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Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005)

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

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56m

Documentary, Science Fiction

July 5th, 2005

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Directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the science fiction movies of the 1950s that influenced them.

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Cast

Mark Hamill
Narrator
Steven Spielberg
Self
George Lucas
Self
Ridley Scott
Self
James Cameron
Self
Edmund Gwenn
Dr. Harold Medford
Lou Costello
Orville
Walter Pidgeon
Dr. Edward Morbius
Anne Francis
Altaira Morbius
James Arness
Robert Graham in 'Them'
Full cast & crew

Directors

Richard Schickel
Full cast & crew

Producers

Tom Brown
executive producer
Turner Classic Movies
Douglas Freeman
co-producer (as Doug Freeman)
Melissa Roller
supervising producer
Turner Classic Movies
Full cast & crew

Writers

Richard Schickel
Full cast & crew

Keywords

military
alien
genocide
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

August 25th, 2007 (Germany)
December 5th, 2006 (Spain) (featured on "Forbidden Planet" DVD)
July 5th, 2005 (United States of America)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (original title)
Watch the Skies! - Sie kommen, um uns zu vernichten (Germany)
Obserwujcie niebo! (Poland)
All Alternative Titles

Running Times

56 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Lorac Productions
Turner Classic Movies (United States of America)

Distribution Companies

Film1 Sundance Channel (Netherlands) (limited)
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (United States of America)

Other Companies

Global Imageworks (film clips courtesy of)
MacDonald and Associates (film clips courtesy of) (as MacDonald & Associates)
Wade Williams Collection (film clips courtesy of)
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