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Title: Forbidden Planet Releases
Starring: Walter Pidgeon
Released: 14th November 2006
SRP: $26.99 & $59.92
Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announce the upcoming 50th anniversary 2-disc special edition and ultimate edition of Forbidden Planet for 14th November 2006. The movie has been transfered from fully restored film and audio for these new widescreen releases, with a remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 track.
The 2-disc edition will retail for $26.99 and will feature four hours of special features including a commentary, additional scenes, two follow-up vehicles starring Robby the Robot and three documentaries. "Also of special note is the lost footage, which features preliminary takes of various special effects including the space ship and interior and exteriors. Very few people knew of the existence of footage, which, since the '50s, had bounced around to various stock houses and vaults, simply marked as The Saucer Footage. Star Wars special effects artist Dennis Muran, who had learned of the footage in the '70s, brought it to the attention of WHV which finally tracked it down in New York City."
The ultimate edition will go for $59.92 and includes everything in the 2-disc as well as a collectable Robby the Robot replica with moveable limbs, Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy reproduction lobby cards portfolio, and a Forbidden Planet original theatrical poster mail-in offer.
