Attack from Space
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Attack from Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #5 and #6 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant
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composed the music to the original two films, most of the original music was replaced by library tracks in the American adaptation.
with Image Entertainment
released the film and the other Starman film, Evil Brain from Outer Space
on a single disc on December 10, 2002. Alpha Video also released a budget-priced disc of the film by itself on March 23, 2004.
series This Movie Sucks!
with commentary making fun of the movie by Ed, Liana Kerzner and Ron Sparks.
Super Giant
is a fictional Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced by Shintoho Company, Ltd....
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Plot
The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth.American adaptation
The 9 Super Giant films were purchased for distribution to U.S. television and edited into 4 films by Walter Manley Enterprises and Medallion Films. The 2 original Japanese films which went into Attack from Space (The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity and The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite) were each 39 minutes in duration. The two films were edited into one 76-minute film, resulting in only 2 lost minutes in the combined edit. As a result, this film suffered least among the Super Giant films in its adaptation for American television. Although Riichiro ManabeRiichiro Manabe
is a Japanese composer who wrote the scores for numerous science fiction, horror, and kaiju films from 1956 to 1979. Among fans of these genre films, his music is has gained a less-than-positive reputation. His scores draw from jazz and dissonant modernism...
composed the music to the original two films, most of the original music was replaced by library tracks in the American adaptation.
DVD releases
Attack from Space is currently available on two DVD releases. Something Weird VideoSomething Weird Video
Something Weird Video is an American publisher of video tapes and DVDs, based in Seattle, Washington. They specialize in exploitation film, particularly the works of Harry Novak, Doris Wishman, David F. Friedman, and Herschell Gordon Lewis. SWV videos are available on demand to Comcast subscribers...
with Image Entertainment
Image Entertainment
Image Entertainment, Inc. is an independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming and film & television productions in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 250 exclusive CD titles in domestic release, and approximately 450...
released the film and the other Starman film, Evil Brain from Outer Space
Evil Brain from Outer Space
Evil Brain from Outer Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #7, #8 and #9 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant.-Synopsis:...
on a single disc on December 10, 2002. Alpha Video also released a budget-priced disc of the film by itself on March 23, 2004.
In other media
The movie is featured in the secound episode of the Ed the SockEd the Sock
Ed the Sock is a puppet, created and voiced by Steven Kerzner, that became a Canadian television personality in the 1990s, best known for his appearances hosting programming on MuchMusic and his own talk show, Ed's Night Party, later renamed Ed & Red's Night Party...
series This Movie Sucks!
This Movie Sucks!
This Movie Sucks! is a Canadian comedy television series hosted by Ed the Sock, premièring on May 28, 2010, two years after Ed's Night Party went off the air. The show is similar to another former Ed the Sock series, Ed's Nite In...
with commentary making fun of the movie by Ed, Liana Kerzner and Ron Sparks.
See also
- Super GiantSuper Giantis a fictional Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced by Shintoho Company, Ltd....
- Atomic Rulers of the WorldAtomic Rulers of the WorldAtomic Rulers of the World is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #1 and #2 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant...
- Invaders from SpaceInvaders from SpaceInvaders from Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #3 and #4 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant.-Plot:...
- Evil Brain from Outer SpaceEvil Brain from Outer SpaceEvil Brain from Outer Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #7, #8 and #9 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant.-Synopsis:...