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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers: Collector's Edition DVD

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  • Additional Details
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: PG
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Run Time: 157 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Studio: MGM/UA
  • DVD Release Date: August 7, 2007
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Audio:
    ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
    SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
    FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
  • Director: Philip Kaufman
  • Cast: Donald Sutherland,Brooke Adams,Leonard Nimoy,Veronica Cartwright
  • Genre: Science Fiction
  • Color: Color
  • Includes:
    Commentary by Director Philip Kaufman
    Re-Visitors From Outer Space, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Pod Featurette
    Practical Magic: The Special Effects Pod Featurette
    The Man Behind The Scream: The Sound Effects Pod Featurette
    The Invasion Will Be Televised: The Cinematography Pod Featurette
    Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Release Date: 1978
Rather than suffer from remake-itis, this 1978 spin on the 1956 classic of Cold War paranoia stands on its own merits nicely. Donald Sutherland plays a Department of Health inspector who discovers alien pods that are cloning humans, and soon San Francisco is being overrun with emotionless duplicates of its former residents. Where the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" played on fears of Communism, this '70s remake could be taken as a metaphor for yuppies and gentrification. No matter -- it's a chilling, suspenseful horror film that will stay with you long after the end credits have run.

Expert Review:
From time to time, a remake is just plain better than the original. Such is the case with the 1978 version of "Body Snatchers". Whereas the original was good, this incarnation succeeds in taking everything that didn't quite work and improving upon it (particularly the ending). There's a wider cast of characters and a more epic sense of stakes as the pod people run rampent across the country. Some trippy 70s filmmaking artifacts date the flick, but in a good way. By Mark Pellegrini of Adventures in Poor Taste

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