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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

August. 01,1965
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3.8
| Adventure Science Fiction

In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land.

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Lovesusti
1965/08/01

The Worst Film Ever

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Platicsco
1965/08/02

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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Pacionsbo
1965/08/03

Absolutely Fantastic

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Portia Hilton
1965/08/04

Blistering performances.

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wes-connors
1965/08/05

"A spaceship orbits the planet Venus, piloted by astronaut Marcia (Faith Domergue). On the surface, two fellow astronauts and a robot companion set out on a voyage of exploration, observed from afar by Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone). First they are attacked by prehistoric creatures, and then lose their robot in a massive volcanic eruption that consumes the planet," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.This is the first bastardization of the Russian science-fiction film "Planeta Bur" (1962). There are some good visual effects, carried over from the original movie, especially the cosmonauts' airborne planet surface vehicle. But, as astronomers knew, by the 1960s, this film doesn't really depict how a landing on earth's neighboring Venus could possibly look - if they'd have picked another Solar System, they might have had a classic.The use of "Robot John" is one of several similarities to the TV show "Lost in Space" (also appearing in 1965), especially the fourth and fifth episodes of that series. The Robinson family's "Robot" was intended to serve the same function; and, both teams of space travelers encountered "prehistoric" monsters, misguided robot helpers, spaceship weight problems, lost civilizations, and wildly unstable planetary climate changes.The U.S. poorly dubbed this "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet", and inserted footage featuring Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue cheaply into the events. The idea, and actual editing, aren't totally awful, but the low budget production and lackluster performances are a real drag. In 1968, filmmakers proved they could do worse, by editing-in scantily clad young women, and re-releasing the film as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women".*** Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (8/1/65) Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev ~ Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov

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winner55
1965/08/06

Getting to watch this film again after a full year, I discovered that two versions of it exist on cheapo DVDs from differing companies. (The differences may have been due to time demands from TV broadcast.) I'll call them A and B.Version B is slightly longer than A; it includes more snippets from the original Russian sci-fi film (Planet of Storms) and fewer interjections from AIP. - Basil Rathbone disappears in the final third of the film. The color is better. The ending is more melodramatic. A crucial line from A disappears from B, yet a reference to it remains - the Robot John bidding farewell to his creator, Dr. Kerns - a humanizing touch that gives us to wonder about the development of the Robot as a character.Of both versions, what must be said is they remain the only remnants Americans are likely to see of what appears to have been a fine Russian sci-fi film. The original cinematography is B-movie level, but quite good on that basis. The characters are fairly well-developed as individuals, which is surprising for a Russian film of the period. But then, the film develops along the lines of classical Romanticism, rather than the 'socialist realist' aesthetic approved in Russia at the time. The special effects are really not at all bad for the time. The story is one of discovery - of the joy of adventure that was once scientific exploration. I don't know how we lost this, considering that much of the earth's depths and all of outer space remain frontiers, but it is good to see it again, even if only in retrospect.The low rating of this film at IMDb is senseless. Once more young viewers reveal they have little taste and no sense of history. Which means their opinions count for nothing.

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Michael_Elliott
1965/08/07

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) * 1/2 (out of 4) Silly AIP film about a group of scientists in 2020 landing on Venus and finding strange dinosaur like creatures. As to be expected, this film has a very small budget, which really hurts the film because it's certainly trying to be something bigger than it actually can be. The low budget makes for some very bad special effects and none of the stock footage helps the film as it just makes it look even cheaper. The film is also way too talky with none of the dialogue being very interesting. Basil Rathbone appears in the film but it's rather sad seeing him have to do junk like this.

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randylanders
1965/08/08

When I think of science fiction films from my youth, this was always one of my favorites, mainly because of the use of the original footages from the Russian film PLANETA BURG (Planet of Storms). All in all, the editing of Marsha (Faith Domergue) into the film along with Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone) actually adds a bit to the film. Another movie with the same stock footage (VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF THE PREHISTORIC WOMEN) fails to accomplish the pulp science-fiction feel of this film. The robot, the hover car, the spacecraft, the spacesuits, they all are wonderful visions of what we as kids in the 60's thought space would be like. It's a pity that the real Venus turned out to be so hostile to life as we know it, because I would've loved to have visited this wonderful alien world of the imagination. Of course, in a sense I have while watching the movie, and I think I'll go and watch it again. Very well done, and highly recommended.

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