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THE ANGRY RED PLANET (1959)

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TomWeaver999		#61	[-]
Dec 8 08 4:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< Does anyone have any info on the RED PLANET soundtrack? << PLANET producer Norman Maurer to interviewer Bob Skotak: "I told Paul [Dunlap] I didn't want a common score. We discussed it at length. I wanted him to use a lot of horns and electronics--nothing conventional."
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Koukol 5		#62	[-]
Dec 8 08 4:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Paul Haight wrote: ... but there is also a brief glimpse of it moving as it peeks out from behind a rock. I do wish they'd used it a bit more. I would have cut this scene completely...it made me laugh.
Charles Thaxton		#63	[-]
Dec 8 08 5:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dr Spyclops wrote: I've always thought that THE ANGRY RED PLANET had one of the most hallucinatory/nightmarish soundtracks I've ever heard. Those distorted electronic tones are really kind of eerie and disturbing. I was looking for a YouTube clip that best exemplified the sound I'm referring to and strange as it may seem, the best example I found was in this trailer for THE SLIME PEOPLE, made three years later. You'll recognize the background music from RED PLANET right away. http://www.youtube.com/wa...WJQzc&feature=related Does anyone have any info on the RED PLANET soundtrack? Was it composed specifically for the movie or can those weird tones be heard any earlier, in one of the films from the 50's? The score was recycled from Paul Dunlap's INVISIBLE INVADERS...and used AGAIN after ANGRY RED PLANET in DESTINATION INNER SPACE. Paul and I speak on the phone regularly (he's 90 and in ill health but always happy to chat) and he detested the score. He threw out his tapes and sheet music:( The electronic effects were done by Jack Cookerly (who also worked on THE BLACK SCORPION,KRONOS,TWILIGHT ZONE and STAR TREK TOS among others) The "plucked underwater sounds" were done on an electric guitar soaked in reverb. Jack designed his own vaccuum tube synthesizer in an orange crate (!) and triggered it from an organ keyboard. I spoke with Jack on the phone several times about this stuff. I made my own CD of the score from the audio outs of my DVD player-recording dialogue free spots and mastering it on my PC.
Dr Spyclops		#64	[-]
Dec 8 08 6:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Charles & Tom - Thanks very much for the background info on the soundtrack, guys. Fascinating stuff. INVISIBLE INVADERS and DESTINATION INNER SPACE.....yup, I thought I'd heard those "plucked underwater sounds" before!
bipolarber		#65	[-]
Dec 13 08 6:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ah, the wild and wooly days of early synth! These go great with stories about the Barrons' burning up custom made cybernetic circuits and feedback loops when creating their "tonalities" for Forbidden Planet, or some of the early electronic organ work that showed up on the second pilot of Star Trek "Where No Man Has Gone Before." And of course, Bernard Hermann and the strange insturments he often chose to help give some of his themes individual character... the use of theremin, the lizard and other exotic insturments definitely added flair to his genre works. TARP's score was wonderfully spot on for creating an errie, otherworldly atmosphere for the film. Funny, but thinking back to the last time I watched the film, I only remember the score being noticable when they were bringing the ship down by remote... the rest of the time, it just seemed to blend in with the visuals.
Paul Haight		#66	[-]
Apr 1 09 10:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	taraco wrote: >> he says it was a "little person" (midget) in a suit. That makes no sense to me. The Martian doesn't move at all...why a midget... In Robert Skotak's book IB MELCHIOR - MAN OF IMAGINATION (just reissued in softcover by Midnight Marquee, and highly recommended for fans of Melchior's work), he reports that the fleetingly glimpsed Martian is supposed to be 100 feet tall. This fact isn't apparent in the released version of the film, but an intended effects shot of the creature standing next to the spaceship would have made it clear. This particular shot may have been the reason why they cast Billy Curtis as the Martian; I suspect a taller actor would have been too big for the desired scale. Though the shot was filmed, it was ultimately cut (the book doesn't say why).
