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- Original titled SPACE MEN but released in the USA as ASSIGNMENT OUTER SPACE, this is a 1960 science fiction film starring Rik Van Nutter (gotta love that name!) and directed by Antonio Margheriti and produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff.
It follows an assignment by Interplanetary News reporter Ray Peterson aboard a space station in the 21st century. Despite problems with the base commander, he is eventually responsible for stopping a space ship which threatens to destroy the Earth.
It was director Antonio Margheriti's first assignment, and this film showed what quality he could deliver while working with a minuscule budget.
This film is interesting for having a black protagonist, American choreographer, Archie Savage, in a pivotal role. It reminds us of FIRST MEN ON VENUS, the film based on the classic Lem story, its full of library music and science waffle, but a really interesting watch, trying hard to feel 'factual' - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Opening scene in 1960 of a Brother with a blonde haircut in space...I'm hooked.
This is one of those that its so bad that it's great.
A classic of that genre.
I love it when the film shows a chemical-propelled rocket goldong enough fuel perhaps to reach orbit, and the announcer states that it is headed for another galaxy.
And when they walk along the outside of the spaceship in magnetic boots. What are they for? LOL.
The duct tape at the shoulders, elbows, knees, and butt on the space suit sure did the job.
Flex tape i guess
...well, if you can't fix it with duckt tape, or W40 it's really broken...right?😂🤣👍🏼
Lovejt
Not that anyone watching this on CZcams might care, but most of the music is tracked in from Leith Stevens' scores for DESTINATION MOON (1950) and WORLD WITHOUT END (1956).
Good point kudos never picked it up
I've heard this done in many early British horror films and a few B grade American films. I'm a musician that's how I picked up on it. Also I have seen footage (whole towns, including the same Mexican bandits re-purposed in two different Spaghetti Westerns that were filmed three years apart. They clearly never imagined computers and that their films would be streamed freely. (So funny when you see the footage of the same town reused) While we are on the subject. Spaghetti Westerns were using some very cruel horse stunts. When you see a horse do a nose plant they would tie ropes to the horses two font legs. Using long coils of rope, the horse would then run not knowing that rope was tied to its two front legs. American Westerns would do the same cruel horse stunts - but were much better at hiding the ropes.
I did notice it on DESTINATION MOON. Ironically, AOS and DM are two of my very favorite old sci-fi flicks.
Are you kidding?! I thought I was the only elderly white lady who knew!
Yes,great old obscure film from a better time,or at least it seems that way,lol! But great stuff.also battle of the world's is a fine movie as well.pure nostalgia
Love the Michelin man space suits!!!
You have to love all these old space movies where the astronauts go into space wearing street clothes, or a pair of overalls and a flight helmet.
I think there might a time when spaceflight doesn't demand that you wear spacesuits every time you launch, or land , or go anywhere. Like for example in Gattaca - or even Star Trek. Only if you need to go outside on the surface of a moon or a planet with a poisonous atmosphere.
Don't forget the rubber gloves !
@@gerry5134 ,,, and "Moon Boots" ... LOL
... and your leaky old flight helmet!
Was thinking the same thing. The clothes in this one look like prison jumpsuits! PLUS they were really optimistic about the spaciousness of their ships.
This film is great for some that has insomnia. I guarantee it will put you to sleep in the first quarter.
Thank God for having heavy duty bolt cutters on the spaceship!
Now that's a great sci f film! Its got it all. Tension, philosophy and great acting. Really enjoyed this film from another age!
Ah shit. . . The stupid dialouge when Mr smoothie reporter talks to Lucy. . . When he tells her it's Christmas and the music kicks in I literally LOL.
Listen, ever since we came on this trip, you've all tried to make me feel like an outsider; even though I, as a completely useless passenger, have bent over backward to be cooperative and to keep a low profile.
I even went so far as to clean out some of the excess rocket fuel...and where's the thanks I get? Gosh, sometimes I wish my father were not the director of NASA.
1960 was a great year for science fiction movies regarding space travel.
I’m really liking these movies !!
Notice that the stars are twinkling, they only do if you observe them from Earth. Caused by the diffusion of light by the molecular makeup of the atmospheric conditions.
actually they are blinking not twinkling and if you look real close one bunch spells eat at joes.
@@billruss6704 Ah, a fellow MST3K fan, I see.
Well I'm watching the movie from Earth so that makes sense.
Twinkle,Twinkle, little star....
Wow! This translation from the original Esperanto has altered my consciousness. I'll never be the same again. Detecting the invisible sphere of intense heat has become my life's calling as I wander the stars with dearest Lucy.
@Maria Kelly Ĝi estis bona filmo.
A classic space ship movie with great detail and quality adventure. Rates 5/5.
