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The blob
Uniform Title
Blob (Motion picture : 1958)
Title
The blob / a Paramount release ; a Tonylyn production ; Valley Forge Films ; screenplay by Theodore Simonson and Kate Phillips ; produced by Jack H. Harris ; directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.
ISBN
9781604656992
1604656999
Edition
Blu-ray special ed.
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, ©2013.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
New digital restoration.
From an idea by Irvine H. Millgate.
Special features include: audio commentary by Jack H. Harris and Bruce Eder ; audio commentary by Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. and Robert Fields ; theatrical trailer ; gallery of stills, posters, props, and other ephemera ; insert with an essay by critic Kim Newman.
Director of photography, Thomas Spalding ; editor, Alfred Hillmann ; music, Ralph Carmichael.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Summary
A cult classic of gooey greatness. Follows the havoc on a Pennsylvania town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 91
Credits
Director of photography, Thomas Spalding ; editor, Alfred Hillmann ; music, Ralph Carmichael.
Cast
Steven McQueen, Aneta Corseaut [i.e. Corsaut], Earl Rowe, Olin Howlin, Stephen Chase, John Benson, Robert Fields, George Karas.
System details note
Blu-ray disc; region A; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation, PCM mono.; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC2235BD Image Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Action and adventure films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Adventure films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Valley Forge Films.
Tonylyn Productions.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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