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La planète fantôme

Original title: The Phantom Planet
  • 1961
  • Unrated
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
3.5K
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La planète fantôme (1961)
After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
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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.

  • Director
    • William Marshall
  • Writers
    • William Telaak
    • Fred De Gorter
    • Fred Gebhardt
  • Stars
    • Dean Fredericks
    • Coleen Gray
    • Anthony Dexter
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    3.5K
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    • Director
      • William Marshall
    • Writers
      • William Telaak
      • Fred De Gorter
      • Fred Gebhardt
    • Stars
      • Dean Fredericks
      • Coleen Gray
      • Anthony Dexter
    • 97User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dean Fredericks
    Dean Fredericks
    • Capt. Frank Chapman
    Coleen Gray
    Coleen Gray
    • Liara
    Anthony Dexter
    Anthony Dexter
    • Herron
    • (as Tony Dexter)
    Francis X. Bushman
    Francis X. Bushman
    • Sessom
    Richard Weber
    • Lt. Ray Makonnen
    Al Jarvis
    Al Jarvis
    • Judge Eden
    Dick Haynes
    Dick Haynes
    • Col. Lansfield
    Earl McDaniel
    • Capt. Leonard
    Mike Marshall
    • Lt. White
    • (as Michael Marshall)
    John Herrin
    • Capt. Beecher
    Mel Curtis
    • Lt. Cutler
    Jimmy Weldon
    • Lt. Webb
    Akemi Tani
    • Communications Officer
    Lori Lyons
    • Radar Officer
    Richard Kiel
    Richard Kiel
    • The Solarite
    Susan Cembrowska
    • Juror
    Marissa Mathes
    Marissa Mathes
    • Juror
    • (as Merissa Mathes)
    Gloria Moreland
    • Juror
    • Director
      • William Marshall
    • Writers
      • William Telaak
      • Fred De Gorter
      • Fred Gebhardt
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    5christopouloschris-58388

    Good fun but with feet still firmly stuck in the 1950s

    Phantom Planet is a fun sci-fi film with minimalist production values and special effects, both matching its budgetary constraints but with interesting ideas such as anti-gravity and magnetic fields. Unfortunately, it fails to launch far enough away from the world of 1950s film sci-fi and take the viewer into the brave new world of the future.

    The story sounds like something out of Gulliver's Travels but set in an alien land of Lilliput.

    The film does indeed raise some interesting questions that humanity will need to consider as it ventures further out into the cosmos. As stated in the introduction:

    " What is his earth in relation to the inconceivable number of other worlds? Is his speed truly the fastest? His achievements the greatest? Or is he a mere unimportant piece of driftwood floating in the vast ocean of the universe? Could there be life similar to our own on other planets? Is it not possible that atmospheric conditions of relative environments control their shapes and forms? If so, would they be giants.... or could perhaps the opposite be true? Could their intellect have reached a scientific level far above man's dreams?"

    Phantom Planet will, however grow on you after a couple of viewings.
    3bkoganbing

    Astronaut on the Planet Lilliput

    Thirty comments on this film and no one so far has mentioned the obvious inspiration for The Phantom Planet. This is a science fiction update of Gulliver among the Lilliputians. Too bad that Jonathan Swift's classic didn't inspire a better film.

    And that's a pity because the idea is intriguing. But this was low budget film, very low budget, so the production values and special effects were kept to a minimum. Also too bad that Jonathan Swift's gift for satire in late Stuart Great Britain didn't bring forth a better script.

    The film is set in what the writer's mind would be 1980 and we are on the moon and using it as a base to explore the solar system. Two ships have been lost in the asteroid region between Mars and Jupiter have already disappeared. A ship commanded by Dean Fredericks has been sent out to find out what happened and it crashes on an asteroid.

    It's really a small planet with people about half a foot tall led by a leader Sesom played by Francis X. Bushman. The movie is about Fredericks' adventures on the planet and his attempts to leave. Like in Gulliver's Travels he helps the people fight off some nasty alien enemies called Solarites who live in a world between Mercury and the sun. With all that heat to contend with, small wonder they're such nasty tempered folk.

    And if you want to know how the story ends before seeing the film, I won't say, but read Gulliver's Travels.

    Phantom Planet is great example of a lousy film becoming a cult classic. Players like Francis X. Bushman, Coleen Gray, and Anthony Dexter have all done so much better stuff.
    8asinyne

    Interesting, better than rated

    I actually found this to be a decent movie. Yeah it suffered from some silliness and goofy stuff like the scene where they space walk to repair their ship and their tool of choice? A wrench, ha!! However, from the point where the astronaut landed on the asteroid it was pretty good. The story was well written for the most part and the acting wasn't that bad. The girls were really cute and if i had landed there, id probably stay and enjoy myself!!! This truly played much like an episode from star trek, with another actor subbing for captain kirk. Some of the special effects on the asteroid were pretty decent, especially when the main character shrank in his space suit. The bad alien crashing rocks into his invisible prison out of frustration was pretty cool too, but the alien itself was kinda stupid looking. There were some genuinely touching scenes: the astronaut saying the Lord's Prayer while he floated helplessly doomed in space, and the final goodbyes there at the end. This was released in 1961 so maybe that explains why its a notch or two better than the typical fifties stuff. I actually enjoyed this one. I'm sure audiences in 1961 weren't let down. Heck they might have caught this one and The Three Stooges Meet Hercules at a drive in double feature. Cool!!!!
    5altermail

    Seen as History it's a great way to spend some time

    Judged by viewers post 2001, post Star Wars, post War of the Worlds, even post Star Trek, of course this movie will get bad reviews, for unscientific plot holes, for poor special effects, for bad acting, for dumb costumes, for simplistic sets, even for Black and White filming.

    But this was made in 1961! Seen as a moment in the history and evolution of Sci Fi on film, it's a great way to spend some time. It's available as a free legal download too. Go to www.archive.org and check under Feature Films to find the movie available as part 1 and part 2.

    The captain's tape recorders anticipate Kirk's "Captain's log". The cheap special effects had to be inspirational to the makers of Dr. Who. And it's a pleasure to have to use your imagination instead of having to be spoon fed with spectacular special effects.

    To hate this movie is to hate a jazz 1940s jazz piece because they used acoustic instruments instead of synths and cut to vinyl instead of digital to CD. Look beyond the limitations of the error to the art, and you'll find a 5 out of 10, not a 1. As the co-pilot said....
    5ejrjr

    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.

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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Richard Kiel.
    • Goofs
      When 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 credits
      Instead of "The End," the end title reads "The Beginning."
    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a colorized version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Spacemen, Go-go Girls and the True Meaning of Christmas (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Caliban and Ariel
      (uncredited)

      Music by Desmond Leslie

      [Plays repeatedly in the score.]

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    • Release date
      • December 13, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El planeta fugitivo
    • Filming locations
      • Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    • Production company
      • Four Crown Productions Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
      • 1.85 : 1

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