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Amazon.com's Price: $14.98 as of 03/21/2010 17:31 EDT
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
EAN: 9780783240954
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0783240953
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD20760D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Running Time: 79 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: March 05, 1954
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/08/2008 Starring: Richard Carlson Richard Denning Run time: 79 minutes Rating: Nr
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Jack Arnold's horror classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon spawned not one but two iconic images: the web-footed humanoid gill-man with a hankering for women and the leggy, luscious Julia Adams, the object of his desire, swimming the lagoon in a luminous white bathing suit. Not since King Kong has the "beauty and the beast" theme been portrayed in such sexually charged (though chaste) terms. Arnold turns an effectively B-movie plot--a small expedition up a remote Amazon river captures a prehistoric amphibian man, who escapes to wreak havoc on the team and kidnap his bathing beauty--into a moody, stylish, low-budget feature. The jungle exteriors turn from exotic to treacherous when the creature blocks their passage and strands them in the wilds. Much of the film is shot underwater, where the murky dark is animated by shimmering shards of sunlight, creating images both lovely and alien (the studio-built sets of the creature's underground lair are far less naturalistic, but serve their purpose). As with most of Arnold's '50s genre films, he's saddled with a less than magnetic leading man (in this case the colorless but stalwart Richard Carlson) and a conventional script, but he overcomes such limitations by creating a vivid and sympathetic monster (helped immeasurably by a marvelous suit of scales and fins) and establishing a mood thick with atmosphere. The film was originally shot in 3-D. --Sean Axmaker
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Creature was partially filmed at Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park in Northwest Florida just south of Tallahassee. If you should ever be in the area, you must visit the park. It is a totally protected site and a park ranger will take you down the river on a small pontoon boat. They will show you the site where portions of the movie were filmed and if you're lucky will add all kinds of tidbits about the filming. Such as when the Creature is swimming in the water, it is actually an employee ... Read More
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i was so glad to find this on DVD, it was just as I had remembered it from some years back. It's good to see the old classics without all the fancy computer generated effects, it makes you appreciate how difficult it was to produce films during that time.
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Quick delivery. Quality product. Classic movie. Great entertainment. Well worth the money. I am a very satisfied customer.
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The Creature from the Black Lagoon is one hour and nineteen minutes long and was released on March 5, 1954. The movie starts out with the creation of Earth and then goes right into the story. When scientist Dr. Carl Maia, discovers a skeletal hand with webbed fingers, he goes back to tell his friend Dr. David Reed and tells his co-scientists and a trip is launch to find more of this hand. Once in the Black Lagoon, they discover a creature living there. The crew discovers gill-man creature living in ... Read More
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The Creature from the Black Lagoon is one of those classic 50s drive in horror flicks that abounded during that time. It is still fun and I enjoy it. The picture and the black and white is wonderful. I only wish they had included the 3-D version too. I saw that at the movie theatre about 3 years ago and that was fun!
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
EAN: 9780783240954
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0783240953
Item Dimensions:
Label: Universal Studios
Languages:
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD20760D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Running Time: 79 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: March 05, 1954