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Title The day the earth caught fire / a British Lion Films- Pax Films Picture ; written for the screen by Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest ; produced and directed by Val Guest.

Publication Info. New York : Kino Lorber Inc., [2020]

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Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE    Check Shelf
Edition Special edition.
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
digital rdatr
optical rdarm
Dolby
NTSC rdabs
video file rdaft
DVD video
region 1 rdare
Motion pictures lcgft
Series KL Studio Classics
KL studio classics.
System Details DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby audio.
Cast Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd.
Note Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Audience Rating: Not rated.
Summary When the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously set off nuclear explosions, London's Daily Express begins to report on bizarre weather changes around the world. But when the reporters dig deeper, they discover that the blasts have knocked Earth off its axis and sent it hurtling towards the sun. Now, cities explode in chaos and mankind is left with one last hope: A final massive detonation that will either re-balance Earth's orbit or destroy the world forever!
Note Special features: audio commentary by co-writer/producer/director Val Guest ; audio commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith ; 4 TV spots ; 4 radio spots ; theatrical trailer.
Language English dialogue; English subtitles.
Subject Nuclear explosions -- Drama.
Climatic changes -- Drama.
Earth (Planet) -- Orbit -- Drama.
Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
Nuclear explosions. (OCoLC)fst01040084
Planets -- Orbits. (OCoLC)fst01065157
Earth (Planet) (OCoLC)fst01860481
Genre/Form Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Melodramas (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726217
Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01710332
Science fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710407
Feature films.
Science fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Added Author Mankowitz, Wolf, screenwriter.
Guest, Val, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Munro, Janet, 1934-1972, actor.
McKern, Leo, 1920-2002, actor.
Judd, Edward, 1932-2009, actor.
British Lion Films, production company.
Pax Films (Firm), production company.
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
Standard No. 738329247980
Music No. K24798 KL Studio Classics
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