VHS : The Incredible Shrinking Man
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starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Baileydirected by: Jack Arnold
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300987586
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300987582
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: March 01, 1992
Sales Rank: 12530
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1957-04
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Rating:  - Not just another 'Sci-Fi' Film
Although I don't normally assign a 'larger meaning' or social commentary to movies. (I prefer to see them as purely 'Escapist' entertainment) This is one of those times when it works on both levels. If you look at 'The Incredible Shrinking Man' as social commentary you see the world has changed in the post WWII days, it has become a very large, very scary place. Suddenly, the world is much bigger than your home, street, city or even your state. With mass transportation, the automobile, highways, ... Read More
Rating: - AN INCREDIBLE FILM! CREAM OF THE SCI-FI CROP!
The term Sci-Fi has gotten such a bad rap, that we can not even mention it without thinking of one of those hokey 50's drive-in movies. 'The Incredible Shrinking Man' is a 50's science fiction movie that is a very interesting, intelligent story with excellent special effects(for the most part). An engrossing film from beginning to end, anyone who loves movies should enjoy this exceptional treat! The DVD transfer is excellent on the The Ultimate Sci-Fi classic collection volume one. It is the only ... Read More
Rating:  - Incredibly Grouchy Man
Grant Williams stars as pretty boy Scott Carey, a man who is accidentally exposed to radiation and pesticide which causes him to shrink. Grants finds himself a stranger in his own town, as people avoid him and he is treated like the town Boo Radley. As Scott's size diminishes so does his temper, until one day while his wife is out grocery shopping he must face his greatest challenge.
At first I was intrigued by the Incredible Shrinking Man, but soon I came to loathe Scott. He was a self ... Read More
Rating:  - A Classic of its Kind
I haven't got a lot to say about this film right now, but I just got back from Best Buy where I was surprised to find a Best Buy exclusive release of Incredible Shrinking Man on DVD. It comes in a set that also features the films Tarantula (another favorite of mine), The Mole People, The Monolith Monsters and Monster on Campus. The discs are released by Universal, not some fly-by-night outfit... that is, unless you consider Universal "fly-by-night". The quality is very good. The picture is sharp and ... Read More
Rating: - 'so close, the infinite, and the infinitesimal...like the closing of a gigantic circle'
This film almost defines its own genre. First, it might be said that it is a "grade B" film, with an A+ rating. But it is also not really a cult film, either, so...
It is the story of the inward development of an ordinary man, who, externally, gets smaller and smaller due to the blow-back mankind is about to experience from nature (following the inadequate attempts at forcing it to yield to his caprice through technology). The culprit: radioactive insecticide. On the external side of ... Read More
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