20 Million Miles to Earth Movie Review

Starring: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, Tito Vuolo

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20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH is a film directed by Nathan Juran in 1957. Special effects by Ray Harryhausen.

Colonel Calder's spaceship crashes in the Mediterranean sea near a little Sicilian port. Calder is the sole survivor of this expedition returning from the planet Venus. They had brought with them the embryo of a Venusian species in order to study it on Earth but, unfortunately, the creature manages to escape. While the police forces are trying to locate it, the strange creature is becoming larger and larger. It is at last caught and brought into the zoo of Rome. But the creature escapes once more and heads to the Coliseum with the army right behind.
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Giant monster movie? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - military pilot
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair type - (man) short/medium wavy
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - ample chest & buttocks (female)
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male Alien
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - super strength
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th Century (1950-1970)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Water? Yes
Misc settings - lab
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Check here if B&W Yes
Any profanity? - None
Kinds of F/X - exotic aliens
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical

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