Douglas Brode

Fantastic Planets, Forbidden Zones, and Lost Continents

The 100 Greatest Science-Fiction Films

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Produktbeschreibung

With revelations for even the most avid fans, here are the one hundred greatest sci-fi films of all time, from today's blockbusters such as Guardians of the Galaxy and Gravity to forgotten classics and overlooked gems

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781477330760
• ISBN-10: 1477330763
• Artikelnr.: 70352096

Autorenporträt

By Douglas Brode

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* The List: The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Films
* A Trip to the Moon/Le voyage dans la lune (1902)
* Metropolis (1927)
* Woman in the Moon/Frau im Mond (1929)
* Just Imagine (1930)
* Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
* Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
* Island of Lost Souls (1932)
* Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and The Black Cat (1934)
* The Invisible Man (1933)
* Things to Come (1936)
* Flash Gordon (1936), Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars (1938), and Flash
Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
* Dr. Cyclops (1940)
* Destination Moon (1950) and Conquest of Space (1955)
* The Thing from Another World (1951)
* The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
* Invaders from Mars (1953)
* The War of the Worlds (1953)
* The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and Them! (1954)
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Mysterious Island (1961)
* Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
* This Island Earth (1955)
* 1984 (1956)
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
* Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
* Forbidden Planet (1956)
* Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
* The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
* The Blob (1958)
* The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959), On the Beach (1959), and
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
* The Time Machine (1960)
* Village of the Damned (1960) and The Day of the Triffids (1963)
* The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
* The Birds (1963)
* The Last Man on Earth (1964)
* Alphaville/Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
* The Satan Bug (1965)
* Seconds (1966)
* Fantastic Voyage (1966)
* Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
* Five Million Years to Earth/Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
* 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
* Barbarella (1968)
* Planet of the Apes (1968)
* Night of the Living Dead (1968)
* Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
* THX 1138 (1971)
* Solaris/Solyaris (1972)
* Fantastic Planet/La planète sauvage (1973)
* Westworld (1973) and Futureworld (1976)
* Sleeper (1973)
* Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars Episode V: The
Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the
Jedi (1983)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
* Time After Time (1979)
* Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986)
* Escape from New York (1981)
* Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
* Heavy Metal (1981)
* The Thing (1982)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
* Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(1986), and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
* Blade Runner (1982)
* Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind/Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
* The Terminator (1984)
* Back to the Future (1985)
* Cocoon (1985)
* The Fly (1986)
* Predator (1987)
* RoboCop (1987)
* The Abyss (1989)
* Total Recall (1990)
* Jurassic Park (1993)
* Stargate (1994)
* Strange Days (1995)
* Twelve Monkeys (1995)
* Open Your Eyes/Abre los ojos (1997)
* The Fifth Element (1997)
* Men in Black (1997)
* The Truman Show (1998)
* The Matrix (1999)
* Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars Episode II:
Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of
the Sith (2005)
* Space Cowboys (2000)
* A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Minority Report (2002)
* Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
* V for Vendetta (2005)
* Children of Men (2006)
* Transformers (2007)
* WALL-E (2008)
* Avatar (2009)
* Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
* District 9 (2009)
* Inception (2010)
* TRON: Legacy (2010)
* Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
* Cloud Atlas (2012)
* The Avengers (2012)
* Man of Steel (2013)
* Gravity (2013)
* The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
* Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
* Appendices
* General Index
* Film Index