When Worlds Collide

1951 • 82 minutes

About this movie

Today's Science-Fiction extravaganzas all pay tribute to this pioneering classic from Producer George Pal (The War of the Worlds), which won an Oscar® for its spectacular special effects. An impending collision with a runaway star signals the destruction of earth. The government refuses to listen to scientists, but private industrialists finance the building of a spaceship, which will carry a limited number of people to another planet to begin a new civilization. As doomsday approaches, they race against time and the panic of those who will be left behind. The potential pulverizing impact of the collision, the massive tidal waves and devastating earthquakes and the final cosmic smashup make a chilling panorama of disaster. The balance between human and planetary drama is excellently maintained as the movie builds to its fascinating, unforgettable climax. The government refuses to listen to scientists, but private industrailist finance the building of a spaceship, which will carry a limited numer of people to another planet to begiin a new civilization. As doomsday approaches, they race against time and the panic of those who will be left behind. The potential pulverizing impact of the collision, the massive titdal waves and devastating earthquakes, and the final cosmic smashup make a chilling panorama of disaster. The balance between human and planetary drama is excellently maintained as the movie builds to its fascinating, unforgettable climax.

Ratings and reviews

The fact that this movie's premise has not had a Hollywood remake, stands as a testament to how well George Pal pulled it off. When an astronomical event, knocks a rogue planet onto a near earth encounter with Earth and another planetary body calculated to be drawn in and collide. Humans are then faced with to the need to get off Earth! Set is its current decade of the 1950's a burgeoning technological solution has to be found, and a giant rocket propelled space-plane is the answer. Survival lotteries, panicked society, riots all climax with a landing on the rogue planet and a final landscape of the new home. A great piece of classic science fiction film making!

Very well done inspiring story well executed with plausibility, but a lot of talking heads, but I manage to watch it every other year I just like the story the characters and the players, and the spectacular special effects at the end aren't bad either. Thought provoking! Another in any film series list of movies That should be marked for watching or viewing to be informed about the science fiction field in the movie media.

This looks like a dumb movie the fact that if it were even thousands of miles close to a star we would burn