The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Jack Arnold

Escritores:

Richard Matheson (screenplay)
Richard Matheson (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

abril 1957 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

Almost beyond the imagination . . . A strange adventure into the unknown ! [UK Theatrical]

Plot:

Whe Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.

Plot Keywords:

Insecticide | Cat | Cellar | Spider | Giant Spider

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Thoughtful Sci-Fi

Reparto

Grant Williams	...	Scott Carey
Randy Stuart	...	Louise Carey
April Kent	...	Clarice
Paul Langton	...	Charlie Carey
Raymond Bailey	...	Doctor Thomas Silver
William Schallert	...	Doctor Arthur Bramson
Frank J. Scannell	...	Barker (as Frank Scannell)
Helene Marshall	...	Nurse
Diana Darrin	...	Nurse
Billy Curtis	...	Midget
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Lock Martin	...	Giant (scenes deleted)

También conocida como:

El hombre increíble (Venezuela) [es]
El increíble hombre menguante (Spain) [es]

Duración:

81 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Spain:T | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | USA:Passed | West Germany:12 | Sweden:15

Compañía:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivialidades:

Scott Carey's closing soliloquy was added to the script by director Jack Arnold.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Scott and Louise are talking with the doctor and she remembers the day they were in the boat and he mentions the mist, Louise's shirt changes to black as they get into the car.

Citas:

Clarice: Maybe the best way to begin is to start thinking about the future.
Scott Carey: A future? In a world of giants?
Clarice: Hmm. I've lived with them all my life. Oh, Scott, for people like you and me the world can be a wonderful place. The sky is as blue as it is for the giants. The friends are as warm.
Scott Carey: I wish I could believe that.
Clarice: You've got to believe that, don't you?

Conexiones de Película:

References Written on the Wind (1956)

Thoughtful Sci-Fi

Instead of the typical blood and gore screaming sensationalism of many 1950s sci-fi films, this is an amazingly well thought-out film that is underplayed and even philosophical.

There are some amusing moments in the film, such as when we discover Scott in a dollhouse, but much of the story is handled seriously -- the topics of being different, surviving in an unsympathetic world, crass commercialism, and loneliness are well portrayed.

The theme of the film is what is really amazing. Despite the rather schlocky title, we are given a view of humanity's place in the universe. The final sequence is an imaginative portrait of the balance between the macrocosm and the microcosm.

The film is more than it first appears. Definitely see this one.