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There was resurgence of interest in science fiction films with a "space adventure" theme in the 1970s. Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, both released in 1977, contained a mystical element reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The space discoveries of the 1970s created a growing sense of marvel about the universe that was ...
Contains a segment set in the International Space Station. 2023 The Challenge [1] [3] [4] Russia: Widely reported by media sources as the first feature-length movie filmed in space. Unlike Return from Orbit, the film's director and lead actress actually filmed in space, for a period of twelve days. Scenes were shot aboard the International ...
The Broadway Melody, first ever musical film. Also the first sound film and first musical to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Happy Days is the first feature film to be shown entirely in widescreen anywhere in the world. It was filmed using the Fox Grandeur 70 mm process. [50] Glorifying the American Girl, the first film with sound to swear.
This indie feature made great use of Washington’s Olympic National Park to replicate the environment of a hostile alien moon. ... The first non-musical Muppets film was a touching tale of Gonzo ...
Fire Maidens from Outer Space: 1956 [136] First Men in the Moon: 1964: The First Men in the Moon [137] First Spaceship on Venus: 1962 [138] Flash Gordon (serial) 1936: Flash Gordon [139] Flash Gordon: 1980: Flash Gordon [10] Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (serial) 1940: Flash Gordon [140] Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (serial) 1938: Flash ...
(The exception are the films on the made-for-TV list, which are normally not released to a cinema audience.) This includes silent film –era releases, serial films , and feature-length films. All of the films include core elements of science fiction , but can cross into other genres such as drama , mystery , action , horror , fantasy , and ...
Philip K. Scheuer of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film was "more than another science-fiction movie, with the emphasis on fiction; it is a genuinely thought-through concept of the future, and the production MGM has bestowed on it gives new breadth and dimension to that time-worn phrase, 'out of this world.'" [28] John McCarten of The ...
The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. In 1991, it was selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2022, 2001: A Space Odyssey placed in the top ten of Sight & Sound ' s decennial critics' poll, and topped their directors' poll.