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The Resource Robinson Crusoe on Mars, a Paramount release; directed by Byron Haskin ; screenplay by Ib Melchior and John Higgins ; produced by Aubrey Schenck ; executive producer, Edwin F. Zabel ; a Schenck-Zabel production ; Paramount Pictures Corporation and Devonshire Pictures, Inc

Robinson Crusoe on Mars, a Paramount release; directed by Byron Haskin ; screenplay by Ib Melchior and John Higgins ; produced by Aubrey Schenck ; executive producer, Edwin F. Zabel ; a Schenck-Zabel production ; Paramount Pictures Corporation and Devonshire Pictures, Inc

Label
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Title
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Statement of responsibility
a Paramount release; directed by Byron Haskin ; screenplay by Ib Melchior and John Higgins ; produced by Aubrey Schenck ; executive producer, Edwin F. Zabel ; a Schenck-Zabel production ; Paramount Pictures Corporation and Devonshire Pictures, Inc
Title variation
Byron Haskin's Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey his only companion until he meets "Friday," an alien
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Winton C. Hoch ; art directors, Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan ; editor, Terry Morse ; music, Van Cleave ; production designer, Al Nozaki ; special effects, Butler-Glouner Inc., Lawrence W. Butler
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired
PerformerNote
Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, and The Woolly Monkey
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1908-1999
  • 1908-1995
  • 1899-1984
  • 1661?-1731
  • 1928-2017
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Schenck, Aubrey
  • Melchior, Ib
  • Higgins, John C.
  • Haskin, Byron
  • Mantee, Paul
  • Lundin, Victor
  • Defoe, Daniel
  • West, Adam
Runtime
110
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
404
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Defoe, Daniel
  • Defoe, Daniel
  • Shipwreck survival
  • Life on other planets
  • Astronauts
  • Monkeys
  • Feature films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Mars (Planet)
Technique
live action
Label
Robinson Crusoe on Mars, a Paramount release; directed by Byron Haskin ; screenplay by Ib Melchior and John Higgins ; produced by Aubrey Schenck ; executive producer, Edwin F. Zabel ; a Schenck-Zabel production ; Paramount Pictures Corporation and Devonshire Pictures, Inc
Link
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?Robinson+Crusoe+on+Mars+(1964)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on a story by Daniel Defoe
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Special features: 1994 audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin; excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay. Survival kit: "Destination: Mars": a new video featurette by Michael Lennick detailing the science and dreams behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars; new music video for Lundin's song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"; stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material; theatrical trailer. Booklet featuring a new essay by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick, Melchior's "Brief Yargorian dictionary" of original alien dialect, and a list of facts about Mars from his original screenplay
  • Videorecording
Accompanying material
1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Isbn
9781934121825
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515025621
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Publisher number
CC1712D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn156824545
  • OCoLC
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, 16:9 enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer, DVD-9, NTSC
Terms governing use
This DVD is copy protected.
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Robinson Crusoe on Mars, a Paramount release; directed by Byron Haskin ; screenplay by Ib Melchior and John Higgins ; produced by Aubrey Schenck ; executive producer, Edwin F. Zabel ; a Schenck-Zabel production ; Paramount Pictures Corporation and Devonshire Pictures, Inc
Link
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?Robinson+Crusoe+on+Mars+(1964)
Publication
Note
  • Based on a story by Daniel Defoe
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Special features: 1994 audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin; excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay. Survival kit: "Destination: Mars": a new video featurette by Michael Lennick detailing the science and dreams behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars; new music video for Lundin's song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"; stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material; theatrical trailer. Booklet featuring a new essay by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick, Melchior's "Brief Yargorian dictionary" of original alien dialect, and a list of facts about Mars from his original screenplay
  • Videorecording
Accompanying material
1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Isbn
9781934121825
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515025621
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Publisher number
CC1712D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn156824545
  • OCoLC
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, 16:9 enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer, DVD-9, NTSC
Terms governing use
This DVD is copy protected.
Video recording format
DVD

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