The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay)

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film script science fiction screenplay screenplay

The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay) is a classic 1950s science fiction film script by Richard Matheson about a man who mysteriously begins to shrink, exploring themes of identity, survival, and existential dread.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film script ⓘ
science fiction screenplay ⓘ
screenplay ⓘ
author Richard Matheson ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Richard Matheson ⓘ
conflictType man versus nature ⓘ
man versus self ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era Cold War era science fiction ⓘ
explores changing sense of self ⓘ
fear of the unknown ⓘ
human vulnerability ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasMotif loss of control ⓘ
man versus environment ⓘ
scale and perspective ⓘ
influencedBy mid-20th-century anxieties about science and technology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle speculative fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter a man who mysteriously begins to shrink ⓘ
mainTheme existential dread ⓘ
identity ⓘ
survival ⓘ
narrativeFocus physical shrinking of the protagonist ⓘ
psychological impact of transformation ⓘ
period 1950s ⓘ
portrays existential crisis ⓘ
isolation of the protagonist ⓘ
struggle for survival at diminishing scale ⓘ
protagonistGender male ⓘ
setting contemporary United States (1950s) ⓘ
structure linear narrative ⓘ
targetMedium feature film ⓘ
theme adaptation to extreme change ⓘ
insignificance of the individual in the universe ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
tone dark ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ

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Richard Matheson → wrote → The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay) ⓘ
The Shrinking Man → adaptedAs → The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Shrinking Man → hasAlternateEditionTitle → The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Incredible Shrinking Man
Universal-International Pictures → notableWork → The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Incredible Shrinking Man
Herman Stein → workedOn → The Incredible Shrinking Man (screenplay) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Incredible Shrinking Man