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Robinson Crusoe On Mars R1 (Criterion Collection) - Haskin, Byron
Releasedatum: 18 september 2007
Special-effects wunderkind and genre master Byron Haskin (The War of the Worlds, The Outer Limits) won a place in the hearts of fantasy-film lovers everywhere with this gorgeously designed journey into the unknown.
When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper (Paul Mantee) must fight for survival, with a pet monkey seemingly his only companion. But is he alone?
Shot in vast Techniscope and blazing Technicolor, Robinson Crusoe on Mars is an imaginative and beloved techni-marvel of classic science fiction.

DVD Extra's:

Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and Robinson Crusoe on Mars historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin

Destination: Mars, a new video featurette by Michael Lennick detailing the science behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay

New music video for Victor Lundin's song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"

Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material

Theatrical trailer

A booklet featuring a new essay by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick, Melchior's "Brief Yargorian Dictionary" of original alien dialect, and a list of facts about Mars from his original screenplay

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