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(Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

1978, regia di Philip Kaufman

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Solofilm - Distribuzione: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Vídeo - Soggetto: dal romanzo The Body Snatchers di Jack Finney - Sceneggiatura: W.D. Richter - Fotografia: Michael Chapman - Montaggio: Douglas Stewart - Scenografia: Doug von Koss - Costumi: Agnes Anne Rogers - Musiche: Denny Zeitlin - Effetti speciali: Russel Hessey, Dell Rheaume - Formato: Technicolor - Durata: 115'.

Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy, Art Hindle, Lelia Goldoni, Kevin McCarthy, Don Siegel, Tom Luddy, Stan Ritchie, David Fisher, Tom Dahlgren, Garry Goodrow, Jerry Walter, Maurice Argent, Sam Conti, Wood Moy, R. Wong, Rose Kaufman.

Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - Dizionario Farinotti - film.spettacolo.virgilio.it - fantafilm.it - genux.com - kataweb.it: «Il rifacimento del classico L'invasione degli ultracorpi (1956) di Don Siegel non è un cattivo film di SF, ma non regge il confronto: troppa importanza agli effetti speciali di metamorfosi a scapito dei personaggi; manca il sottotesto politico che fa il fascino del film precedente; la scelta di San Francisco come tela di fondo si rivela sbagliata. S'intravedono in piccole parti Kevin McCarthy, protagonista del precedente, Robert Duvall e lo stesso D. Siegel. Rifatto ancora come Ultracorpi-L'invasione continua (1993)».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com - uln.com - target.com - rottentomatoes.com: «In this remake of the 1956 cult classic, terror slowly and silently strikes San Francisco as the city is mysteriously covered by alien spores that produce strangely beautiful flowers. Unbeknownst to the people, the flowers are the bearers of alien pods that make a spiderlike webbing that captures their victims as they sleep and replicates their human form. Although they still look human, the victims are transformed into emotionless creatures by a strange race of aliens out to consume and control humanity--and only four people are left to stop them. Donald Sutherland stars as Matthew Bennel, a Department of Health inspector whose close friend and coworker Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) is overwhelmed by fear and paranoia when she begins to suspect her boyfriend, Geoffrey (Art Hindle), of no longer being human. Together, with their friends Jack (Jeff Goldblum) and Nancy (Veronica Cartwright), they are out to stop the bizarre alien invasion before they fall victim to the alien pods. Leonard Nimoy costars as Dr. David Kibner, a guru psychiatrist who might not be whom he seems. This haunting parable of human paranoia is a creepy glimpse of a city overrun with robotlike yuppies threatening to wipe out all of humankind. Sutherland gives a knockout performance as the leader of the last four humans left in San Francisco in this terrific blend of B-movie science fiction and modern terror».

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Vedi anche: L'invasione degli ultracorpi, Ultracorpi - L'invasione continua, Invasion.

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