Quatermass and the Pit ( Five Million Years to Earth ) ( The Mind Benders (Quarter mass & the Pit) )

Quatermass and the Pit (Blu-Ray) (*)

$30.99

Original Title: Five Million Years to Earth
Alternate Title: The Mind Benders (Quarter mass & the Pit)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roy Ward Baker

Written By:
Nigel Kneale

Actors:
James Donald ..... Dr. Mathew Roney
Andrew Keir ..... Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Barbara Shelley ..... Barbara Judd
Julian Glover ..... Colonel Breen
Duncan Lamont ..... Sladden
Bryan Marshall ..... Captain Potter
Peter Copley ..... Howell
Edwin Richfield ..... Minister
Grant Taylor ..... Police Sergeant Ellis
Maurice Good ..... Sergeant Cleghorn
Robert Morris ..... Jerry Watson
Sheila Steafel ..... Journalist
Hugh Futcher ..... Sapper West
Hugh Morton ..... Elderly Journalist
Thomas Heathcote ..... Vicar

Synopsis:

Hobbs End, Knightsbridge, London. Whilst working on a new subway tunnel for the London Underground a group of construction workers uncover a strangely shaped skull amongst the rubble. Nearby is another discovery: a large, mysterious and impenetrable metal object. Initially mistaken for an unexploded bomb the origins of the object and its strange power are far more horrific and terrifying than anybody could have possibly imagined. Is it of this earth? Could it be the ancestral link to mankind's evolution? Or could it be an ancient link to unleashing ultimate evil? There's only one man capable of unravelling the clues, his name is Professor Bernard Quatermass, a man of science who thrives on the dark mysteries of the world, a man with answers.
Written by legendary screenwriter Nigel Kneale, Quatermass and The Pit is a seminal British sci-fi classic. Highly influential, it's renowned for its creepy plot and eerie, disturbing atmosphere. There is nothing else like it.

Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at first believed to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quartermass. When the interior of the 'missile' is exposed, a dead locust-like creature that resembles the devil is found. It is determined by Quartermass that these 'locusts' are evil Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quartermass's suspicion that the missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all hell breaks loose.

In London, while digging in the Hobb's End Underground Station, the workers find a skull and skeleton in the excavation. Dr. Mathew Roney and his assistant Barbara Judd research the findings and believe that the skull belongs to a prehistoric ape man. When they find an unknown indestructible metal, the army is summoned and Colonel Breen believes that the metal is actually a V-2 German missile from the World War II. However, Professor Bernard Quatermass believes that it is a spacecraft from Mars. Quatermass and Roney find a plan from the Martians to invade Earth affecting the earthlings but the skeptical Colonel Breen does not accept their theory.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 25 May, 2012.

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