Forbidden Planet

IMDB ^ | 1956 | Cyril Hume, Irving Block, Allen Adler

[Equine1952]

That’s what fascinated me. The ID. It was internal. The monster inside. It left me wondering was it real, can I control it, can I destroy it, and what if it gets loose. It was a great movie for anybody willing to examine it. The human mind is a lot more scary than anything from outer space. The hell man can create it astronomical. Crap. Look what we have now. Chicago on a weekend is enough to make you weep.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Outstanding sound effects, from the landscape echoes to the monster’s bellows!!!

[Widget Jr]

This goes back to my childhood, when science fiction really took off after Star Wars. You had to live through it to really get it.

For Forbidden Planet, there is a lot in favor of a simple story done well, and the director, cast and crew put it all together. For a simple story, there are the character strengths and weaknesses of the human psyche through out. The special effects were excellent and it was the first movie with a completely electronic soundtrack.

They score was made by Bebe and Louis Barron, pioneers in electronic music and recording. They were listed as music department, composer: electronic tonalities, because they were not sure what to call their creations just yet. The score was controversial for its time.

(Are they working on music, or on what will become... the ZOT9000? Only the Mods know.)

As you can see, they used lots of gadgets and gizmos, no computers or software. It also had the Monster from the Id:

Its still coming!

Its cult status is to the post World War II and Korean War era it was made, its technical film making and effects, and how it influenced later movies. You can see its influence in what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg produced, in Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, respectively, and throughout science fiction movies made during the 1980s.

[minnesota_bound]

Forbidden Planet (1956)
Cook: Another one of them new worlds. No beer, no women, no pool parlors, nothin’.

Nothin’ to do but throw rocks at tin cans, and we gotta bring our own tin cans.

[NetAddicted]

Anne Francis always makes me think of Honey West.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

First time I saw it, scared the crap out of me. That invisible sloth monster...shudder.

[mewzilla]

I love it because it ripped off Shakespeare and did it brilliantly!

[Flick Lives]

Krell audio equipment...

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I think I read that Krell Audio was named for the Krell in Forbidden Planet; the Krell being this fantastically advanced and powerful species.

https://www.pooraudiophile.com/2015/03/krell-factory-tour-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-what-makes-krell-one-of-the-truly-great-brands-in-high-end-audio.html

[dangus]

The thing about this movie is that introduced so many concepts to American movie-goers that are pop-culture knowledge today. The origin of the monsters was a twist akin to who is included in “I see dead people” or the statue found at the end of Planet of the Apes.

[P.O.E.]

Great soundtrack.

Groundbreaking ideas.

Strong on special effects.

Anne Francis.

[Orosius]

“If memory serves, this was from Shakespeare, somehow.”

THE TEMPEST.

[RandallFlagg]

Well, there's......

'nuff said.

[Hootowl]

Different strokes! LOL! Enjoyed “Forbidden Planet.” I remember “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” as bore fest.

[Paal Gulli]

The Altair 8800, the first PC (albeit it kit form) to feature a Microsoft software running on an Intel chipset, took its name from the film.

So did Krell high-end audio equipment.

[alexander_busek]

Right off the top of my head:

Robbie the Robot appeared as the evil "robotoid" in the Lost in Space episodes "War of the Robots."

He also had a minor, non-speaking role in another episode set on a space prison, where the prisoners were kept in "deep freeze."

Had a non-speaking cameo in the Twilight Zone episode you mentioned.

Was featured prominently in a 1960s Addams Family episode where he assumed Lurch's duties.

Appeared (in modified form - no legs) in a 1970s episode of "Columbo" where he had been programmed by the murderer-of-the-week (played by Jose Ferrer) to simulate his (unseen) presence at one place while he was busy committing the murder at another.

Regards,

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Robi the robot was a Hollywood star. I think he was in a tv show called lost in space.

Nope. The Lost in Space robot was a completely different unit.

[alexander_busek]

Krell music electronic tonalities from Forbidden Planet

The difference in meaning created a minor ruckus back then, re. film credits and Academy Awards nominations!

Regards,

[poinq]

And Robby, don’t forget Robby!

[D_Idaho]

One of my all-time favorites for certain.

Hmmm? “Monsters from the Id”
Has anyone else considered that what we are experiencing now, culturally, is a similar situation facilitated by the internet?

[Conan the Librarian]

June 18th, Svengoolie will be showing The Forbidden Planet.

Of course it also shows up on Turner Classics, but, this is Svengoolie!