Battle of the Worlds (1961)

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Planet of the Lifeless Men

Tagline(s):	To Earth People It Means 80 Days To Live!
	SEE Earth's Space Ships in death battle [sic.] with flying saucers from an enemy planet!
	A HOSTILE PLANET...from outer space hurtles toward earth [sic.] on a COLLISION COURSE!
	Astounding! Awesome! Fantastic!!
	A Prophetic Motion Picture 100 Years ahead of Its Time!
	RIDE...with heroic astronauts to destroy the intruder from outer space!
	LIVE...earth's [sic.] desperate last hours...wracked by typhoons...hurricanes...and tidal waves!
	SEARCH...the mysterious depths of an enemy planet for its awesome power!

Nomination Year: 2010

SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious meteor looks like it's about to collide with Earth, they call upon the world's most irascible and conceited scientist to save it. That is, if he doesn't end up siding with the aliens in what turns out to be an asteroid-sized spaceship.

Bryan Cassidy

Smithee Award Nominations

"Wanna Run That By Me Again?"
Three Kinds of Clip Piss Me Off Most, and This Is One They have a strange talk, which ends in, "From now on, we can only afford to rely on one thing." And that would be...??? He never elaborates! Shades of Rudy Ray Moore.

Worst Special Effect
Typhoons! Hurricanes! SMOG! "The Outsider is closing in..." And unleashes a plague of Stock Footage on us!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Antonio Margheriti	AKA Anthony [M.] Dawson. Directed Italian sci-fi and fantasy low-budget flicks, including several Smithee films.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Claude Rains	Professor Benson	Famous classic-era actor probably best known for his roles as Captain Louis Renault in Casablanca and the title role in The Invisible Man, he was nominated for four Oscars. Mentioned by name in the theme song of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Bill Carter	Cmdr. Bob Cole
Umberto Orsini	Dr. Fred Steele	Jean in the Emanuelle series and Herbert Thallman in The Damned.
Maya Brent	Eve Barnett
Jacqueline Derval	Cathy Cole
Renzo Palmer	Barrington	Mr. Hammond in Danger: Diabolik; was Napoleon in a 1973 TV miniseries "Napoleone a Sant'Elena;" and the Conte di Cavour on "Verdi."
Carlo D'Angelo	General Varreck	Portrayed Fernand Lamas in Secret Agent Super Dragon and the Governor of Utah in The Great Silence.


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