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scientist) Dr. Karl Eckstrom rushing to recalculate fuel mixtures after their initial propulsion problems. When they come up with different figures, expedition leader Eckstrom insists they must proceed using his numbers. Van Horn objects to this arbitrary decision, but submits, and Eckstrom forgives her for "momentarily being a woman". Subsequent events prove Eckstrom's "arbitrary decision" to be wrong, placing them all in jeopardy.
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As the RX-M nears Earth, the three survivors (Graham, Van Horn, with the unconscious Chamberlain) calculate that they have no fuel to make a landing. Col. Graham contacts their base and reports their dire status to Dr. Fleming, who listens intently and wordlessly over headphones. Col. Graham's report
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involving the interaction between the RX-M's sole female crew member, scientist Dr. Lisa Van Horn, her male crew, the launch site staff, and the press corps provide cultural insights into early 1950s sexist attitudes toward women. One notable scene involves Van Horn and expedition leader (and fellow
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The CD version of the soundtrack was released in 2012 and was produced by Monstrous Movie Music (MMM-1965) in an edition limited to 1000 copies. The CD's 16-page illustrated booklet contains extensive information about the film score, which includes pages from Grofé's original hand-written score and
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scene, which has tiny matted-in figures leaving an obviously painted RX-M, is retained instead of the Williams' re-shot replacement scene that has the five explorers heading away from a convincing RX-M effects miniature standing on a barren Martian plain. A new bridging scene, set at the end of the
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The new replacement shots consist of the RX-M flying through space; it landing tail first on the Red Planet; a different shot of the crew heading away from the RX-M to explore the stark Martian surface; the surviving explorers quickly returning to their nearby spaceship, and the RX-M later blasting
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The five Mars explorers wear U.S. military surplus clothing, including overalls and aviator's leather jackets. It has been noted in other film reviews that the explorers are wearing gas masks, but gas masks would include goggles to protect the eyes. Due to the thin Martian atmosphere, the explorers
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magazine. The interior structure of the spaceship's larger second stage is shown as having a long ladder that the crew must climb; it runs "up" through the RX-M's fuel compartment, which has on all sides a series of narrow fuel tanks filled with various propulsion chemicals. By selecting and mixing
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A point is made in dialog that the RX-M is carrying more than "double" the amount of rocket fuel and oxygen needed to make a successful round trip and landing on the Moon; while impractical for various reasons, this detail becomes a convenient, then necessary plot device in making the later Mars
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in portions of the score. This was the first use of an electronic musical instrument in a science fiction film. The theremin would later become strongly identified with the genre in the years to come. During the film's post-production, Grofé's score was conducted by film and TV composer/arranger
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to place the RX-M into Earth orbit. Its speed at an altitude of 360 miles is stated to be 3,400 mph (1.5 km/s); in fact at that height orbital velocity is 18,783 mph (8.397 km/s) (though escape velocity is approximately correctly stated to be 25,000 mph (11 km/s)).
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tribesmen attack, throwing large rocks and stone axes. Armed with only a revolver and a bolt-action rifle, the explorers defend themselves, purposely missing the primitives. Major Corrigan is killed by a large rock thrown by the primitives. Moments later, Dr. Eckstrom is killed by a stone axe.
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acceleration causes the crew pass out. Reviving days later, they quickly discover that they have traveled some 50,000,000 miles; the RX-M is now just 50,000 miles away from Mars. Dr. Karl Eckstrom is forced to "pause and observe respectfully while something infinitely greater assumes control".
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storm, their engines suddenly quit. Recalculating fuel ratios and swapping around their multiple, different fuels corrects the problem, supposedly allowing continuing to the Moon. When the engines are reignited, the RX-M careens out of control on a rapid heading beyond the Moon. The increased
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With less than 15 minutes to go until launch, the RX-M's crew are still in the midst of a leisurely press conference being held at a base building. From its launch pad, the RX-M blasts straight up, and once it leaves the Earth's atmosphere, the ship makes a hard
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is not heard, but Fleming's subtle reactions tells of the crew's odyssey, their discovery of a once advanced civilization destroyed long ago by atomic war, and of the crew fatalities at the hands of Martian descendants reverted to
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Col. Graham and Dr. Van Horn embrace as the RX-M begins its uncontrolled descent, consoling one another in the moments left to them. Through a porthole, they bravely watch their rapid descent into the wilds of
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releases incorporate this re-shot footage. Williams funded the production of new footage to replace the stock V-2 shots and a few missing scenes. All new footage was produced for Wade Williams Productions by
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Finding cave refuge, the crew notice in the distance the primitive human descendants of that civilization emerging from behind boulders and creeping toward them. Amazed, Dr. Eckstrom comments "From
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locations than creating the airless and cratered surface of the Moon. The location where the crew exits the spacecraft and begins to explore is Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park.
