Forbidden planet [DVD video]

Forbidden planet: Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his space cruiser crew, and Robby the Robot, to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius and his daughter, and to a mysterious terror.

Invisible boy: A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.

General Note:

The invisible boy / a Pan production ; produced by Nicholas Nayfack ; screenplay by Cyril Hume ; directed by Herman Hoffman.

Forbidden planet originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.

The invisible boy originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.

Forbidden planet based on a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler.

The invisible boy based on a story by Edmund Cooper.

Special features (Disc 1): deleted scenes ; lost footage ; excerpts from MGM Parade ; a 1958 "The thin man" TV series episode featuring Robot client (26 min.) ; science-fiction theatrical trailer gallery.

Special features (Disc 2): three documentaries: Watch the skies!: science fiction, the 1950's and us (2005, 55 min.) ; Amazing! Exploring the far reaches of Forbidden planet (2006, 27 min.) ; Robby the robot: engineering a sci-fi icon (2006, 14 min.).

Performers:

Forbidden planet: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, Robby the Robot.

The invisible boy: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster, Harold J. Stone, Robert H. Harris, Dennis McCarthy, Alexander Lockwood, John O'Malley, Robby the Robot.

Contents:

[disc 1] Forbidden planet (col., 98 min.) -- [disc 2] The invisible boy (b & w, 89 min.).

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital; dual layer.

Personal Subject:

Robby the Robot.

Subject Term:

Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.

Robots -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Science fiction films.