Journey to the 7th Planet

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Journey to the Seventh Planet
Directed by Sidney W. Pink
Written by Ib Melchior
Sidney W. Pink
Starring John Agar
Greta Thyssen
Music by Paul Dunlap
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Editing by Philip Cahn
Distributed by Cinemagic Inc.
Release date(s) March 1962
Running time 77 mins
Country
Language Danish, English
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Journey to the Seventh Planet was a 1962 science fiction film. It was shot in Denmark with a budget of only US$75,000. The seventh planet is, of course, Uranus, and a crew is being dispatched there by the United Nations on a mission of space exploration.

[edit] "Plot" outline

During their journey to the planet an alien presence briefly assumes control of the crew's minds. They awaken safely and continue their trip. Upon landing on Uranus, they find a forested land oddly like our own (rather than the cold, bleak world they were expecting.) This forest is surrounded by a mysterious barrier. One of the crew pushed their arm through the barrier, only to have it frozen.

New features and forms begin appear as if by magic each time they are imagined by the crew, including voluptuous women. Soon, however, the crew discover that they have been the victim of mind-control by a one-eyed brain living in a cave. Naturally the alien brain plans to possess the astronaut's bodies and have them take it back to Earth where it will, of course, implement a plan for global domination. The crew finally outwits the supposedly mind-reading creature.

[edit] Notes

  • Since the film was shot in Denmark, many of the Danish actors had to have their voices dubbed over.

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