Description |
2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono. |
Language |
English (Dolby surround), dubbed French (Dolby mono.) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby stereo.) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the novel The body snatchers by Jack Finney. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. |
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Special features: Disc 1: Commentary by director Philip Kaufman ; Disc 2: "Re-visitors from outer space or How I learned to stop worrying and love the pod" featurette; inside the pods: examining the Invasion: "Practical magic," "The man behind the scream" and "The invasion will be televised." |
Cast |
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy, Art Hindle, Lelia Goldoni. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Michael Chapman ; editor, Douglas Stewart ; music, Denny Zeitlin ; costume designer, Agnes Anne Rogers ; production designer, Charles Rosen. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
Summary |
When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plans for their earthly admirers. These blossoms are going to slowly clone human bodies and then dispose of the originals. |
Subject |
Plant spores -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Flowers -- Morphology -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Human-alien encounters -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Human cloning -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Science fiction films.
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Horror films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Solo, Robert H.
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Richter, W. D.
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Kaufman, Philip, 1936-
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Sutherland, Donald, 1935-
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Adams, Brooke, 1949-
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Goldblum, Jeff, 1952-
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Cartwright, Veronica.
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Nimoy, Leonard.
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Hindle, Art.
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Goldoni, Lelia.
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Finney, Jack.
Body snatchers.
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Solofilm (Firm)
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Added Title |
Invasion of the body snatchers (Motion picture : 1978)
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Standard No. |
027616082923 |
Music No. |
108292 MGM Home Entertainment |
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