A tenyearold boy and robby the robot team up to prevent a supercomputer from controlling the earth from a satellite. Released 1957, the invisible boy stars richard eyer, philip abbott, diane brewster, harold j. A boys robot playmate is taken over by aliens in the invisible boy 1957 starring richard eyer video formats. Dusting off robby the robot the invisible boy 1957. From there he finds that there are enemys in the shadow ready to capture him but also discover new friends and allies. The invisible boy 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The invisible boy, is a pseudo prequel to forbidden planet. Here is an original glossy still from the 1957 scifi thriller film invisible boy starringrichard eyer, philip abbott, diane brewster, harold. Adults not too jaded by current action movies should enjoy it too. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the invisible boy 1957 herman hoffman on allmovie. Original movie poster for invisible boy, the 1957 12677 mgm one sheet poster. The computer, however, secretly gives timmie superintelligence and hes soon able to reanimate a robot named robbie. The boy, timmie eyer, is a complete brat and i didnt like. Fine plus to very fine offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas.
Invisible boy, the original trailer trailer clip invisible boy, the original trailer invisible boy, the original trailer airing. Science fiction cinema of the 1950s i bring you a warning. Pic stars claudio santamaria and valeria golino and is penned by umberto contarello the great beauty. Tom merrinoe philip abbott is a man at the top of his profession, as the head of the stoneman institute of mathematics, a toplevel research facility whose resources include a gigantic super. The invisible boy 1957 trailers and clips timmie richard eyer, a mischievous 10yearold boy, is plopped in front of a supercomputer by his scientist father, dr. Italian director gabriele salvatores, who won the foreignlanguage film oscar for mediterraneo in 1991 and more recently helmed teen superhero franchise the invisible boy is in berlin where sales company rai com is showing buyers footage of his upcoming road movie volare. The invisible boy 1957 an amusing artifact from a more innocent age in scifi cinema, the invisible boy 1957 proudly reflects all of that naive innocence that prevailed in those days just before manned space flight became a reality. The invisible boy 1957 the invisible boy 1957 user.
By the way, that second disc has the title and promotional artwork for. Classic movie, invisible boy, robby the robot, 1957 poster style modern postcard by markopostcards on etsy. Wellman, john faure, merrill pye, darrell silvera, irving block, louis dewitt, jack rabin, philip abbott, diane brewster, harold j. Ever dungeon staple les baxter does the music tonight. Timmie richard eyer, a mischievous 10yearold boy, is plopped in front of a supercomputer by his scientist father, dr. Highlighting the adventures of a little boy lost in his imagination, this film will appeal to viewers who possess a childlike spirit. Michele is an ordinary boy but one day during a party with his classmate discover the ability to become invisible. Its intresting to note that the invisisble boy was a profitable release for metro, while forbidden planet was not. The invisible boy mgm, one sheet x science fiction. Supercomputers, robots and kids who do not know when to leave well enough alone will always make for a good movie and the invisible boy is a prime example of that. Trailer for the invisible boy the invisible boy is a curious mixture of lighthearted playfulness and menacing evil.
The invisible boy was a semifollowup to the classic 1956 scifi film, forbidden planet and featured the second appearance of robby the robot the greatest movie robot ever created. Also of interest, plot elements from the invisible boy. It does have some darker aspects to it, some very smart ideas but overall, the film is pretty lighthearted at its core. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click apply filter. The invisible boy 1957 12 out of 4 after beating his scientist father at a game a chess, tenyearold timmy richard eyer gets to rebuild robby the robot and soon the two of them are going up against an evil computer that has plans on controlling the world. Stone the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Watch the invisible boy online stream full movie directv. A supercomputer helps a boy rebuild a robot in an attempt to control the earths orbit. The invisible boy 1957 trailers and clips moviefone. After forbidden planet was made, and, if you were mgm, why wouldnt you reuse the best movie robot.
A ten yearold boy and robby the robot team up to prevent a super. S spaceship is a 1957 black and white american science fiction film from metrogoldwyn mayer, produced by nicholas nayfack. But when robbie starts taking orders from the evil. Wilcoxs 1956 classic scifier forbidden planet, robby the robot gets the special guest star treatment in the poster for the invisible boy the bots name is displayed in letters much larger than those for the lowbudget scifiers human actors, director, writers, and producer. Forever known as the film that was made simply to get more mileage out of the expensive robot built for forbidden planet, the invisible boy remains an odd little curio in its own right. One of the films major plotlines sounds awfully familiar to later science fiction classics like colossus. Starring richard eyer, philip available at sunday internet movie poster. The bizarre shifts in tone and plot absurditiesillogic in the invisible boy, can be seen as weaknesses, but at least they make the movie less predictable. The invisible boy is a film directed by herman hoffman with richard eyer, philip abbott, diane brewster, harold j. Most are from popular movies from the 70s and 80s, but there are also really old ones and relatively new ones as well. The invisible boy 1957 the classic movie history project blogathon 2016. The photo has his uncle in the photo, which would suggest time travel. However, for this highly publicized followup movie featuring robby, the robot, hume doesnt cater for a thinking audience at all. The invisible boy 1957 timmie richard eyer, a mischievous 10yearold boy, is plopped in front of a supercomputer by his scientist father, dr.
Fun, well written and directed, its a little enjoyable movie. The invisible boy cinemasterpieces movie poster 1957. A tenyearold boy and robby the robot team up to prevent a super computer from controlling the earth from a satellite. It is a film that cashes in on the good name of forbidden planet, with aspects such as robbie, yet is a 50s equivalent of 10 cloverfield lane. Sci fi icon robby the robot followed his breakthrough role in forbidden planet with a comparative b picture which nonetheless gave him better billing. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Tom merrinoe philip abbott is an intelligent man, a scientist employed by stoneman institute of mathematics. The details apply both to the bluray and dvd releases of forbidden planet since this movie is an extra with the only difference being that it appears on a separate disc of the latter. Any child would enjoy the adventures of this rather naughty boy. There he runs a supersecret supercomputer holding the sum total of. Richard eyer, philip abbott, walter pidgeon, anne francis, diane brewster, harold j. This is an original studioproduced movie item not a copy or reproduction.
Its very difficult to say whether the invisible boy is a good movie or not mostly because its such a strange picture, weirdly and, at times, selfconsciously campy, and yet amazingly knowing, sophisticated, and even compelling in some of its scientific conceits, especially for a 1957 movie. The invisible boy 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In fact, the film seems intended as a strictly kids matinee attraction, and even at that its unlikely to hold the attention of any but the most robbyconditioned, robot. Pharaohs curse, voodoo island, panic in the year zero, ghost in the invisible bikini and more, so check those out.
There is a connection with this movie and forbidden planet 1956 when timmie discovers a photo from the future, dated march 26, 2309, showing the return of the c57d spacecraft landing at chicago spaceport. Clearly a blevel production on many counts, much about the film comes across as simply laughable such as the special effects used when the title character. The familyoriented fantasy remains memorable for its status as a sequelofsorts to the undisputed genre classic forbidden planet 1956 and its improbable. The invisible boy is a 1957 english film stars richard eyer, herman hoffman, cyril hume, edmund cooper, nicholas nayfack, les baxter, harold e. Original invisible boy, the 1957 movie poster in vf. The invisible boy 1957 stream and watch online moviefone. When his scientist father, in an attempt to improve timmies mind, plops him in front of the super computer, the boy. One can argue that forbidden planets script ties everything up too neatly, that there is too much foreshadowing, and the clues a bit too obvious, as to the origin of the monster. The invisible boy 1957 herman hoffman cast and crew.