Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Invasion of the body snatchers (Motion picture : 1956)

Title:

Invasion of the body snatchers [videorecording] / Allied Artists Pictures Corporation presents ; screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring ; produced by Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc. ; directed by Don Siegel.

Publisher, Date:

[Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount Home Entertainment ; [St. Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films [distributor], c2012.

Description:

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file dvd video region 1

Summary:

Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying race, for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Doppelgängers -- Drama.

Human-alien encounters -- Drama.

Life on other planets -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Feature films.

Science fiction films.

Horror films.

Feature films.

Science fiction films.

Horror films.

California -- Drama.

Other Author:

Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.

Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968.

Mainwaring, Daniel, 1902-1977.

Dragon, Carmen.

Fredericks, Ellsworth, 1904-1993.

Eisen, Robert S.

McCarthy, Kevin, 1914-2010.

Wynter, Dana.

Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983.

Gates, Larry, 1915-1996.

Donovan, King.

Willes, Jean.

Dumke, Ralph, 1900-1964.

Christine, Virginia, 1920-1996.

Fadden, Tom.

Patterson, Kenneth, 1911-1990.

Way, Guy.

Maude, Beatrice, 1892-1984.

Andren, Jean, 1904-1996.

Finney, Jack. Body snatchers.

Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Olive Films.

Other Title:

Walter Wanger's Invasion of the body snatchers

Notes:

Based on the Collier's magazine serial by Jack Finney.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Director of photography, Ellsworth Fredericks; music, Carmen Dragon; editor, Robert S. Eisen.

Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke, Virginia Christine, Tom Fadden, Kenneth Patterson, Guy Way, Eileen Stevens, Beatrice Maude, Jean Andren.

DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; widescreen (2.00:1) superscope presentation.

In English.

Named to the National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress.

ISBN:

9786314710262

631471026X

0792838416

9786314710262 : DVD

9780792838418

0792838416

9780792838418

9786314710262 : DVD

631471026X : DVD

Publisher Number:

OF343

Other Number:

805411133

System Availability:

5

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

5

Control Number:

453569

# Local items in:

5

# System items in:

5

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Invasion

Medium:

[videorecording]