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Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun [1969] | ![Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun [1969]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wtS5R4qbL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Robert Parrish
Actors: Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, Herbert Lom
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3299
Format: Pal
Rating: Parental Guidance
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582568349
ASIN: B001B2S3RI
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
Release Date: September 8, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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
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 Underrated November 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent piece of late Sixties SF from Gerry & Sylvia Anderson. Like UFO and Space 1999 (well, season one anyway!)which followed, it provides the viewer with a blend of action and mystery. Coupling a thought provoking script with the excellent effects that had graced their Supermarionation output.
 Journey to the Far Side of Tedium October 14, 2008
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought this purely because Roy Thinnes ('David Vincent' of 'The Invaders')is the main star and because it's sci-fi with what sounded like an interesting premise. I have to say that although I think Thinnes is a great, under-rated actor, I have no idea why he would have accepted this job on the basis of the sub-sub-standard script by Gerry and Sylvia 'any old script will do as long as we get to show off our spaceship models' Anderson.
A high percentage of the film is comprised of long and tedious shots of models that are nothing new (even for the time) and with a score lifted right out of Thunderbirds you do find yourself double-taking and checking the DVD box to make sure you haven't picked up Thunderbirds or that other Anderson 'classic': UFO. In fact, with the mix of live-action and models, and futuristic cars nicked directly from UFO) this film really is like an extended episode of UFO - except without any real threat, no aliens, and no flying saucers or evil plots. In fact, if there is a 'plot' here it's so poorly conceived that it beggars belief that the thing got made at all, let alone with Roy Thinnes onboard.
One for die-hard Anderson fans I would think -and even some of them won't survive this abominable attempt at sci-fi scriptwriting and basic storytelling.
One star rating only because 0.5 stars isn't an option...
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