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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301969475
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6301969472
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: April 27, 1995
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1978
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Editorial Review:
Jack Finney's classic science fiction novel has been the basis of three big-screen adaptations, beginning with the 1956 chiller Invasion of the Body Snatchers and most recently as 1994's underrated Body Snatchers. This acclaimed 1978 version from director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff) is every bit as creepy as the '56 original, and it fits perfectly into the cycle of paranoid thrillers that thrived in American movies of the 1970s. Kaufman stylishly directs from an intelligent screenplay by W.D. Richter, while Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams lead a distinguished cast (including Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, and Veronica Cartwright) and must fight for survival as the population of San Francisco is systematically cloned by alien "pods" from a distant, dying planet. The atmosphere of dread and paranoia grows increasingly intense as the complexity of the alien invasion is gradually revealed, until nobody can be trusted to be who they appear. Finely tuned performances enhance the film's eerie atmosphere, highlighted by moments that will lurk in your memory long after the movie's over. MGM's DVD release includes a full-length audio commentary by Kaufman, a "pod culture" retrospective, Body Snatchers trivia, production notes, and the original theatrical trailer. --Jeff Shannon
When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plansfor their earthly admirers: to slowly clone their bodiesand then dispose of the originals! "A first-rate suspense thriller" (Newsday), this sci-fi adventure is a "chilling" (Leonard Maltin), "dazzling" (The New York Times) and "stunning" (Cosmopolitan) thrill ride that will send your pulse rate soaring! From a brilliant screenplay by Academy Award(r) nominee* W.D. Richter, filmmaker Philip Kaufman directs an all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams and Leonard Nimoy. With its mesmerizing style and awe-inspiring special effects, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is "a classic of the genre" (New York Post) a terrifying tale that "literally chills the blood" (The Hollywood Reporter)! *1980: Original Screenplay (Brubaker, with Arthur Ross)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Excellent viewing experience even today!
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A classic in every sense of the world. Acting is superb, direction also, all that accomplished with a modest budget and without mind-blogging visual effects.
The enphais is in the characters. The sense of doom and unescapable death for the main characters is suffocating and the final scene, although experienced viewers can see the outcome, is shocking.
A real science-fiction gem.
Rating: - Urban Paranoia and Social Alienation Trigger the Fear Factor in a Classic Take on the Pod People
I haven't seen Philip Kaufman's (The Right Stuff) supremely chilling 1978 movie in thirty years, so the 2007 DVD is a great excuse to revisit one of the most atmospheric and thematically intriguing sci-fi thrillers I have ever seen. Ostensibly a remake of the low-budget 1956 classic, this version foregoes the former's allegorical references to the then-prevalent Red Scare in favor of a post-Watergate mindset of escalating urban paranoia set most appropriately in the Mecca of acceptable non-conformity, ... Read More
Rating: - Attempt at more visual fear with this remake
This is a nice attempt at remaking the original cult classic. It's got a terrific cast and a larger budget, and thankfully doesn't go too far over the top.
There is more blood and better effects in this '78 remake. This version is also in color, which most people probably prefer. The suspense develops at a moderate pace, and there are some genuine scares. These clones look pretty grotesque as they are developing.
This story also seems to be a jab at modern society. It hints at humanity's ... Read More
Rating:  - Chilling
Some people see remakes as inferior films just as a rule and since the turn of the century when it seems every major horror film has been a remake many people forget that a remake can be just as good if not better than the original and that brings us to the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. In many ways the 1978 version just might be the best version of this franchise.
The screenplay by W.D. Richter is top notch; this easily has to rate as one of the very best Sci-Fi-Horror scripts ... Read More
Rating: - Outstanding movie
This is the first movie about the pods and how they change you, the pods are found in a ponds. Donald Sutherland is great.
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