Product Description

Space scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Carol (Joan Taylor) are working on a secret missile project but every time their rockets are launched they are intercepted and destroyed by the more advanced technology of mysterious flying saucers hovering near the Earth. The alien race has completely surrounded the planet giving Earth the sixty days to surrender. The enemy spacecraft appear indestructible and Marvin sets out to find a weapon that can defeat them. The special effects of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen are legendary most notably in the scene in which flying saucers attack the Capitol building in Washington D.C.System Requirements:Running Time: 167 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY UPC: 043396226197 Manufacturer No: 22619

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8562 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2008-01-15
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 83 minutes

Amazon.com
A textbook example of '50s-era science fiction, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers boasts not only a solid script and competent performances, but some genuinely impressive stop-motion effects courtesy of one of the industry's uncontested masters, Ray Harryhausen. Scientist Hugh Marlowe (who faced a more benevolent invader from space five years earlier in The Day the Earth Stood Still) discovers that UFOs are responsible for the destruction of a series of exploratory space rockets launched by his space exploration project. The saucers' helmeted pilots land on Earth and deliver an ultimatum to humanity via Marlowe: fealty or complete annihilation.

Harryhausen's painstakingly intricate saucers and the destruction they wreak (particularly during an assault on Washington, D.C.) are the film's unquestionable highlights, but Marlowe and Joan Taylor (as his wife/partner) are capable leads, and veteran B director Fred F. Sears doesn't let the dialogue and expositional scenes fall apart in between the barrage of effects. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is a fun and effective slice of sci-fi that should please younger audiences as well as nostalgic return viewers. Sears later reused some of the effects footage for his jaw-droppingly awful 1957 effort, The Giant Claw. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews

Earth Vs the Flying Saucers Revisited
I enjoyed it very much even colorized. It took me back to when I was 10 years old. Loved the special features.

when where UAV's invented
excellent movie as always. the ability to switch from B/W to color in 1 button push instantaniously is great. I had not seen this flick in its entirety for years and it is a welcome addition to my video library. the angle change icon being visable the entire film was annoying at first but soon overlooked.

What about the little box on the screen?????????????
I'm sorry, but has NO ONE noticed that you cannot play this movie without that stupid little box on the upper right hand corner of the screen, that won't go away??? On my copy the menu only lets you play the movie with the "Chromachoice" option, which allows you to play the movie in either color or black and white....but with EITHER OPTION there is still that damn blue box in the upper corner of the screen that lets you "toggle" back and forth between versions. I cannot get rid of it, and I've tried every button on my DVD player and remote. I don't want to stare at that blankety-blank box while I'm trying to enjoy this fantastic movie. Am I doing something wrong here, or do I have a defective copy? I love this film, but if you can't watch it without that box then this product is a complete and total ripoff.

Help!!