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(aka "Voyage to the End of the Universe" or "Icarus XB 1")
directed by Jindrich Polák
Czechoslovakia 1963
2163 A.D.: Ikarie XB-1 is
not just a spaceship, it's a "cosmic town of forty people" on a
journey out of our solar system to explore the Alpha Centauri
system not just for a planet capable of sustaining life but for
one in which they expect that life has indeed developed
intelligently. Although the journey will last fifteen Earth
years, only twenty-eight months will have elapsed on the ship
due to time delineation. Not only does the crew have to deal
emotionally with the reality that their loved ones will have
aged significantly upon their return (one man whose pregnant
wife had to stay on Earth will not get to meet his daughter
until she is a teenager), but they also find that the passage of
time accelerates in their interpersonal relationships on board
(friendships and love affairs come and go quickly - with the
older crew members viewing them on surveillance monitors like a
soap opera - and popular hangouts are soon abandoned as if their
interest has waned over years). As they drift further away from
the Earth and into the other star system, they start to
encounter the unknown, from an alien vessel to the bizarre,
narcoleptic, paranoid, and physically harmful effects of a close
encounter with a "dark star" that threatens their very sanity
and possibly their survival. |
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Theatrical Release: 25 November 1964 (USA)
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DVD Review: Second Run DVD - Region 0 - PAL
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Second Run DVD Region 0 - PAL |
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Runtime | 1:22:51 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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Audio | Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Second Run DVD Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
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Second Run's high-bitrate dual-layer DVD sports an attractive anamorphic transfer that is likely comparable with the Czech and Italian DVD releases (the Italian DVD has the same bitrate as the Czech and is likely a direct port). The Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track is in excellent condition. NOTE: Second Run's
Chris Barwick informed me that they "did carry out some
additional clean-up and restoration work on this, removing
blemishes, scratches and artefacts etc. from the Master which
are evident in the Czech release (and presumable in the Italian
one)."
The Czech edition has a number of additional extras, but only the feature is English friendly (well, that and the excerpts from the opening and closing of the US version). |
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