I saw this in 3D last night!!! (nm)
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tcm thursday night it was not in 3-D
shareThe one surviving 3-D print of the film was - when I saw the film - doing a tour of England. The film was projected, and Pere Ubu provided a muscial underscore. We were provided with 3-D specs and everything! I saw the film at Colston Hall in Bristol, tickets were twelve-ish pounds - about $20 I guess. It was well worth it!
It was absolutely brilliant!
And weirdly enough, I've never seen the film 'flat', I don't think I ever will. It was great to see it presented as it 'should have been'. If I watched the film 'flat', it would take something away from that night.
Hope this helped explain the queires above!
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I don't know how easy it is, but they must show it semi-regularly all over the world... maybe. Keep an eye out!
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I just wanted to let you know that there is another 3-D print of this movie. It's at The George Eastman House in Rochester New York. Eastman was the founder of Kodak. (based here in Rochester) The house has the most extensive collection of rare and silent films in the world. They are showing this and Creature From Black Lagoon on July 2nd. - both in 3-D.
shareI saw it (and CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON) tonight in Los Angeles. It was delightfully retro to wear the glasses and listen to the audience gasp and clap when objects seemed to float and things flew at the screen. A fine film, too.
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The film has been available to rent in the 3D format, in 16mm, for some time. A local college campus ran it one Halloween in 3D (admission was just a dollar) as part of their film series. (The theatre on the campus was built in the 1920s, has balconies and a glass skylight, so we had real stars overhead during the screening.) Having only seen this on TV before, it was a real treat to see it under these conditions. For those who remember collecting films in 8mm and Super 8 in the pre-vcr days of the 1970s, Universal sold an 18-20 minute digest of this film in 3D, through their Castle Films/Universal 8 home movie division. (They also released CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON like that, as well.) Occasionally these turn up on Ebay, as does a double feature trailer from when IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON played on a 3D double bill.
shareThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston is showing it in 3D this weekend, if anyone's interested.
shareViewing this film with the red/green glasses is a poor substitute for seeing it as it was originally shot requiring Polaroid type glasses.
shareYou are very fortunate to have seen it as its makers originally intended for audiences. It was one of the better movies made in the 3-D process at the time and it premiered in Hollywood at Grumman’s Chinese Theater on May of 1953. For that special-run, large foam boulders were rigged out of sight above the screen and released at the moment of the first big 3-D effect when the Alien ship crashes and triggers the landslide.
You can imagine the fun, surprise, shock and even some anger patrons experienced seeing 3-D for the first time!
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I was lucky enough to happen upon a showing of it in 3D at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in the early 1980's. I had already seen the film on Savannah's WTOC All Nightmare Movie and almost skipped it. Lucky I didn't, the film uses 3D the way it should be. Yes, the opening title shot where the meteor veers right into the audience is great but mostly it uses the 3D to give depth to the scenes. Making you feel exposed and alone knowing the threat is out there...somewhere.
With the advent of cheep high tech 3D for home use I would love to see a DVD release of this film.
The Tampa Theater showed the 3D version yesterday as part of their Summer Classics series. The 3D depth perception in the background was excellent but their was not much use of breaking the 4th wall and having the 3D project into the audience. Leonard Maltin mentions this in his annual guide, as well. Still the 3D enhanced the viewing, added some laughs, of what is really a dull 1950s Sci-Fi flick.
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I saw it tonight on a double bill with "Creature from the Black Lagoon." Both were in 3-D.
I live in the desert, and there were lines in the movie that got huge laughs that anyone living anywhere else would not even think were funny. One I remember was about the most murders being committed when it was 92 degrees. Hot enough to make you irritable, but any hotter and you wouldn't have the energy to care enough. Somethink like that...
Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle "Dixie"?
NiceGuyTommy, did you see it at the Music Box in Chicago? I saw it there last night. I thought it was an awesome movie -- especially in 3D!!! It reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode with its thought-provoking conclusion. I thought it was going to be another stereotypical 50's alien movie, but I was proven wrong.
shareI saw it in 3_D last night at the Castro in San Francisco. It was the final night of their week-long 3-D Fest. I had never seen it before in other than flat format and it was great fun seeing the rocks pouring out of the screen! It was double-billed with "Cat Women of the Moon," which is so bad that it shouldn't be missed (how about a Sonny Tufts Festival). LoL.
To complete the program, "Spooks," a 16 minute short with the Three Stooges (one of two 3-D shorts with the Stooges) was shown. It was hilarious and they were tossing everything but the kitchen sink at the audience!
This film is available on 3D on DVD - you just need to know where to look. Back in the 80s it was released in Field Sequential 3D on VHD (a failed format that was only in Japan). There were about 10 movies for it, and if you look around, you can find them transferred to VHS or DVD!
shareThe old 3D was so much more fun than today's 3D, especially the computer enhanced 3D that's a joke and a rip off! I Have seen The Creature from The Black Lagoon and House of Wax in 3D back in the 70's/80's, they had excellent 3D effects. I wish they would give the (good) old 3D movies a theatrical re-issue.
shareHopefully coming.
The first two 3d blu-ray coming are "Dial M for Murder" and "The Creature from the Black Lagoon". This is one of the titles that has been shown regularly in 3d so there is hope.
'It Came From Outer Space' and 'Creature From The Black Lagoon' were released in 3D on super 8mm in abridged forms. They were quite impressive projected on to a 12ft wide screen.