I love how the old sci-fi space ships are friggin gigantic and have sharp metal edges everywhere. It came from outer space for example.
Those are "points" I can agree with.👍
This really gives me that kid in the 70s,summer vacation,sci fi monster fun!
I'll be honest, I got here from CZcams's autoplay. I was on acid and I let CZcams autoplay stuff. I started on short film animated movies and it ended up here so I watched the whole thing. No regrets.
@jabba da hutt Who hurt you boy? Your comment is absolute gibberish.
And yes, I did watch the the entire movie. Your detective skills suck Sherlock.
People still take acid?!
@@joankersting2358 are you about to say that it's a 70s drug and should therefore be forgotten like some last season clothes? It doesn't work like that :v
Back in the old days we would just stare at the wall while tripping and go our own space trip. You kids nowadays!
@@timothyhites7016 "The future is now, old man"
We use ketamine to reach space now. I do anyway. LSD is more of a self discovery and relaxation tool for me.
It's 230 in the am and this popped up so I'm watching thought it would be just another B movie but I'm finding myself really enjoying this movie about space story is good acting is good thanks to the up loader for this GEM
"What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy... if- if I'm going to be lost, myself?" Our hero, ladies and gentlemen! Let's hear it for him!
the visual quality here is far above all of the others i have so far viewed on u tube. Its even better quality than the one i bought on DVD at Wal Mart in Honolulu.Nice to find this one! Thanks. Mr. Savage does add significant dimension to the flavor of the presentation.
Indeed, the colour strength is excellent considering the film's age and likely lack of proper storage during all those decades.
Man I was learned that if man went into space not only your body slow down but also a persons voice .
It was so silly at the start I bailed out. By accident it popped up again a few months later and I watched the whole thing and really its A+! Sincere thanks for the upload!
What I love is to watch one of those old space movies and when they launch, video of an early Atlas launch is used....and when the crew of 4 or 5 “astronauts” arrive in space.....they have multiple rooms and stories in their spaceship, racks upon racks of senseless electronic gear, four of five old Dumont Oscilloscopes (60 - 90 pounds each, showing meaningless sine waves and such). Each room on their spaceship has a 10 foot ceiling, they carry enough fuel to launch, travel to and then land on Venus or even Mars, and then fuel enough to re-launch back to Earth! Of course, one astronaut must die when they find the meaning of life, so there’s that weight savings. But on the other hand, one astronaut must be a girl, with immaculate makeup and hair no matter what their mission is, so that is a huge weight drag. In any case....that old Atlas sure was a versatile and capable booster!! We waisted money building the Saturn V, realizing it could have been easily done with only one Atlas!
And don't forget the R-390 s/w receiver. Damn thing weighed 60-70 lbs!!!
and plenty of spare electron tubes, of course...
I wonder about the same thing every time I watch another episode of the original Lost in Space.
Love this great old school film,saw back in 5he beautiful 70s as a kid,awesome kid stuff!
This is actually a good hard Sci-Fi story.
Truly one of the greatest SCI-FI flick I ever seen, yes I said greatest.
Celtic Warrior
Sad Man !
English Mik
Celtic Warrior Forbidden Planet and the Day the Earth Stood Still
@@louisbrugnoni1291 Two excellent films also... 👍
Horrors of the Red Planet
..Celtic Warrior Nice troll! Keep up the good work, lad...
The cmdr folded like a deck of cards when punched.
Greatest Sci Fi movie EVER!!! Better than Star Wars even.
A masterpiece of silliness.
@Sunny Quackers It is only logical. Feminism movement collapsed back in 2050 and the mankind returned to natural truths. This is year 2116.
If you want to see how they visually interpreted the most advanced space travel knowledge and theory in 1960, this is the movie for you! If you compare it to today’s movies, you will be disappointed.
When the movie came out, the worlds collective knowledge of real space travel at the time was animals shot into space were finally coming back alive. A few years earlier they finally figured our how to get a rocket back from space without burning up, something some thought was impossible. Transistor radios had just been out for a couple years vs tube radios. Digital audio was 20 years away. Digital video was almost 30 years away.
Considering the lack of common knowledge on the subject in 1960, they did a great job with visually interpreting then modern advanced knowledge and theory!
You say that as if today we're flying around the universe! Remember the shuttle NEVER got into outer space, it basically flew very high. You could argue that more happened in these imaginative old movies.
1:50 “The human body is put through a congealing process” I hate it when that happens.
😢
Rik Van Nutter (yes I love his name too) was Felix Leighter of the CIA in Thunderball. And that was the only 007 movie that he played Leighter.
By the time the lights came on in the Heart Drive-In there were only a few cars left. They also must have fallen to sleep.
Oh wow!!! This is what 2016 is going to look like? Can't wait!
