Sep 5thInvasion of the Body Snatchers** US 1978. United Artists. 115m.Organic alien pods descend upon the Earth, and begin to takeover San Francisco.
Pessimistic but spirited "continuation" of the Don Siegel classic, which transposes the terror of the 50s original into post-Watergate paranoia, and like so many films of the 1970s, it fails to explain fully who the characters are or what exactly is going on. After an unsettling first hour the film inevitably grinds on to its surprising conclusion.
Written by: W.D. Richter, based on the novel by Jack Finney.
Producer: Robert H. Solo.
Director: Philip Kaufman.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Art Hindle, Lelia Goldoni, Kevin McCarthy (reprising his role from the original), Don Siegel, Robert Duvall (uncredited).
Photography: Michael Chapman.
Music: Denny Zeitlin.
Sound Effects: Ben Burtt.
Pessimistic but spirited "continuation" of the Don Siegel classic, which transposes the terror of the 50s original into post-Watergate paranoia, and like so many films of the 1970s, it fails to explain fully who the characters are or what exactly is going on. After an unsettling first hour the film inevitably grinds on to its surprising conclusion.
Written by: W.D. Richter, based on the novel by Jack Finney.
Producer: Robert H. Solo.
Director: Philip Kaufman.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Art Hindle, Lelia Goldoni, Kevin McCarthy (reprising his role from the original), Don Siegel, Robert Duvall (uncredited).
Photography: Michael Chapman.
Music: Denny Zeitlin.
Sound Effects: Ben Burtt.
Labels: sci-fi
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