Shakespeare gets the deluxe space treatment in Forbidden Planet, an adaptation of The Tempest with impressive sets and seamless special effects.
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Forbidden Planet

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Director -
Fred M. Wilcox -
Producer -
Nicholas Nayfack -
Screenwriter -
William Shakespeare , Irving Block , Cyril Hume -
Distributor -
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Criterion Collection -
Production Co -
Metro Goldwyn Mayer -
Rating -
G -
Genre -
Sci-Fi -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Mar 15, 1956, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 25, 2008 -
Runtime -
1h 38m