An update of Don Siegel's 1956 horror classic, set in the
paranoid 1970s. Alien spores land on Earth and slowly start
taking over the people of America when they are a. The
s take over the bodies and souls of their victims so that
no-one can tell who has been corrupted and who has not. Donald
Sutherland takes on the role played originally by Kevin McCarthy,
who appears in a cameo.
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In San Francisco everyone can hear Veronica (Alien) Cartwright
scream. In the ultimate urban nightmare, to is to die, to
be replaced by a soulless alien duplicate. Less a remake of the
1956 classic of the same name, more a fresh vision of Jack
Finney's source novel, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is the
archetypal story of humans suped by unemotional "vegetable
pods". A masterstroke is the introduction of SF icon Leonard
Nimoy as a very West Coast relationships guru determined to
explain everything in terms of urban psychological alienation,
and the story does prove more unsettling on the big city's
forbidding streets. This is very much an ensemble movie, with
outstanding performances from Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams,
and what proved to be the first of several key genre roles for
Jeff (The Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day) Goldblum. With
minimal effects and very little gore, but filled with unnerving
camera angles and a underpinned by a chillingly effective score,
the film is relentlessly suspenseful, culminating in a sequence
of terrifying set-pieces and a truly spine-tingling finale. More
resonant with each passing year, the story was reworked in 1993
as Body Snatchers.
On the DVD: While the print is more than acceptable there is a
loss of detail and some shimmering artefacts in the very dark
scenes. The disc is not anamorphically enhanced, which really
should be a standard DVD feature. Still, the picture is
considerably ahead of VHS and the stereo sound is highly
unsettling. An eight-page booklet gives an intelligent overview
of all three Body Snatchers movies, and director Phil Kaufman's
commentary is packed with information. --Gary S. Dalkin
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From the Back Cover
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Hailed as a first-rate suspense thriller, this intense sci-fi
adventure is a stunning and chilling thrill ride that will send
your pulse rate soaring! From a screenplay by W.D. Richter, O
nominated filmmaker Philip Kaufman, creator of The Right Stuff
and Rising Sun, directs a cast featuring Donald Sutherland, Jeff
Goldblum, Brooke Adams and Leonard Nimoy in a taut and terrifying
tale with mesmerizing style, lightning -fast pacing and
awe-inspiring special effects.
An alien race is launching an insidious invasion, and its up to
two mere mortals to stop it! The terror begins in San Francisco,
where one-by-one the residents suddenly lose their individuality
and become drone-like shadows of their former selves. As the
phenomenon spreads, two Department of workers, Matthew
(Sutherland) and Elizabeth (Adams), uncover the horrifying truth:
mysterious pods are cloning humans - and destroying the
originals! The unworldly invasion grows stronger with each
passing minute, hurling Matthew and Elizabeth into a desperate
race to save not only their own lives, but the future of the
entire human race. The suspense action and terror build with each
twist and turn, escalating to a spellbinding climax that
literally chills the blood...and leaves you numb with nail-biting
tension.
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