Coughcool		#67	[-]
Apr 4 09 6:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love this movie. Even though it starts out slow. I was hard to find a cheap VHS of this movie. Now you can get it on DVD. Great movie and great Monster.
Mike Mariano		#68	[-]
Apr 6 09 11:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Spurred on by this thread, I watched the MGM DVD over the weekend. Interesting to see the credits only come on at the end of the movie. Also, a name in the cast caught my attention: Arline Hunter--a 1954 Playboy centerfold who was also in SEX KITTENS GO TO COLLEGE and other films. She was a dead ringer for Marilyn Monroe and achieved notoriety for doing a nudie short, "Apple Knockers and the Coke," which for years people thought was actually Monroe. Try as I might, though, I could not locate Arline in ANGRY RED PLANET. She's definitely not the nurse who tries to calm down Gerald Mohr as he writhes in the hospital bed, and I'm pretty certain she's not the other tall dark-haired nurse (Arline was a redhead, sometimes going blonde to look like Marilyn). It's possible she may be the secretary seated next to all the army brass near the beginning, or she may be one of the two ladies on the street watching events on a television, also near the film's beginning. On the IMDb she's credited as "Joan," and another model, "Bambi Hamilton," is credited as "Joan's friend." Hard to tell, though, because the women's backs are to the camera as they watch the television. Can you spot the Playboy centerfold in ANGRY RED PLANET? Last Edited By: Mike Mariano Apr 6 09 11:59 PM. Edited 1 times.
Rakshasa		#69	[-]
Apr 7 09 7:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I had The Angry Red Planet on a cheap VHS back in the '90s but got rid of it somewhere along the line. After recently reading this thread, I decided it was time to get the MGM DVD and check it out again. While it's far from a great flick, it's a lot of fun and visually nightmarish (love the red tinting). The score is really cool as well. Bottom line; the rat/bat monster is unforgettable! A dream-like flick with GREAT planet sets that I'm happy to have on my shelf. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Rakshasa		#70	[-]
Apr 7 09 8:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	DrPaulArmstrong wrote: lobo67 wrote: I love this movie too, and for a while, it was OOP and very hard to get without breaking the bank. Then I found one under ten bucks and jumped on it, now it goes for dirt. Yeah, same thing happened to me. It's like a bunch of them just turned up somewhere. BTW ~ I not only JUST got this DVD for under $10 on Amazon, but I also snagged ANOTHER formerly rare/OOP/expensive MGM Midnight Movie DVD; The Man From Planet X. Like Larry says, somebody must have discovered a surplus of these titles, because I got 'em both for around $5.00. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
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Paul Haight		#71	[-]
Apr 8 09 6:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mike Mariano wrote: ...a name in the cast caught my attention: Arline Hunter...she may be one of the two ladies on the street watching events on a television, also near the film's beginning. On the IMDb she's credited as "Joan," and another model, "Bambi Hamilton," is credited as "Joan's friend." Hard to tell, though, because the women's backs are to the camera as they watch the television. There's a photo in the Melchior book that affords a somewhat clearer view of the two women in this scene, and the darker-haired one does seem to fit your description. The caption indicates that portions of the scene were deleted from the final cut. The IMDB credits the Martian voice to Ted Cassidy. It does sound like him, but according to Wikipedia he was working as a DJ in Texas through the early '60s, and has no other TV or movie credits until 1966. Does anybody know if it's really him?
