Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
	scena iz trailera sa glavnim članovima glumačke postave (u smjeru kazaljke na satu): Carolyn Jones kao Teddy, Kevin McCarthy kao Dr. Miles Bennell, King Donovan kao Jack Belicec,i Dana Wynter kao Becky Driscoll
Režija	Don Siegel
Producent	Walter Wanger
Scenario	Daniel Mainwaring
Predložak	The Body Snatchers; autor:; Jack Finney
Uloge	Kevin McCarthy; Dana Wynter; Larry Gates; King Donovan; Carolyn Jones
Muzika	Carmen Dragon
Fotografija	Ellsworth Fredericks
Montaža	Robert S. Eisen
Distribucija	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Datum(i) premijere	5. 2. 1956
Trajanje	80 min.
Zemlja	Sjedinjene Države
Jezik	engleski
Budžet	416.911 $
Bruto prihod	$3,000.000

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (sh. Invazija tjelokradica) je američki crno-bijeli science fiction film snimljen 1956. godine u režiji Dona Siegela, poznat kao jedno od najvažnijih i najuticajnijih ostvarenja žanra.

Predstavlja adaptaciju romana The Body Snatchers Jacka Finneya. Protagonist, koga tumači Kevin McCarthy, je ljekar u kalifornijskom gradiću koji, nakon dojava pacijenata o neobičnom ponašanju njihovih bližnjih, otkriva kako je razlog za to invazija vanzemaljaca koji preko parazitskih biljaka preuzimaju oblik i identitete svojih žrtava. Radnja prikazuje kako protagonistu u pokušaju da zaustavi osvajače problem predstavlja to što više ne može biti siguran tko je čovjek, a tko vanzemaljac.

Invasion je snimljen sa niskim budžetom i relativno nepoznatim glumcima, ali je imao priličan komercijalni uspjeh. Kritičari su ga ispočetka ignorirali, ali je kasnije stekao veliki ugled i svojevrsni kult-status. Kao razlozi se navode vješto stvaranje napetosti i izuzetno tjeskobne atmosfere; ona je bila toliko izražena da je Sigel, na pritisak producenata, morao nadosnimiti dodatne scene kako bi film imao koliko-toliko konvencionalnu završnicu blisku hepi endu. Česti su navodi kako je Invasion u mnogo čemu bio odraz političkih prilika u tadašnjim SAD, odnosno hladnoratovske paranoje; dio kritičara u vanzemaljcima i njihovom kolektivnom identitezu vidi alegorijski odraz komunističke infiltracije u američko društvo , dio pak film smatra odrazom makartističke histerije, dok treći film smatraju još jednim pokušajem da se prikaže naličje konformizma karakterističnog za tadašnje male gradove.

The Body Snatchers je nakon toga ekraniziran još tri puta, ali se prva verzija općenito smatra najboljom.

Uloge

Kevin McCarthy ... Miles Bennell
Dana Wynter ... Becky Driscoll
Larry Gates ... Dan Kauffman
King Donovan ... Jack Belicec
Carolyn Jones ... Theodora "Teddy" Belicec
Virginia Christine ... Wilma Lentz
Jean Willes ... Sally Withers
Whit Bissell (van špice) ... Dr. Hills
Richard Deacon (uncredited) ... ljekar u hitnoj službi

Izvori

↑ Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p446

Vanjske veze

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) na sajtu IMDb
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) na Rotten Tomatoes-u (en)
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tale for Our Times," by John W. Whitehead, Gadfly Online, November 26, 2001; discusses the political themes of the original film
McCarthyism and the Movies
Comparison of novel to all three film adaptations

[wagner-1] Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p446

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p r u Filmovi koje je režirao Don Siegel
1940-e	Star in the Night (1945) • The Verdict (1946) • Night Unto Night (1949) • The Big Steal (1949)
1950-e	The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) • No Time for Flowers (1952) • Count the Hours (1953) • China Venture (1953) • Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) • Private Hell 36 (1954) • The Blue and Gold (1955) • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) • Crime in the Streets (1956) • Spanish Affair (1957) • Baby Face Nelson (1957) • The Lineup (1958) • The Gun Runners (1958) • Edge of Eternity (1959) • Hound-Dog Man (1959)
1960-e	Flaming Star (1960) • Hell Is for Heroes (1962) • The Killers (1964) • The Hanged Man (1964) • Madigan (1968) • Coogan's Bluff (1968) • Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
1970-e	Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) • The Beguiled (1971) • Dirty Harry (1971) • Charley Varrick (1973) • The Black Windmill (1974) • The Shootist (1976) • Telefon (1977) • Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
1980-e	Rough Cut (1980) • Jinxed! (1982)

p r u Filmovi Waltera Wangera
1920-e	The Sheik (1921) The Cocoanuts (1929) The Lady Lies (1929) Applause (1929)
1930-e	Roadhouse Nights (1930) Tarnished Lady (1931) Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Going Hollywood (1933) Another Language (1933) Queen Christina (1933) The President Vanishes (1934) Private Worlds (1935) Smart Girl (1935) Every Night at Eight (1935) Shanghai (1935) Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) The Moon's Our Home (1936) Her Master's Voice (1936) The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) Fatal Lady (1936) Palm Springs (1936) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) Big Brown Eyes (1936) Spendthrift (1936) You Only Live Once (1937) Vogues of 1938 (1937) History Is Made At Night (1937) Stand-In (1937) 52nd Street (1937) Trade Winds (1938) Blockade (1938) Algiers (1938) I Met My Love Again (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Winter Carnival (1939) Eternally Yours (1939)
1940-e	Foreign Correspondent (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Slightly Honorable (1940) The House Across the Bay (1940) Sundown (1941) Eagle Squadron (1942) Arabian Nights (1942) We've Never Been Licked (1943) Gung Ho! (1943) Ladies Courageous (1944) Scarlet Street (1945) Salome Where She Danced (1945) Night in Paradise (1946) Canyon Passage (1946) Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947) The Lost Moment (1947) Tap Roots (1948) Joan of Arc (1948) Secret Beyond the Door (1948) The Reckless Moment (1949) Reign of Terror (1949) Tulsa (1949)
1950-e	Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Battle Zone (1952) Fort Vengeance (1953) Kansas Pacific (1953) Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Navy Wife (1956) I Want to Live! (1958)
1960-e	Cleopatra (1963)