In this remake of the 1956 cult classic, terror slowly and silently strikes San Francisco as the city is mysteriously covered by alien spores that produce strangely beautiful flowers. Unbeknownst to the people, the flowers are the bearers of alien pods that make a spiderlike webbing that captures their victims as they sleep and replicates their human form. Although they still look human, the victims are transformed into emotionless creatures by a strange race of aliens out to consume and control humanity--and only four people are left to stop them. Donald Sutherland stars as Matthew Bennel, a Department of Health inspector whose close friend and coworker Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) is overwhelmed by fear and paranoia when she begins to suspect her boyfriend, Geoffrey (Art Hindle), of no longer being human. Together, with their friends Jack (Jeff Goldblum) and Nancy (Veronica Cartwright), they are out to stop the bizarre alien invasion before they fall victim to the alien pods. Leonard Nimoy costars as Dr. David Kibner, a guru psychiatrist who might not be whom he seems. This haunting parable of human paranoia is a creepy glimpse of a city overrun with robotlike yuppies threatening to wipe out all of humankind. Sutherland gives a knockout performance as the leader of the last four humans left in San Francisco in this terrific blend of B-movie science fiction and modern terror.

A remake of the classic paranoid metaphor, this time it is yuppies who threaten to replace humankind with synthetic veggie-humans. See BODY SNATCHERS for yet another remake.

Look for a cameo appearance by Kevin McCarthy, star of the original film, still running through the streets, trying to escape.

Director Don Siegel also makes a cameo appearance as a taxi driver. Siegel directed the original 1956 version of the film.

Director Philip Kaufman appears as an impatient man banging on a telephone booth that Donald Sutherland is using.

Look for Robert Duvall as the priest on a swing.

The film includes several shots of the TransAmerica pyramid in San Francisco's skyline. At the time of the film's release, TransAmerica was the parent company of United Artists, the producers of the film.

DVD Features:

2-Disc Set
Region 1
Keep Case
Package Note: Lenticular
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround - English
Mono - French
Stereo - Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Disc 1: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - Widescreen
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Philip Kaufman - Director
Disc 2: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - Supplemental Material
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes: "Inside the Pods: Examining the Invasion" (3)
Featurette: "Re-visitors from Outer Space or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod"
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer

Distributor Notes: When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plansfor their earthly admirers: to slowly clone their bodiesand then dispose of the originals! "A first-rate suspense thriller" (Newsday), this sci-fi adventure is a "chilling" (Leonard Maltin), "dazzling" (The New York Times) and "stunning" (Cosmopolitan) thrill ride that will send your pulse rate soaring! From a brilliant screenplay by Academy Award® nominee* W.D. Richter, filmmaker Philip Kaufman directs an all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams and Leonard Nimoy. With its mesmerizing style and awe-inspiring special effects, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is "a classic of the genre" (New York Post) a terrifying tale that "literally chills the blood" (The Hollywood Reporter)!

Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Donald Sutherland: Canadian Actor
Brooke Adams: American actress, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
Veronica Cartwright: Film & television actress, THE BIRDS, ALIEN
Jeff Goldblum: American actor
Leonard Nimoy: American Actor/Director, STAR TREK
Art Hindle: American Supporting Actor
Lelia Goldoni: American Actress
Don Siegel: American Director/Editor

Philip Kaufman: Director/Screenwriter

Robert H. Solo: American Producer/Executive

W.D. Richter: Writer/ Director

Denny Zeitlin: Composer

Douglas Stewart: American Editor

"...Sheer heartbreak and visual spookiness....An elemental fable..." -- Rating: B+
"[D]isturbing."
"...A remake aimed at buffs familiar with the original in particular and film lore in general..."
"...[The film] not only matches the original in horrific tone and effect, but exceeds it in both conception and execution..."
"A skillful, moody, and understated remake of the Don Siegel classic."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] tense and compelling paranoid journey, standing in its own right as a damned good movie."