Invasion of the body snatchers

DVD 1978

When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plans for their earthly admirers. These blossoms are going to slowly clone human bodies and then dispose of the originals.

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California Fiction

Doppelgängers Fiction

Extraterrestrial beings Fiction

Human-alien encounters Fiction

Life on other planets Fiction

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ISBN:

9780792838418
0792838416

Description:

1 videodisc (117 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 2.0
Dolby Digital 1.0
wide screen
full screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
MPAA rating: 14A

Other Title:

Invasion of the body snatchers (Motion picture : 1978) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978
Based on: The Body Snatchers / by Jack Finney
For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc
Director of photography, Michael Chapman ; production design, Charles Rosen ; music, Denny Zeitlin
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Don Seigel, Kevin McCarthy
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
DVD ; wide screen and full screen presentations ; Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 1.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, French, with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, captions in English

Control Number:

533162

UPC:

027616627421

Other Authors:

Adams, Brooke, 1949- actor
Cartwright, Veronica, actor
Chapman, Michael, 1935-2020, director of photography
Goldblum, Jeff, 1952- actor
Kaufman, Philip, 1936- film director
MGM Home Entertainment Inc., production company
Nimoy, Leonard, actor
Richter, W. D., screenwriter
Solo, Robert H., film producer
Stewart, Douglas, 1919-1995, editor of moving image work
Sutherland, Donald, 1935-2024, actor
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., film distributor
Zeitlin, Denny, composer (expression)
motion picture adaptation of (work): Finney, Jack. Body snatchers

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