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contains extra bonus material documenting the making of the film and the creation of this new footage.) The film's production and the making of these new scenes were also presented in
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winner Robert Skotak. Costumes were re-made that closely replicated those worn by the film's explorers, and a new, screen accurate Rocketship X-M effects miniature was built.
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them together in various proportions, different levels of thrust are attainable from the RX-M's engines. The crew ladder ends at a round pressure hatch in the middle of a
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in color, then converted to black-and-white and re-tinted where necessary to match the original film footage. (Unlike the DVD release, the earlier LaserdDisc of
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Navigator Chamberlain is badly injured by a large thrown rock. Colonel Graham, Dr. Van Horn, and Chamberlain finally make their way back to the ship.
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was quickly shot in just 18 days on a $ 94,000 budget; it was then rushed into theaters 25 days before the Pal film, while taking full advantage of
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Image's 50th Anniversary DVD release (2000), under license from Williams, is oddly missing two of his re-filmed Mars scenes: Lippert's original
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the film's Red Planet sequence, adding the horror of an atomic war having occurred on Mars; his name does not appear in the film credits.
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Given the film's minimal special effects budget and limited shooting days, the surface of Mars was much easier to simulate using remote
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due to the low oxygen levels, begin exploring the desolate surface. They come across physical evidence of a now dead advanced Martian
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expedition gone awry. Through a series of unforeseen events, the expedition's crew find themselves on the infamous red planet,
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registers dangerous radiation levels, keeping them well away. These dangerous levels make it clear that there was once an
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stands as an important episode in that show's history, showcasing iconic set redesigns as well as the introduction of
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through the lens of science fiction; these became recurrent themes in many 1950s science fiction films that followed.
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The RX-M's design was taken from rocket illustrations that appeared in an article in the January 17, 1949 issue of
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Mars sequence, showing the surviving explorers hurriedly returning to the RX-M, is also missing from Image's DVD.
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as Dr. Lisa Van Horn (Ph.D. in Chemistry and developer of the unique "mon-atomic hydrogen" fuels which power RX-M)
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film exhibitor, movie theater owner (and later video distributor) Wade Williams, who set about having some of
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are actually wearing military "Oxygen Breathing Apparatuses" (OBA) like those used by military firefighters.
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The RX-M safely passes through the Martian atmosphere and lands. The next morning the crew, clad in aviation
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are still stored in Williams' Kansas City film vaults. They have not been converted to a home video format.
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The film was featured in the second-season premiere episode of the cult film-lampooning television series
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Instruments and technical equipment were supplied by Allied Aircraft Company of North Hollywood.
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launches and flight to complete some sequences that otherwise would have been made using the
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Simultaneously with that turn, the crew cabin rotates within the RX-M's hull, around its
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special effects miniature. These V-2 inserts created very noticeable continuity issues.
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was rushed to market to be in theaters before the more lavishly produced but delayed
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to their long-running performance roles as Tom Servo and TV's Frank, respectively.
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aboard the RX-M (Rocketship Expedition-Moon) on humanity's first expedition to the
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that was finally released 25 days later. A lack of both time and budget forced
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on both eyes. She screams upon hearing their oxygen mask-distorted voices. The
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The RX-M's jettisoned first stage, with its engine still firing, and a later
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off from Mars into space. These six replacement shots were filmed near
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The film's original 1950 theatrical release prints had all Mars scenes
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Keep Watching the Skies: American Science Fiction Films of the Fifties
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floor that leads to the crew's upper living and control compartment.
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scenes reshot in order to improve the film's overall continuity. The
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Lippert's feature was the first film drama to explore the dangers of
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Various scientific curiosities and errors are seen during the film:
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s producers to omit special effects scenes and substitute
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magazine and later expanded in the first issue (1979) of
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Because production issues had delayed the release of
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Four men and a woman blast into outer space from the
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Kurt Neumann
Orville H. Hampton
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Robert L. Lippert
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John Emery
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Hugh O'Brian
Morris Ankrum
Karl Struss
Harry Gerstad
Ferde Grofé
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