Forbidden Planet

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film science fiction film

Forbidden Planet is a landmark 1956 science fiction film, loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s "The Tempest," renowned for its groundbreaking visual effects, electronic score, and the iconic robot character Robby.

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Label Occurrences
Forbidden Planet canonical 10
English title "Forbidden Planet" 1
advanced alien civilization the Krell 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
cinematographyBy George J. Folsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess Eastmancolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsConcept monsters from the id ⓘ
depictsTechnology Forbidden Planet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: advanced alien civilization the Krell
director Fred M. Wilcox NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Ferris Webster ⓘ
filmProcess CinemaScope ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
space opera ⓘ
hasCharacter Altaira Morbius ⓘ
Commander John J. Adams ⓘ
Doc Ostrow ⓘ
Dr. Edward Morbius ⓘ
Robby the Robot ⓘ
hasRobot Robby the Robot ⓘ
influenced later science fiction cinema ⓘ
inspiredBy The Tempest ⓘ
inspiredByAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Forbidden Planet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: English title "Forbidden Planet"
musicBy Bebe Barron ⓘ
Louis Barron ⓘ
narrativeBasis loose adaptation of The Tempest ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of a faster-than-light starship ⓘ
groundbreaking electronic music score ⓘ
iconic robot character Robby the Robot ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Nicholas Nayfack ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
publicationDate 1956 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 98 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Cyril Hume ⓘ
setInCentury 23rd century ⓘ
setInLocation planet Altair IV ⓘ
starring Anne Francis ⓘ
Jack Kelly ⓘ
Leslie Nielsen ⓘ
Walter Pidgeon ⓘ
Warren Stevens ⓘ
storyBy Allen Adler ⓘ
Irving Block ⓘ
visualEffectsBy A. Arnold Gillespie ⓘ
Irving G. Ries ⓘ

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Leslie Nielsen → notableWork → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
The Tempest → notableAdaptation → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Forbidden Planet" (loosely based)
Forbidden Planet → depictsTechnology → Forbidden Planet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: advanced alien civilization the Krell
Forbidden Planet → languageOfWorkOrName → Forbidden Planet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: English title "Forbidden Planet"
Walter Pidgeon → notableWork → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Anne Francis → notableWork → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Anne Francis → appearedIn → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Warren Stevens → notableWork → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Fred M. Wilcox → notableWork → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Fred M. Wilcox → workedOn → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Cyril Hume → notableWork → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Cyril Hume → wroteScreenplayFor → Forbidden Planet ⓘ
George J. Folsey → notableWork → Forbidden Planet ⓘ