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Quatermass (1979) |  | Director: Piers Haggard
Actors: John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Ralph Arliss, Paul Rosebury, Jane Bertish
Studio: A&E Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.95
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Rating:  22 reviews
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 204 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.2
MPN: AAE-71867
ISBN: 0767079787
UPC: 733961718676
EAN: 9780767079785
Theatrical Release Date: June 1956
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | As the millennium draws to a close, civilization is on the verge of collapse. Gangs rule the streets. Books are burned for fuel. And a monstrous force from outer space is destroying the world's youth. Planet Earth is in dire need of a hero. Enter the world's greatest rocket scientist--Professor Bernard Quatermass. Fresh out of retirement, the aging Quatermass is as brilliant and plucky |
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Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 04/26/2005
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 Why would aliens want Earth's hippies? Professor Quatermass knows why September 14, 2009
Joseph A. Limbaugh (SLC, UT USA)
I tried really hard not to enjoy this classic little sci-fi mini-series from the U.K. Poor FX, horribly dated 70's "future" fashion etc but I found myself really enjoying this complex entry into the classic Quatermass series. In the grim near future aliens are collecting the world's youth who believe that they are being taken to a new world to start over again. The only man who can figure out why the hippie children (dubbed "Planet People") are being upducted is reluctant hero Professor Bernard Quatermass (John Mills "Ghandi"). But can he find a way to stop the aliens in time or will the world's youth be taken away for good? This fourth Qautermass entry is a classic! I LOVED IT! Recommended to fan's of classic Doctor Who, Blake's 7, The Tomorrow People & Saphire and Steele.
If you like weird... June 9, 2009
Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA)
If you like weird science fiction, like Doctor Who, this is the show for you. Made into television series and big screen movies Quatermass in some ways helped make Doctor Who and has been influenced by Doctor Who. Civilization is coming to a close as young people get angry at the old way and fuel runs out. As the USA and the USSR continue to waste energy and resources on a space race that nobody cares about the rest of the world slowly dies. And then terror strikes from the sky, turning thousands of young adults into dust. Were they murdered by a alien invaders or rescued from a dying planet by friendly aliens?
Anarchy, gangs, turning away from science and the end of the world. What more could you want from a 1970s sci-fi classic?
 Hmmm! August 16, 2008
Samuel Thursday
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A little disappointing. The earlier versions of Quatermass had a strong supporting cast which, I think, carried Donlevy from one emotional outburst to another very well and made the films work. In this case, Mills, while more thoughtful in his mannerisms, lacks the emotional drive needed and doesn't have the benefit of a particularly strong supporting cast and good direction that the others had. Still, the film is worth watching. I cannot guarantee you will find it particularly satisfying however.
Quatermass the Legendary '70's sci-fi classic May 27, 2007
Miss A Collinson (England)
This is one of the best science fiction films I've seen so far. Personally, I find it fascinating, as it is about a cult where the young generation of that day is drawn to cirtain spots on the Earth, where they are compelled to call to a transporter, which is a large beam of bright light that then comes down and takes them up to another planet somewhere far out in space. Those who are not part of the cult, but are caught up in the beam are destroyed rather than taken to this planet. It's a great science fiction adventure!
 Only for the diehard archivist February 4, 2007
A. Koehler (SF Bay area, CA)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
This was a ghastly, tedious, nihilistic embarrassment. Leaden pace, spotty bad acting, questionable character motivations in many parts. And you have to ask yourself why on earth the (annoying) Planet People would have followed that non-charismatic complete butthead of a leader. Certainly the nadir for the Quatermass series. Perhaps the director does not speak science fiction, but some language alien to it.
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