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Quatermass (1979)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767079785
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767079787
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
MPN: 71867
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Running Time: 359 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1956-06
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Editorial Review:
As the millennium draws to a close, civilization is on the verge of collapse. Gangs rule the streets. Books are burned for fuel. And a monstrous force from outer space is destroying the world's youth. Planet Earth is in dire need of a hero. Enter the world's greatest rocket scientist--Professor Bernard Quatermass. Fresh out of retirement, the aging Quatermass is as brilliant and plucky as ever. While London crumbles under anarchy, the professor uses his powerful intellect to marshal assistance from American and Russian quarters and combat what could be the planet's final enemy. Along the way, he hopes to be reunited with his missing 16-year-old granddaughter. One of sci-fi's most original creations, inspiring favorites like The X-Files, this classic 1970s production of QUATERMASS stars Academy Award®-winner Sir John Mills (Ryan's Daughter, Gandhi) and features all four episodes, plus the rarely-seen theatrical version, on DVD for the first time ever. DVD Features: THE QUATERMASS CONCLUSION--The Rare, Feature-Length Theatrical Version; "Enduring Mystery of Stonehenge" episode from THE HISTORY CHANNEL®'s award-winning series In Search of History; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Quatermass the Legendary '70's sci-fi classic
This is one of the best science fiction films I've seen so far. Personally, I find it fascinating, as it is about a cult where the young generation of that day is drawn to cirtain spots on the Earth, where they are compelled to call to a transporter, which is a large beam of bright light that then comes down and takes them up to another planet somewhere far out in space. Those who are not part of the cult, but are caught up in the beam are destroyed rather than taken to this planet. It's a great ... Read More
Rating:  - Only for the diehard archivist
This was a ghastly, tedious, nihilistic embarrassment. Leaden pace, spotty bad acting, questionable character motivations in many parts. And you have to ask yourself why on earth the (annoying) Planet People would have followed that non-charismatic complete butthead of a leader. Certainly the nadir for the Quatermass series. Perhaps the director does not speak science fiction, but some language alien to it.
Rating: - False Advertising
Buyer beware. The flash page intices you with the prospect of receiving The Quatermass Experiment (The Creeping Unknown), 1956 - in addition to the 1979 TV version, Quatermass. Forget about it. Shameful false advertising. Amazon: take down the false advertising. Have you no shame.
Rating:  - Saved by the smell
I haven't seen the original BBC series, or the Hammer "Quatermass" films, but this Thames mini-series will have me searching for them. This reminded me a little of Max Headroom -- well-written story-driven science fiction; it's the story that kept me watching four hours straight -- the special effects are hobby store cheap.
All of the world's youth are becoming "Planet People." They're making pilgrimages to places like Stonehenge where they expect to be transported to another planet. They ... Read More
Rating: - yawn
As a fan of British television & science fiction, I have heard about Quatermass for years, but did not have the chance to see it until I found this set. I was really looking forward to it, but what an incredible disappointment.
This is among the most boring, leaden paced pieces of junk I've ever seen. I could find nothing to recommend here. The script moves at a snail's pace, and the characters themselves seem only mildly interested in what is happening to them.
To be fair, this is ... Read More
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