When Worlds Collide

Buy This Item When Worlds Collide by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $7.99  on 11-14-2008     Winner of the 1951 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, this science fiction extravaganza set a new standard for the realistic depiction of cinematic disasters. Of course, it's a quaint curiosity by today's technological standards, but as produced by visual effects pioneer George Pal, this story of Earth's collision with a runaway star is still a dazzling example of screen sci-fi from the '50s, when special effects were entering a new stage of advancement. Despite scientists' warnings about the star's destructive potential, government officials refuse to take action that could cause international panic, but a consortium of private industrialists prepare for the worst by building a gigantic spaceship--an ark for humanity to begin life anew on a distant planet. Who will be chosen to go, and who left behind? As earthquakes roar and massive tidal waves devastate entire cities, the huge rocket prepares for take-off from its miles-long launching ramp--ready to abandon the shattered Earth! Although it's more enjoyable now as a cinematic museum piece, <I>When Worlds Collide</I> remains a milestone of its kind, leading the way for many more screen disasters that followed this movie's still-worthy example. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I> Reader Reviews I have watched this movie several times, and it does not get old. I put this movie up there with "2010", and "The Martian Chronicles". I recommend this DVD to anybody with a standard, or Upconverting DVD player.

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