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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780792173045 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 079217304X Label: Paramount Languages: Manufacturer: Paramount MPN: D051064D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 25, 2001 Running Time: 82 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: 1951-08 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Winner of the 1951 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, this science fiction extravaganza set a new standard for the realistic depiction of cinematic disasters. Of course, it's a quaint curiosity by today's technological standards, but as produced by visual effects pioneer George Pal, this story of Earth's collision with a runaway star is still a dazzling example of screen sci-fi from the '50s, when special effects were entering a new stage of advancement. Despite scientists' warnings about the star's destructive potential, government officials refuse to take action that could cause international panic, but a consortium of private industrialists prepare for the worst by building a gigantic spaceship--an ark for humanity to begin life anew on a distant planet. Who will be chosen to go, and who left behind? As earthquakes roar and massive tidal waves devastate entire cities, the huge rocket prepares for take-off from its miles-long launching ramp--ready to abandon the shattered Earth! Although it's more enjoyable now as a cinematic museum piece, When Worlds Collide remains a milestone of its kind, leading the way for many more screen disasters that followed this movie's still-worthy example. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - From Nuclear Paranoia Art to Kitsch Fun Entertainment - I love it!This movie freaked me out when I was 5 (in mid 1970s). Now it is so kitsch that I just can't stop laughing. As background scenarios, they used oil-painted canvas; the rocket has propane gas lighters as fire engines. Acting lines are poor, except for the one: "You are scientific crackpots! Nothing will happen!" (ah, I love this line...); plus, lip-locked kisses, and the absurd amount of cigarettes they smoke, oh boy... Its sci-fi concepts are absurdly illogical ... Read More Rating: - Great Movie by George Pal!This is a great movie about the end of the world. No, not by global warming, but by a heavenly body colliding with Earth. A space arc is constructed, and everyone fights for a seat. The only negative, there does not seem to be any racial diversity on the all-white flight. Rating: - Sci Fi Meets Human NatureGeorge Pal and Ray Harryhausen do it again. Good example of Human nature, although not as it would be in today's world. 50's style politeness and control make it a little unbelieveable, but still very good. Good wins, evil loses... etc. Enjoyable to watch, can be watched many times. Not so much special effects, more drama, but the Sci-Fi theme is always underlying. I liked it, but then I like all of the classic Sci-Fi Movies. Rating:  - Am I Missing Something?Is there something I don't get. All those reviews rave about the greatness of this movie - ingore the fact that this movie is plain impossible. Wandering stars were getting noticed in 1950. No star is going to sneak up on the Earth. Also with all the jabbering about the effects of gravity, have we ignored the heat that even a small star would possess. Lastly, the final shot looks like it was painted by the director's oldest child. So - bad plot, bad effects, and bad acting. Is it any wonder this ... Read More Rating: - Worlds CollideI remembering watching this on TV once about 20 years ago when I was a pre-teen and thinking it was cool. I bought the DVD at Wal-Mart over a year ago, and I still think its a good movie. |
