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The Beast From 20,000 Fathom / Them! (Double Feature) DVD

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  • Additional Details
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 171 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
  • Language: English
  • Studio: Warner Brothers
  • DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Closed Captioning: Yes
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
  • Director: Gordon Douglas, Eugene Lourie
  • Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
  • Genre: Science Fiction
  • Color: Black & White
  • Includes:
    Them!
    Featurettes
    Giant Monsters Trailer Gallery

    The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
    Behind the Scenes Archive Footage on How to Operate Giant Ants
    Bug movies Production Notes
    Theatrical Trailer
    French Language Track
  • Release Date: 1953, 1954
Humanity has split the atom, unleashing a new era of science - an era that would also unleash monstrous celluloid rampages. An A-bomb test in the Arctic awakens The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953), and it makes New York City its stomping ground in the movie (based on a story by Ray Bradbury) that launched a string of Atomic Age creature features. One of the best of those cautionary yarns is Them! (1954) Radiation-mutated ants - 12 feet long and capable of lifting tons - become giant problems for James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, James Arness and all of Los Angeles. They're big. They're bad. They've got a serious attitude problem. You won't find a can of bug spray big enough to stop 'em!

Expert Review:
Before there was Godzilla, there was the rhedosaurus of "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms". A surprisingly short film, "Beast" comes out of the gate running, getting straight to the point with nary any formalities. A special effects bonanza as well (thanks to Ray Harryhausen), the abundance of monster carnage married with the brisk pace makes this one endlessly re-watchable. By Mark Pellegrini of Adventures in Poor Taste

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