{"id":35472,"date":"2015-11-30T22:02:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T05:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35472"},"modified":"2020-12-15T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T17:27:26","slug":"20-million-miles-to-earth-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35472","title":{"rendered":"20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why is it always, <em>always<\/em>, so costly for man to move from the present to the future?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Poster-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Poster-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Poster-128x101.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Poster.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a spaceship crashes into the Mediterranean, two fishermen (George Khoury and  Don Orlando) and a boy (Bart Braverman) rescue two of the passengers, of whom only one (William Hopper) survives. While a beautiful doctor-in-training (Joan Taylor) treats Hopper&#8217;s wounds, Braverman secretly sells a Venusian specimen that washed ashore to Taylor&#8217;s zoologist-grandfather (Frank Puglia) &#8212; but once the creature hatches, it soon grows into an enormous monster that terrorizes Rome.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Mutant Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Ray Harryhausen Films<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPrimarily known for showcasing &#8220;the first of special-effects expert Ray Harryhausen&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rayharryhausen.com\/dynamation.php\">Dynamation<\/a> creatures&#8221;, this &#8220;lively film&#8221; features &#8220;an impressive monster &#8212; one that would serve as [a] model for future Harryhausen creations&#8221;. Unfortunately, beyond the admittedly impressive animation &#8212; including a lengthy finale in which the monster ravages Rome (chosen as the location because Harryhausen wanted to take a vacation there!) &#8212; the film itself lacks a narrative leg to stand on. It&#8217;s truly a &#8220;monster flick&#8221;, with a misunderstood creature vainly attempting to elude capture while the film&#8217;s handsome male and female protagonists inevitably fall in &#8217;50s love (after hating each other first, naturally). The most interesting scene takes place right away, as a Sicilian fisherman (uncredited Khoury) bravely insists to his companion (cowardly Orlando, also uncredited) that they must enter the sinking spaceship to locate any survivors; why in the world is Khoury&#8217;s noble character immediately discarded and forgotten? But, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s529million.html\">DVD Savant argues<\/a>, &#8220;a monster movie with a good monster is a good monster movie&#8221;, and one (perhaps) shouldn&#8217;t take the movie &#8220;to task for its cinematic deficiencies.&#8221; Perhaps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective &#8220;dynamation&#8221; by Ray Harryhausen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Dynamation-Baby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Dynamation-Baby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"437\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Dynamation-Baby.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Dynamation-Baby-128x70.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Dynamation-Baby-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good use of Rome locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Rome-bw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Rome-bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"437\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Rome-bw.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Rome-bw-128x70.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-Million-Miles-Rome-bw-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course it&#8217;s recommended for Harryhausen fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050084\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/24902\/20-million-miles-to-earth#articles-reviews?articleId=18631\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6882&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/ymir\/\">Bad Movies Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/20millionmilestoearth.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s529million.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/20-million-miles-to-earth\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why is it always, always, so costly for man to move from the present to the future?&#8221; Synopsis: When a spaceship crashes into the Mediterranean, two fishermen (George Khoury and Don Orlando) and a boy (Bart Braverman) rescue two of the passengers, of whom only one (William Hopper) survives. While a beautiful doctor-in-training (Joan Taylor) treats Hopper&#8217;s wounds, Braverman secretly sells a Venusian specimen that washed ashore to Taylor&#8217;s zoologist-grandfather (Frank Puglia) &#8212; but once the creature hatches, it soon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35472\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35472"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58001,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35472\/revisions\/58001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}