(556) PLANET OF STORMS 'Saga' (1962-1965-1968) Classic SciFi
4387DVD
The
Legendary SciFi Saga
The Original Russian Version and Two
American-made Revisions
FILM
1 PLANETA BUR
[Planet of Storms] (1962)
director: Pavel Klushantsev
starring: Vladimir Kazantsev · Pavel Klush-Antsev · Gennadi
Vernov · Kyunna Ignatova
FILM
2 VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET
(1965)
director:
Curtis Harrington (as John Sebastian)
starring: Basil Rathbone · Faith Domergue · Marc Shannon
· Christopher Brand
[in original performers archived footage] Vladimir Kazantsev ·
Pavel Klush-Antsev · Gennadi Vernov
FILM
3 VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC
WOMEN (1968)
director: Peter
Bogdanovich (as Derek Thomas)
starring: Mamie Van Doren
· Mary Marr
· Paige Lee
· Margot Hartman
[in original performers archived footage] Vladimir Kazantsev ·
Pavel Klush-Antsev · Gennadi Vernov
In
the original 1962 Russian film, Planeta Bur [Planet of Storms],
cosmonauts with a robot named Johnny land on the planet Venus and discover
a prehistoric world. This version is finally available uncut with English
subtitles.
Three years later, the movie was released in the United States in an
edited and dubbed version as Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet.
All evidence of actress Kyunna Ignatova had been removed and replaced
with newly shot footage of American actress Faith Domergue playing the
same role. For this version, the commander of the space operation is
Professor Hartman played by veteran British actor Basil Rathbone. He
oversees the action and provides guidance from his position on space
ship Luna 7.
Then,
the original (now English dubbed) Russian film was again re-edited -
this time by director Peter Bogdanovich with the help of producer Roger
Corman - and released as The Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric
Women in 1968. For this second USA version, all shots of Faith Domergue
and Basil Rathbone were removed, replaced with newly dubbed footage
with the cast from the OG film. New insert footage was shot with Mamie
Van Doren and other buxom actresses playing the prehistoric women of
Venus. Peter Bogdanovich also did the narration as if her were one of
the Cosmonauts telling the story in flashback.
Three
complete films in one extended DVD; the first is in Russian language with
English subtitles
while the second and third are in English language. Each is fullscreen
format (4:3),
uncut (total 254 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC,
playable on any American machine.
