It Came From Outer Space Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR: David Loftus
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| Review Summary |
Writer and amateur astronomer John Putnam (Carlson) has moved from the city to the the small desert town of Sand Rock, Arizona to pursue both activities. His girlfriend Ellen Fields (Rush), a local schoolteacher, is visiting one evening when they both witness a meteor fly across the sky and blast a deep crater in the desert floor near the abandoned Excelsior Mine. Going in to investigate, Putnam realizes there's a space ship at the bottom of the crater, but a rock slide buries it from view and everybody but Ellen assumes he's a publicity-seeking crackpot.
People start disappearing from town, briefly, then reappearing in stiff, slow-talking form. Putnam knows what's up, but nobody will believe him. Things get just strange enough that Sheriff Matt Warren (Drake) is willing to go along with Putnam for a while. Eventually, the aliens reveal their horrible true shape and their plans to Putnam, but can he hold off the angry, frightened, and armed mob of humans long enough to let them do what they need to do?
This 1953 science fiction film, based on a story by Ray Bradbury, was originally released in 3-D but works reasonably well on flat screen. Despite some hokey effects, its portrayal of humans and aliens afraid of each other, and a certain literateness to the dialogue, along with fine desert photography, make it a cut above the average 1950s space aliens movie.
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Invasion from human defender POV?
- subtle invasion (body snatching, mind control, look-alikes)
War and Invasion
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
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
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Tone of movie
- fearful
Check here if B&W
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exotic aliens
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