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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN. EAN: 0025192603822 Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Universal Studios Languages: Manufacturer: Universal Studios MPN: 61026038 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 24, 2008 Running Time: 102 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 1969 Editorial Review: Product Description: Sci-fi adventure and suspense has never been more exciting or intense as when you Journey to the Far Side of the Sun! One hundred years in the future two astronauts are sent to uncover the secrets of a "duplicate" Earth on the other side of the Sun. When they crash land three weeks earlier than they had planned they must embark on a life-or-death mission to determine whether they have arrived back home or on the strange mirror world. This imaginative space adventure offers a journey few will ever forget! Amazon.com: There's a sense of awe to the special effects work of animation specialists Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds Are Go)--the slow, lovingly detailed introduction of a massive spaceship creeping out of dock and struggling against its bulk while trapped on the ground, and the almost balletic spectacle of the ship elegantly floating against an impressive star field or dramatically flying against the rugged landscape. These moments are the highlights of this sober science fiction thriller about the discovery of a planet on the far side of the sun in Earth's orbit. A mission is hastily put together, with British astrophysicist Ian Hendry teamed with hotshot American astronaut Roy Thinnes for the three-week trip, but when they suddenly crash-land the strange creatures that surround them are revealed to be human. Against all rational explanations they're back on Earth, but Thinnes suddenly discovers that everything is a mirror image of his existence: Through the Looking Glass by way of The Twilight Zone. Though it begins as a paranoid spy thriller set in the near future (the opening details an ingenious espionage caper featuring a very special eyepiece), it quickly turns into a serious and oddly unsettling space-race drama with a heady twist. Robert Parrish's direction is unusually aloof, but the film is always intriguing and well acted with gorgeous special effects that may rank second only to Stanley Kubrick's 2001 as the most elegant vision of outer space flight on film. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very cool considering when it was madeThe premise of the movie is unique and this film is very well done. Roy Thinnes is great in his role. I expected it to be cheaper, B sci-fi in style,but its a serious, quality movie. I will say that the ending was unexpected and not what I wanted! Rating: - EASY ON THE EYE, CLASSIC SCI FI AT IT'S VERY BESTClassic sci fi in the style of 2001, Gerry Anderson ( ex Thunderbirds ) is an absolute legend, this film obviously didn't get the exposure it should have otherwise it too would be amongst the all time classic's. I would say it's kind of a cross between the old style James Bond with that suave story line mixed with the best fashions of the 60s era make very easy on the eye, a gorgeous film to watch. Rating: - See you in three weeks"Journey to the far side of the Sun" is almost unique in SciFi films - fondly remembered from the last time I watched it, probably 20yrs ago on British TV - it's almost pure cheese, but sublime, magnificent, exquisitely produced cheese of the finest vintage!!! This is a B film that - no pun intended - reaches for the stars, that aspires to cinematic greatness, and the fact that it fails to reach those heady heights in no way diminishes it. For those who are familiar with the Anderson's live-action ... Read More Rating:  - Journey the farside of entertainmentJourney to the Farside of the Sun is a classic of British sci-fi. I saw this as a kid and I loved it, I saw it again as an adult and thought it had all the wonderful touches, lots of lovingly built and filmed models, mediocre plot stiff characters, that a good B movie needs. This is Gerry Anderson pre-Space: 1999 showing off a bunch of great special effect (pre-CGI) and they are great!! It is not the best movie in the universe, but if you are a fan of old sci-fi, this is a must for the ... Read More Rating:  - Pretty bad. Too bad there isn't a zero rating. That's what it's worth. My husband and I both thought it was one of the worst sci-fi (or whatever category you want to put it in) movies ever. Very dumb ending! |
