Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST is transformed in this landmark science-fiction film. Spacemen travel to a planet ruled by Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), who has built a kingdom with his daughter and obedient robot Robby. The good doctor is plagued by his mad quest for knowledge through his "brain booster" machine, and by Freudian "monsters from the id" as his daughter discovers other men and learns to kiss.

Color by Eastmancolor. Shot in CinemaScope.

"Electronic tonalities" by Louis and Bebe Barron.

Joshua Meador, who worked on the special effects team, was loaned to MGM by Walt Disney Productions.

The story is loosely based on Shakespeare's classic play "The Tempest."

Rated BBFC U by the British Board of Film Censors.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Pan & Scan - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Dual Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Additional Products:

FORBIDDEN PLANET

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Pan & Scan - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Dual Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Additional Products:
8-Page Booklet
8-Page Booklet

Walter Pidgeon: Canadian actor, MADAME CURIE, MRS. MINIVER
Anne Francis: Actress, HONEY WEST
Leslie Nielsen: Author, "Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Book"
Warren Stevens: American Actor
Earl Holliman: American Actor
Jack Kelly: American Actor/"Bart Maverick"
Richard Anderson: American Film and Television Actor, SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
George D. Wallace: B-Movie Actor
James Drury: TV Actor/"Virginian"
Harry Harvey: Character actor, KING OF THE SIERRAS/FORBIDDEN PLANET
Bob Dix: 
Jimmie Thompson: 

Fred M. Wilcox: American Director

Nicholas Nayfack: 

Cyril Hume: Screenwriter

Bebe Barron: 
Louis Barron: 

George Folsey: Editor, PLEDGE THIS! (2006)
Ferris Webster: 

"...Sci-fi classic....[Nielsen does] a man's-gotta-do-what-a-man's-gotta-do..." -- Rating: A-
"Filmed in CinemaScope and color and given a lofty sci-fi budget for its day....[A] perennially popular outer space variation on Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST..."
"[A]n irresistible blend of the sublime and the silly....[With] magnificent galazy scapes...[and[ colorful futuristic interiors..."
5 stars out of 5 -- "FORBIDDEN PLANET is a feast for the eyes....This definitive Science Fiction movie has really never looked better..."
"Over 50 years on, FORBIDDEN PLANET still looks like the future....An oddity that would change the face of science-fiction on film."