The Amazing Colossal Man Movie Review

Starring: Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor

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Review Summaries

"During a plutonium bomb test in the Nevada desert, a stray plane crashes near the test site. Lt. Col. Glenn Manning (Langan) runs out from his shelter to save whoever's in the plane and gets caught in the bomb blast. He shields his eyes, but he's badly burned over the rest of his body and loses most of his vital fluids. When both have been replenished, Manning starts to grow -- at the rate of 8 to 10 feet a day! His fiancee Carol Forrest (Downs) tries to care for him while Dr. Paul Lindstrom (Hudson) works on a cure. Unfortunately, since the human heart consists of only one cell (as someone explains!), it won't be able to keep up with his increasing size. His mind is also going. Eventually, he goes on a rampage across Nevada, carrying Carol Kong-like in his hand, and escaping the giant hypodermic needle the scientists try to use on him (and in fact impaling one of them with it). The story climaxes at Boulder Dam. This 1957 Bert Gordon film tries to address scientific and emotional issues of radiation poisoning, but has a lot of silliness."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Character operated on/altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - made bigger/smaller

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - bald
Hair type - (man) bald
Body type - muscular (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - average (female)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - a deadline

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

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Check here if B&W Yes
Any profanity? - None

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