Invasion of the Body Snatchers

UPC: 883904220077

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Violence, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sci-Fi Violence]

Summary: This remake of the 1956 horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers moves the action from small-town USA to 1970s San Francisco and replaces at least part of the original's psychological horror with special effects. Spores rain forth, unseen, from outer space, and soon strange flowers begin popping up all over the city. After bringing one of these hybrid specimens home with her one night, biologist Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) notices that her live-in boyfriend, Geoffrey (Art Hindle), doesn't seem like himself; he's cold and distant and somehow just not quite there. When she turns to her friend Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland), a colleague at the Department of Public Health, he convinces her to see his friend Dr. Kibner (Leonard Nimoy), a pop psychologist who argues that the problem is all in Elizabeth's head. Soon, though, Matthew and Elizabeth begin to notice that people all over the city are changing subtly and inexplicably. When their friend Jack Bellicec (Jeff Goldblum) and his wife Nancy (Veronica Cartwright) find a lifeless, half-formed doppelganger covered with plant fibers in the mud baths they own and operate, the group of friends finally begins to understand that a sinister transformation is sweeping their city. Kevin McCarthy and Don Siegel, respectively the star and director of the original film, have small roles in the new version, as does an unbilled Robert Duvall. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Features: cc
Re-visitors from outer space or how I learned to stop worrying and love the pod featurette
Practical magic: the special effects pod featurette
The man behind the scream: the sound effects pod featurette
The invasion will be televised: the cinematography pod featurette
Original theatrical trailer
Commentary by director Philip Kaufman

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 09/14/2010

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DDS Dolby Digital Surround, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 232 Minutes

Sides: 3

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: French,Spanish,English

Chapters: Disc #1, Side A -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1. UA Logo/Main Title [3:41]
2. And So it Begins... [3:19]
3. The Rat Turd Caper [3:57]
4. Goodnight, Geoffrey [6:18]
5. Confiding in Matthew [3:11]
6. "Not My Wife" [3:19]
7. Tales of the City [2:46]
8. "They're Coming!" [1:57]
9. "It's a Conspiracy" [3:20]
10. Kibner's Diagnosis [4:27]
11. Bellicecs' Mud Baths [4:38]
12. Jack's Changeling [4:20]
13. Nancy Gets an Eyeful [1:36]
14. Stealing Elizabeth [5:30]
15. Involving the Cops [4:47]
16. "Being Duplicated!" [2:44]
17. "I Believe You" [1:29]
18. "A Space Flower?" [3:22]
19. The Runaround [2:19]
20. Dr. Sleepgood [3:23]
21. Sprouting Monsters [4:33]
22. "They're All Pods!" [3:59]
23. Jack's Heroism [2:43]
24. The Curious Cabbie [4:38]
25. Back in the Lab [4:15]
26. Betrayal [3:57]
27. Is She or isn't She? [1:29]
28. Man Becomes Dog [5:39]
29. And Then There Was One [2:31]
30. The Greenhouse Effect [1:08]
31. Shrieking With the Enemy [5:22]
32. End Credits [3:08]
Disc #1, Side B -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1. UA Logo/Main Title [3:41]
2. And So it Begins... [3:19]
3. The Rat Turd Caper [3:57]
4. Goodnight, Geoffrey [6:18]
5. Confiding in Matthew [3:11]
6. "Not My Wife" [3:19]
7. Tales of the City [2:46]
8. "They're Coming!" [1:57]
9. "It's a Conspiracy" [3:20]
10. Kibner's Diagnosis [4:27]
11. Bellicecs' Mud Baths [4:38]
12. Jack's Changeling [4:20]
13. Nancy Gets an Eyeful [1:36]
14. Stealing Elizabeth [5:30]
15. Involving the Cops [4:47]
16. "Being Duplicated!" [2:44]
17. "I Believe You" [1:29]
18. "A Space Flower?" [3:22]
19. The Runaround [2:19]
20. Dr. Sleepgood [3:23]
21. Sprouting Monsters [4:33]
22. "They're All Pods!" [3:59]
23. Jack's Heroism [2:43]
24. The Curious Cabbie [4:38]
25. Back in the Lab [4:15]
26. Betrayal [3:57]
27. Is She or isn't She? [1:29]
28. Man Becomes Dog [5:39]
29. And Then There Was One [2:31]
30. The Greenhouse Effect [1:08]
31. Shrieking With the Enemy [5:22]
32. End Credits [3:08]

Brian J. Dillard

Although it relies on special effects as much as psychological shadings to summon up its atmosphere of paranoia and alienation, this horror remake fairly successfully updates the Cold War subtext of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers to poke fun at the psychological and spiritual excesses of the late '70s. From Leonard Nimoy's sinisterly self-assured pop psychologist to Veronica Cartwright's babbling hippie chick and Jeff Goldblum's persnickety poet, the supporting characters all scream "me, me, me." It's up to Donald Sutherland and the wonderful Brooke Adams to play it straight -- a feat both actors accomplish with typical class. San Francisco itself also plays a major role in the film, from shady goings-on in the streets near Civic Center to a creepy traffic accident on Nob Hill. A large team of makeup and special-effects artists blur the line between plant and human with queasy proficiency, while several actors get the chance to squeal and screech with alien voices quite effectively. Although he keeps the pace moving and credibly juggles actorly angst with gross-out set pieces, director Philip Kaufman isn't as masterful here as he would be with more literary material in the years to come. In fact, subtext aside, Jack Finney, author of the source novel The Body Snatchers, always insisted that his book was nothing but light entertainment, and, chilling as it is, the same can be said of this popular adaptation. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Garry Goodrow  Actor 
Jerry Garcia  Actor 
Jerry Walter  Actor 
Maurice Argent  Actor 
Sam Hiona  Actor 
Tom Luddy  Actor 
Al Nalbandian  Actor 
Don Siegel  Actor 
Joe Bellan  Actor 
Robert Duvall  Actor 
Wood Moy  Actor 
Tom Dahlgren  Actor 
Rose Kaufman  Actor 
Philip Kaufman  Director 
W.D. Richter  Screenwriter 
Robert Solo  Producer 
Denny Zeitlin  Composer (Music Score) 
Donald Sutherland  Actor 
Brooke Adams  Actor 
Leonard Nimoy  Actor 
Veronica Cartwright  Actor 
Jeff Goldblum  Actor 
Art Hindle  Actor 
Lelia Goldoni  Actor 
Kevin McCarthy  Actor 

Country: USA