Episode 698: Forbidden Planet (1956)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Mike Faloon and Lexy Van Dyke join Mike to wrap up Sci-Fi July with one of the classics of the genre, Forbidden Planet (1956). A loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the film stars Leslie Nielsen as Commander J.J. Adams. He and his crew land upon a planet in the Altair system where they look for survivors from the spaceship Bellerophon. There they discover just Professor Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaria (Anne Francis), and their robot servant (Robby). There’s a mystery afoot and it’s up to Commander Adams and his gang of goofy astronauts to solve it.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off. The
0:40.3	The Imagine yourself as one of the crew of this faster-than-light spaceship of the future.
1:13.6	Sharing their curiosity to know the unknown, their tension, their readiness for inconceivable adventures.
1:20.6	Sir, we're being radar-scanned. United Planets Cruiser C-57D. J.J. Adams commanding. Who are you? Morbius of the Valerophon.
1:30.3	Well, Dr. Morbius, my orders are to survey the situation on Altair 4.
1:34.3	Commander, if you sat down on this planet, I warn you that I cannot be answerable for the safety of your ship or your crew.
1:41.3	When you reach the forbidden planet, you will meet Dr. Morbius, played by Walter Pigeon.
1:47.8	The doctor is sole owner of this fabulous world. Anne Francis is his alluring daughter,
1:53.2	Alta, who has never seen a young man, till she meets Commander Adams, played by talented Leslie Nielsen.
2:01.6	Come on. Didn't bring my bathing suit.
2:03.6	What's a bathing suit?
2:05.6	Oh, murder.
2:07.6	You will meet a charming character in The Robot, able to produce on order,
2:12.6	10 tons of lead or a slinky evening gown.
2:15.6	Always at your service.
2:18.3	You must be the loveliest, softest thing you've ever made for me.
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