After a secret misson to Venus, the solar system's hottest planet, the U.S. Air Force crashed near a small fishing village in Italy. TidalWave Productions-Wikipedia The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. See more ideas about sci fi movies, movie monsters, science fiction film. The creature is like nothing else ever before on screen with its lizard-like human head and human torso, and dinosaur like legs and tail. Most of the noises made by Ymir are recordings of elephant noises played at a higher speed. Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions. The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship. 1957/b&w/82 min/NR.20 Million Miles to Earth (Blu-ray) & The Ceratosaurus (by Paul Sawtell) (04:06) TRACK 65: The Animal World (1956) 66. While feeding, the creature is attacked by the farmer's dog, and the creature kills the dog, alerting the farmer. The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. [Source] TheYmiris the main monster antagonist in the 1957 classic,20 Million Miles to Earth. ", Title: (1957). When Pepe tells them that he sold the mass to Dr. Leonardo, McIntosh and Calder pursue him. 20 Million Miles to Earth Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? In Theaters: Jun 1, 1957 Wide. Breathtakingly unexpected, for example, was the searing flash that announced the atomic age. “20 Million Miles To Earth” (1957) Review. It was produced by Charles H. Schneer's Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures. The snake-tailed giant ymir creature is also one of Harryhausen's finest creations: It has a well-defined personality and manages to evoke sympathy for its bewildered plight. [7] Marco Lanzagorta of PopMatters gave the film 9 out of 10 stars, calling it "required viewing for those interested in modern cinema". Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. It heads for the Colosseum and destroys an ancient temple, killing a few soldiers. Great scientific advances are oftentimes sudden accomplished facts before most of us are even dimly aware of them. One example: the black-and-white version begins in "A Fishing Village in Sicily" (the fictional Gerra), not Sperlonga, Italy. 20 Million Miles to Earth. Amazon.com: 20 Million Miles to Earth (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Tito Vuolo, Jan Arvan, Arthur Space, Bart Braverman, Sid Cassel, Paul Cristo, Noel Drayton, Carlo Ventimiglia, Irving Lippman, Nathan Juran, Edwin H. Bryant, Charles H. Schneer, Charlotte Knight, Christopher Knopf, Robert Creighton … Trailer Addict. 20 Million Miles to Earth William Hopper Joan Taylor Frank Puglia (1957) Jelly from Venus turns into the Ymir, a tailed creature that keeps growing and ends up on the loose in Rome. In Washington, D.C., Major General A.D. McIntosh discovers that the missing spaceship, piloted by Colonel Bob Calder, has been located. Soon after, it breaks out of the cage and heads to a nearby farm, terrorizing the animals. It has also been released as The Beast from Space. When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. After the Italian government grants Calder permission to capture the creature alive, he devises a plan to ensnare it in a giant electric net dropped from a helicopter. This was also his last film in black & white. Eventually growing to enormous size, it threatens the city of Rome. Sky:318 Virgin:202 Freesat:139. The Beast from Space) is a 1957 American horror science fiction monster film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring William Hopper, Joan Taylor, and Frank Puglia. The screenplay was written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight. 20 Million Miles To Earth (1957) A manned space flight from Venus crash lands in the Mediterranean, losing its most precious cargo: reptilian eggs from the planet's surface. They studied Venusian life-forms called Ymirs, that had a network of spongey membranes inside their bodies to filter out Venus's toxic gas atmosphere of carbon dioxide, sulfuric acid and reptile-like form to allow them to survive in the intense heat with a dwindling water supply. That night, Leonardo discovers that the creature has grown to human size. Mon 22 Mar 2:00pm-3:35pm (1 hour 35 minutes) Certificate : Write a … The first human expedition to Venus returns to Earth in a crash landing off the coast of Italy. 20 Million Miles to Earth (a.k.a The Beast from Space ) is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction monster film produed by Charles H. Schneer Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures, directed by Nathan H. Juran, that stars William Hopper, Joan Taylor, and Frank Puglia. A U.S. spaceship returning from Venus carries a horrifying lizard-like creature that has the capability to destroy an entire city. Even being one of the highest rated science-fiction films from 1957, falling into the top five of over 30 genre films from that year, it really has nothing going for it other than its amazing special effects created by Ray Harryhausen. The creature battles a zoo elephant and sends the panicked patrons scurrying. This FAQ is empty. Add to Wishlist. Ray Harryhausen wanted the film to be shot in color, but the filmmakers were not given a budget large enough to accommodate color filming. A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants. Directed by Nathan Juran. 20 Million Miles to Earth is a 1957 American science fiction film developed using the stop-motion animation talents of Ray Harryhausen.. '20 Million Miles to Earth' may suffer from terrible performances and stilted filmmaking, but Harryhausen's expressive animation helps to take the sting out of the film's shortcomings. Film, Science fiction. Calder scores a direct bazooka hit. 20 Million Miles to Earth Tim Burton sits down... See All Videos. [3] The working title of the film was The Giant Ymir,[3] and it has also been released as The Beast from Space. When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. (Venus, at its closest approach to Earth, is 26 million miles away, but never mind.) I guess the 20 million miles in the title refers to the distance to Venus. With William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry, Frank Puglia. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) Category: Film. The moment the film begins it draws the viewer into its story about a US mission to Venus that brings back a specimen of a creature that grows at an incredibly rapid rate in Earth's atmosphere. Add the first question. [12], List of films featuring extraterrestrials, "20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) - Overview", "Special 50th Anniversary DVD of Harryhausen Classic '20 Million Miles to Earth' restored for special 2-disc colorized edition", "Nathan Juran: The Fantasy Voyages of Jerry the Giant Killer Part One", "20 Million Miles to Earth – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online", "Ray Harryhausen Presents: 20 Million Miles More #1 (Preview)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20_Million_Miles_to_Earth&oldid=1012544291, Films with screenplays by Ray Harryhausen, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 March 2021, at 23:28. Leonardo and Marisa hitch the trailer to their truck and head for Rome. Calder rams the creature with his car and tracks the creature to the River Tiber, where it submerges. Was this review helpful to you? Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London. At any rate, the Mediterranean vistas are a pretty backdrop. 20 Million Miles to Earth (a.k.a. 4. [10], The four-issue comic book mini-series 20 Million Miles More (2008), released by TidalWave Productions as part of their Ray Harryhausen Signature Series, picked up the story 50 years after the events of the film. A relieved Marisa runs into Calder's arms. As with several other Schneer-Columbia collaborations, the film was developed to showcase the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen. Soldiers lob grenades into the river, and the creature surfaces, now gargantuan in size. A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south. Juran only directed the American sequences, while Schneer and Harryhausen directed the Italian sequences. Advertisement In the released version of the film, the creature is never referred to by name. Things I Learned From This Movie: Inside the Pentagon, models of the solar system double as fire alarms. A U.S. spaceship returning from Venus carries a horrifying lizard-like creature that has the capability to destroy an entire city. A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City. Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. The creature finally kills the elephant and continues its rampage. All references to the name Ymir were removed from the released version of the film, as Harryhausen was concerned that audiences might confuse it with the Arabic title "Emir". 20 Million Miles to Earth. 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