Journey to the Seventh Planet

Infobox Film
name = Journey to the Seventh Planet


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director = Sidney W. Pink
producer =
writer = Ib Melchior
Sidney W. Pink
starring = John Agar
Carl Ottosen
Ove Sprogøe
Ann Smyrner
music = Paul Dunlap
cinematography = Jack Greenhalgh
editing = Philip Cahn
distributor = Cinemagic Inc.
released = March 1962
runtime = 77 mins
country =
language = Danish, English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0056127

"Journey to the Seventh Planet" was a 1962 science fiction film. It was shot in Denmark with a budget of only US$75,000. The seventh planet is, of course, Uranus, and a crew is being dispatched there by the United Nations on a mission of space exploration. The film's ideas of astronauts exploring outer space only to confront their inner mindscapes and memories precede the similar-themed "Solaris" by a full decade.

"Plot" outline

During their journey to the planet an alien presence briefly assumes control of the crew's minds. They awaken safely and continue their trip. Upon landing on Uranus, they find a forested land oddly like our own (rather than the cold, bleak world they were expecting.) This forest is surrounded by a mysterious barrier. One of the crew pushes his arm through the barrier, only to have it frozen.

New features and forms begin appear as if by magic each time they are imagined by the crew, including voluptuous women. Soon, however, the crew discover that they have been the victim of mind-control by a one-eyed brain living in a cave. Naturally the alien brain plans to possess the astronaut's bodies and have them take it back to Earth where it will, of course, implement a plan for global domination. The crew finally outwits the supposedly mind-reading creature.

Notes

*The film was produced right after "Reptilicus", with partly identical cast and crew.
*Since the film was shot in Denmark, it features mainly Danish actors, all of whom are dubbed in the US release version.
*The film was never released in Denmark, where the only Danish-language print has since disappeared.

Literature

*Sidney W. Pink: "So You Want to Make Movies" (Pineapple Press, 1989)
*Nicolas Barbano: "Twice Told Tails - The Two Versions of Reptilicus", in "Video Watchdog" #96 (2003)

External links

*cite web
date =May 2, 2003
url =http://www.badmovies.org/movies/journey7th/
title =Journey to the Seventh Planet
publisher = Bad Movies.org
accessdate = 2007-08-09
*cite web
year=2004
url =http://monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com/Journey_To_The_Seventh_Planet.html
title =Journey to the Seventh Planet
publisher =MonsterHunter
accessdate = 2007-08-09