Robinson Crusoe on Mars
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.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 1994 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 featurette from 2007 by Michael Lennick detailing the science and dreams behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars
- Music video for Lundin’s song “Robinson Crusoe on Mars” from 2007
- Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material
- Theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An 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
New cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 1994 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 featurette from 2007 by Michael Lennick detailing the science and dreams behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars
- Music video for Lundin’s song “Robinson Crusoe on Mars” from 2007
- Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material
- Theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An 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
New cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
Cast
- Paul Mantee
- Commander Christopher “Kit” Draper
- Victor Lundin
- Friday
- Adam West
- Colonel Dan McReady
- Mona
- Barney, the Woolly Monkey
Credits
- Director
- Byron Haskin
- Screenplay
- Ib Melchior
- Screenplay
- John Higgins
- Based on a story by
- Daniel Defoe
- Producer
- Aubrey Schenck
- Executive producer
- Edwin F. Zabel
- Director of photography
- Winton C. Hoch
- Art direction
- Hal Pereira
- Art direction
- Arthur Lonergan
- Production design
- Al Nozaki
- Assistant directors
- Robert Goodstein
- Assistant directors
- Arthur Jacobson
- Makeup supervision
- Wally Westmore
- Makeup artist
- Bud Bashaw Jr.
- Technical advisor
- Edward V. Ashburn
- Editing
- Terry Morse
- Process photography
- Faciot Edouart
- Special effects by
- Butler-Glouner, Inc.
- Special effects by
- Lawrence W. Butler
- Sound recording by
- Harold Lewis
- Sound recording by
- John Wilkinson
- Music
- Van Cleave
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