By the way, the films actual original score used in the nonamerican version was composed by andrzej markowski. The crew and the mads go through junk drawers while watching a movie about a crew who travels to venus to. First spaceship to venus in a movie theatre, should you watch it. Savant guesses that the cone episode was unrelated to the chaos at the end of the. First spaceship on venus simple english wikipedia, the. Mariner 2, which flew by venus in 1962, was the first spacecraft to successfully fly by another planet. First spaceship on venus page 3 classic horror film board. First spaceship on venus project gutenberg selfpublishing. Since then, venus has been the target of more than 20 spacecraft missions. Englewood entertainmentwade williams collection goes into orbit with the release of first spaceship on venus, a most remarkable achievement of 60s sciencefiction cinema. First spaceship on venus 1960 directed by kurt maetzig. A muchshortened 1962 crown international pictures english dubbed release in the usa used the name first spaceship on venus where it was double billed with varan the unbelievable.
First spaceship on venus 1962 kurt maetzig synopsis. In 1990 the film was featured in the second season of mystery science theater 3000 and was released on dvd in 2008 by shout. In 1990 the film was featured in the second season of mystery science. Personally, im in the lovers camp, although if youve never seen first spaceship on venus you deserve some fair warning. Prologue joel readjusts servo so that he becomes more sarcastic, but he annoys everyone with his snark. Well, first spaceship on venus is quite the odd little movie. First spaceship on venus 1962 movie poster masterprint first spaceship on venus was reproduced on premium heavy stock paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original. First spaceship on venus is a science fiction movie that came out in 1959.
The film was first released by progress film in east germany, running 93 min. It wasnt until the 90s and stuart galbraith iv that savant learned that varan had been a 1958 toho television show upgraded to theatrical halfway through production. Totalvision was a brand name for anamorphic widescreen filmmaking in east germany. First planetary success thirtyfive days later, on aug. The first successful venus probe was the american mariner 2 spacecraft, which flew past venus in 1962, coming within 35,000 km.
The mission not only taught nasa about venus, but also how to. Watch mystery science theater 3000 season 2, episode 11 first spaceship on venus. The film was first released by veb progress filmvertrieb in east germany. The greatest advances in the study of venus were achieved through the use of robotic spacecraft. In the future year of 1985, the discovery of an alien artifact warrants an exploratory mission to venus. First spaceship on venus is a 1960 east germanpolish color science fiction film based on the 1951 science fiction novel the astronauts by stanislaw lem. The spacecraft made its closest approach on december 14, 1962, performing a flyby of venus but intentionally not going into orbit. Varan was your typical silly big rubber monster movie and naturally it was fun as a kid to watch toy cars and toy buildings get stomped and tromped, but. First spaceship on venus 1962 movie poster masterprint. Brand new and packaged carefully in a oversized protective tube. Jun 20, 2011 mystery science theater 3000 s02 ep11 first spaceship on venus part 01 hd watch. The result was first spaceship on venus, an east germanpolish flick made in 1960. This item ships rolled to insure maximum protection.
I first saw this film as one half of a saturday matinee double bill with varan the unbelieveable. First spaceship on venus 1962 is the shortened and dubbed american version of the silent star, an east germanpolish production from 1960, based on a novel by stanislau lem. British and american viewers lose ten minutes of propaganda dialogue, but thats not that much of a loss. First spaceship on venus was featured in episodes of both mystery science theater 3000 and cinema insomnia. This version was edited down to 80 minutes, dubbed into english, and had andrzej markowskis score replaced by a stock score prepared by gordon zahler of the general music corporation. Staring yoko tani, gunther simon, oldrich lukes and tang huata. Ridiculously fun, albeit in an hokey kinda way, first spaceship on venus is a german defa studio scifi saga apparently theyve done several respected scifis thats based on a novel by solaris writer stanislaw lem. It was the most expensive film made by the east german official state film studio, even though they had the poles picking up some of the tab. First spaceship on venus 1960 when an alien artifact discovered on earth is found to have come from venus, an international team of astronauts embarks to investigate its origins. In 1962 the muchshortened, 79 minute, dubbed release from crown international pictures substituted the title first spaceship on venus for the englishspeaking market.
For a 50s kid who only had a fuzzy old black and white rca tv at home, going to a theatre in the early 60s and seeing first spaceship on venus and ib melchiors the time travelers on another occasion were mindboggling, eyecandy scifi treats. It is based on the science fiction novel the astronauts by stanislaw lem. First spaceship on venus simple english wikipedia, the free. When their spaceship nears venus, radio interference from the planet cuts the crew off from earth. Until then, even small the film is watchable and pretty entertaining if youre an old school scifi aficionado like me. In a retrospective on soviet science fiction film, british director alex cox compared first spaceship on venus to the japanese film the mysterians, but called the former more complex and morally ambiguous. Information about first spaceship on venus, varan and many imported features distributed under new titles has been very slow in coming to america. In 1985, a strange, extraterrestrial spool is discovered, leading to a manned expedition to venus. First spaceship on venus 1960 when an alien artifact discovered on earth is found to have come from venus, an international team of. Mystery science theater 3000 s 02 e 11 first spaceship on. Yoko tani in first spaceship on venus 1960 first spaceship on venus 1960 yoko tani in first. Factory, as part of their mst3k 20th anniversary edition collection. Mystery science theater 3000 s02 ep11 first spaceship on venus part 01 hd watch.
In the near future, an international crew of scientists is dispatched to venus to investigate a mysterious message sent from the supposedly uninhabited planet. First spaceship on venus, in totalscope and technicolor, and varan, the unbelievable. In 1980 a short sequence from first spaceship on venus was used as a filmwithinafilm in the low budget feature galaxina. First spaceship on venusvoyage to the prehistoric planet. Jul 18, 2014 185 videos play all mystery science theater 3000 complete, ordered mst3k collection lumps plays. Mariner 2 was the first successful interplanetary spacecraft. First spaceship on venus was a good example of this herman steins creature theme from creature from the black lagoon was used numerous times in first spaceship on venus. The film was released theatrically as the cofeature on a doublebill with the extensively reedited and dubbed japanese kaiju film, varan the unbelivable, by crown. Id say yes, because in spite of its weaknesses, the silent star is an interesting science fiction movie with stunning visuals.
Mariner 2 became the labs first successful planetary mission. First spaceship on venus aka planet of the dead, silent star, spaceship venus does not reply is a 1960 east germanpolish film based on an early stanislaw lem novel depicting the investigation of a strange message which apparently. A hasbeen rock star hosts horror films in his haunted mansion. A modified ranger moon probe, it established that venus has practically no intrinsic magnetic field and measured the temperature of the planets atmosphere to be approximately 500 c 773 k. In 1962 the muchshortened, 79 minute, dubbed release from crown international pictures substituted the title first spaceship on venus for. When first released to european cinemas, the film sold about 4. First spaceship on venus on dvd 014381870923 from image ent directed by kurt maetzig. When an alien artifact discovered on earth is found to have come from venus, an international team of astronauts. The former east german film company defa recently reissued the original version on dvd and the print is beautiful. For foreign space thrills, i much prefer voyage to the prehistoric planet over first spaceship on venus, but 1sov is still fun.
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