The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

  • Director: Jack Arnold
  • Writer: Richard Matheson,Richard Alan Simmons
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 10, 1957
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Mr. C
  • The Incredible Shrinking Man is a science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold and released on February 22, 1957.

    Details

    • Release date April 10, 1957
    • Filming locations Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies Universal International Pictures (UI)

    Box office

    Budget

    $750,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $2,580

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ettie 2022-10-24 01:27:04

      "Who is your wife? 》

      In this mediocre and unique old movie, there is a very bright character setting - the wife who never gives up and loves each other with her husband. Married for 6 years, oh, the simple setting contains wisdom. From another angle, shrinking man, to see a world of everyday novelty.

      The will of God at the end of the film is quite far-fetched, and it is so subjective that it is man-made rather than destiny. However, 80 minutes of light and shadow have been passed down through time, so the...

    • By Harry 2022-06-21 23:27:07

      FIFA14丨DAY4 "The Incredible Shrinking Man": It's not just about changing from "big" to "small"

      The 4th screening day of the 14th #Faro IslandFilmFest#unknown unit will bring you "The Incredible Shrinking Man". The following will bring you the evaluation of the frontline shrinking people who observe the world from another angle!

      Cornices:

      Very Kafka, facing the imagination of the world....

    • By Misty 2022-06-21 21:23:18

      Think back

      In this era of sci-fi special effects, let's go back to thinking.

      In the face of those disasters, we all need to do this, we need to examine our own existence, we need to think about the meaning of life, and we need to find the courage to face setbacks.

      Look at The Matrix, Inception... I can't tell if their selling point is gorgeous stunts or peculiar ideas.

      In contrast to this movie, the simplest plot, people can guess what will happen physically when they become...

    • By Clementine 2022-06-21 19:34:28

      Shrink to void

      As an outlier in society, a topic of media hype, and his wife's burden, Shrinking man is at a loss and has difficulty accepting his existence. The encounter with the dwarf girl healed his sense of loneliness, but then the truth of continuing to shrink ends it all. Humans are social animals, and Scott above is still trying to establish and maintain connections with others, but everything falls apart when he falls into the basement. His first belief was to wait for his wife to...

    • By Celine 2022-06-21 18:27:33

      The lines at the end

      "The unbelievably small and the unbelievably vast eventually meet, like the closing of a gigantic circle. I looked up, as if somehow I would grasp the heaven. The universe, worlds beyond number, God's silver tapestry spilled across the night. And in that moment I knew the answer to the riddle of the infinite. I had thoughts to terms of man's own limited dimension. I had presumed of nature, that its existence begins and ends, is man's conception, not nature's. And I felt my body melting,...

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    • By Horace 2023-09-20 00:39:06

      1950s sci-fi movies that old people would play

    • By Jaydon 2023-09-09 12:54:56

      When the great sees the small clearly, who is the...

    • By Zion 2023-08-29 08:11:06

      B. The first half of the game is not enough, and the existential tendency sublimated from the second half of the survival game has the suspicion of...

    • By Asa 2023-08-27 19:06:46

      The part of the male protagonist in the basement is like a wilderness survival. It was so interesting to shoot this effect at that time, and it actually rose in the end....

    • By Elsie 2023-08-14 15:17:43

      This is not bad, the subject matter is full of gimmicks, and the result is a serious expression technique. A handsome blond man turned into dust like...

    Evaluation action

    The "split" scene, the prominence of the background and the oversized props were used on actor Grant Williams. The best scene in the film is Grant Williams alone facing the spider. Many poisonous spiders show us their lives on camera. "There were a lot of lights hanging on top of the stage to match the special effects of the lights, which made all the actors standing under it very hot," recalls Grant Williams. "Before finishing the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Scott Carey: [after escaping from the spider] In my hunt for food I had become the hunted. This time I survived, but I was no longer alone in my universe. I had an enemy, the most terrifying ever beheld by human eyes.

    • [last lines]

      Scott Carey: I was continuing to shrink, to become... what? The infinitesimal? What was I? Still a human being? Or was I the man of the future? If there were other bursts of radiation, other clouds drifting across seas and continents, would other beings follow me into this vast new world? So close - the infinitesimal and the infinite. But suddenly, I knew they were really the two ends of the same concept. The unbelievably small and the unbelievably vast eventually meet - like the closing of a gigantic circle. I looked up, as if somehow I would grasp the heavens. The universe, worlds beyond number, God's silver tapestry spread across the night. And in that moment, I knew the answer to the riddle of the infinite. I had thought in terms of man's own limited dimension. I had presumed upon nature. That existence begins and ends is man's conception, not nature's. And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears melted away. And in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God, there is no zero. I still exist!

    • Scott Carey: Relax Doctor. You can't tell me anything I haven't already imagined.

      Doctor Arthur Bramson: You are getting smaller. I... I don't profess to understand it Mr. Carey. There is no medical precedent for what's happening to you. I simple know that you're getting smaller. The X-rays prove it beyound any doubt.