius, no offence. What formula?
Genius: For the Goo. There's not much of it, and they want me to make some more. But it's not easy.
Elsa: Why don't we go for a walk, Genius? I'll buy you an ice cream cone.
Genius: I never touch it. It's high in cholesterol. But I'll go for a walk with you.
Elsa: Okay.