capmonte		#72	[-]
Apr 9 09 11:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Paul Haight wrote: Mike Mariano wrote: ...a name in the cast caught my attention: Arline Hunter...she may be one of the two ladies on the street watching events on a television, also near the film's beginning. On the IMDb she's credited as "Joan," and another model, "Bambi Hamilton," is credited as "Joan's friend." Hard to tell, though, because the women's backs are to the camera as they watch the television. There's a photo in the Melchior book that affords a somewhat clearer view of the two women in this scene, and the darker-haired one does seem to fit your description. The caption indicates that portions of the scene were deleted from the final cut. The IMDB credits the Martian voice to Ted Cassidy. It does sound like him, but according to Wikipedia he was working as a DJ in Texas through the early '60s, and has no other TV or movie credits until 1966. Does anybody know if it's really him? It DOES sound like him! Whenever I've watched Angry Red Planet the alien's voice always sounds like Metallus from Space Ghost or Black Manta from Challenge of the Superfriends, both voiced by Cassidy. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
Bill Warren		#73	[-]
Apr 9 09 12:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	capmonte wrote: Whenever I've watched Angry Red Planet the alien's voice always sounds like Metallus from Space Ghost or Black Manta from Challenge of the Superfriends, both voiced by Cassidy. Which is probably why someone added that dubious claim to the IMDb page for this movie. As pointed out, Cassidy was not in California at the time the film was made, so it's probably not him.
Mike Mariano		#74	[-]
Apr 10 09 12:03 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Paul Haight wrote: Mike Mariano wrote: ...a name in the cast caught my attention: Arline Hunter...she may be one of the two ladies on the street watching events on a television, also near the film's beginning. On the IMDb she's credited as "Joan," and another model, "Bambi Hamilton," is credited as "Joan's friend." Hard to tell, though, because the women's backs are to the camera as they watch the television. There's a photo in the Melchior book that affords a somewhat clearer view of the two women in this scene, and the darker-haired one does seem to fit your description. The caption indicates that portions of the scene were deleted from the final cut. The IMDB credits the Martian voice to Ted Cassidy. It does sound like him, but according to Wikipedia he was working as a DJ in Texas through the early '60s, and has no other TV or movie credits until 1966. Does anybody know if it's really him? Hmm, so maybe Sid Pink tried casting the two models to add sex appeal, but then later decided the idea didn't really work, hence the deleted footage with only a small portion left in the final cut. Just a guess. Regarding Cassidy, even if he was in Texas, couldn't he have flown in to LA to work on the film? Or maybe he recorded narration for it in Texas? Again, just guessing here.
Charles Thaxton		#75	[-]
Apr 10 09 11:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I read in FILMFAX or someplace that the Martian voice was the same guy who was the TV reporter earlier in the film (can't recall the actor's name) Not Ted Cassidy. They just slowed his voice down and added tin can echo. UPDATE:Don Lamond...he's even credited on IMDB cast as "Martian voice" http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483620/ Last Edited By: Charles Thaxton Apr 10 09 11:54 PM. Edited 1 times.
Charles Thaxton		#76	[-]
Apr 10 09 11:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	where did you guys see Ted Cassidy's name on ANGRY RED PLANET IMDB listing? Don Lamond is clearly listed in cast as "Martian Voice"
Paul Haight		#77	[-]
Apr 11 09 12:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Charles Thaxton wrote: where did you guys see Ted Cassidy's name on ANGRY RED PLANET IMDB listing? Don Lamond is clearly listed in cast as "Martian Voice" If you view the "full cast & credits" listing, Cassidy's name is (at the time of this writing) 4th up from the bottom. Also, the "trivia" section claims it's the "film debut of Ted Cassidy". I figured it was probably an error, but it's good to know for sure...thanks for clearing that up. On a related note... ANIMATED RAT-BAT-SPIDER ON YOUTUBE
Charles Thaxton		#78	[-]
Apr 11 09 6:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can't figure out where IMDB got the info that Cassidy is in the film. In every article I've ever read on the movie, I've never seen it mentioned. I don't believe Bill Warren mentions it in KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES but I'm not at home to check my copy.
Bill Warren		#79	[-]
Apr 11 09 1:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Anyone can provide info to the IMDb; their staffers are not well enough versed in movie history/trivia to spot erroneous additions/corrections. I don't think even the producers of a BIG-budget movie would have flown an unknown actor from Texas to California to provide a brief and unbilled bit of voice-over work.
TomWeaver999		#80	[-]
Apr 11 09 1:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Welllllll, if Cassidy WAS a Texan in 1960. Anyone can provide info to Wikipedia; their staffers are not well enough versed in movie history/trivia to spot erroneous additions/corrections. Do not assume.
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