As a reporter, I would think he would be filming during his "float" over to the Space Station, but that's just what i would do, lol.
He must have been too busy adjusting his vectrometer or finding a place to throw away his used gum
I describe it as A slice of Life Science Fiction Film.
rik van nutter the film was great and the copy is 10 times better than my cheap DVD copy thanks loads
This is by far the best copy of this movie I've ever seen, on CZcams or on DVD! Really great! It has nearly fine colors whereas the other available specimens of this picture are so poorly washed-out that they almost look like a black-and-white-movie.
Wow...I am just surprised to hear that there are other copies of this movie.
37:44
"Lucy, you're crying"
She's obviously not
Think back to 1960, if you are old enough. All the things science didn't know or was not known to the general public. All the misconceptions of the public about space and such. Makes for an interesting movie.
Also, look at the old tech in a spave movie lol.
The drama has me on the edge of my seat the acting is amazing the script a masterpiece definitely will win picture of the year 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
its good movie , its ok to be a butt head like you
Brilliant!!! 5-Stars. This is everything that good Sci-fi Cinema should be.🤪 😜 🤪 😁 🤣 😂
i feel so blessed that I've been lucky enough to glimpse into our future of 2116, the lives of our children's children from 2023, to know what it will be like, the challenges they will face when we are no more of this world, peace, love and light to everyone in 2116 ❤👀
It's 100 years in the future but apparently, they can only write the name of the spaceship on the back with a paintbrush and are still using 16MM film
Would you need to write the name on the ship? It’s not like anyone else is going to see it.
19:15 ah, this is where DJ Okawari's Flower Dance is sampled from.
Love this especially the Cmdr 's simulated G-Forces.
Looks like he’s passing a grapefruit!
I saw this film a long time ago on TV and never saw it again until finding it here.
Thanks for posting it.
That is the Best Retro
Never endured the film to the end. Al is my favorite character. '' Are you scared, son. You don't know nothin' , yet''. He's very nimble about the spaceship- h floats well. Mind the precious, priceless hydrazine though. The perils of space are shown through the eyes of idiots. Very instructive to future space exploration.
Another favorite SciFi flick I saw at base theater way back when. 👍👍 5⭐🏆
I didn't see this in 1960...Glad i didn't miss anything then.
Gotta love it , Great Old Movies Worth Watching, Good One
Very good film, if you just suspend belief for an hour and twelve minutes you can be really entertained!
It was fun, thank you! 👋🤗❤️
Fire in space.......love it!
You doubt the power of neohydrazine?
Lots of spaceship action and such. Cool
Good to see Felix Leiter from Thunderball! (Rick)
I see on this copy that they removed the stock footage of a car in a parking lot when the ship blows up. "I can make it. I'm getting lighter, I can MAKE it!" Booom!
60 years ago there is a Eastwood look-alike in the cast!
The embarked on a pretty long trip. The NEAREST galaxy to ours, Andromeda, is about 2.5 million lightyears away. So, even if they should travel at the speed of light it would take them almost an eternity to get there.
I like the hibernation Chambers. The cockpit covers off two old aircraft; they don't even match. Space helmets look like they are made out of litter bins lol 😂 🤣 ho hum
Exciting finish. Gotta love the space suits and the simulated weightless walking by crew. I think film would have been better if there was actually less plot - details kinda overwhelming at times. Great color.
The television was just invented. And this movie was great!
I love that famous quote from the movie "Every baptism has its own mystery even out here in space".
¡¡¡WONDERFUL!!!
“Warp factor 2, Mr Sulu, we have to get to Mars by next Tuesday”
That space satellite looks like the fuel filter on a car.
I enjoyed this 1960s scifi very much...way ahead of it's time. I will be looking for more iin that series
The rocket ship is a modified plastic model kit of the old Lindberg Rocket from the late ‘50s. The kit is still available today.
Lol I built one as a kid in the late 60s then modify them with other models and stuff like that
Daniel Rodriguez Yeap I made an Little fying OVNI reduce scale model and many SW spaceships all handmade
The Lindberg Line is still around ?
In 1968, I had a little plastic rocket just like it on top of my Birthday Cake! It included as spring that launched the top capsule...💥
Infra-radiation flux...that's always been a problem.
I think this science-fiction movie was made in the 1950s and for that time this is like a nice movie science fiction movie that is.
It is okay very small budget but the lmportant thing is the script is lnteresting makes you wonder what they could have done with a bigger budget.
I like watching these old flicks, it's supposed to be in the future, but this guy is having trouble thinking there's a girl , but your a girl
Unfortunately the entire crew was driven mad by the background music.
Yeah, really. They should leave that off altogether.
i wonder why such few resources were committed to defending the entire EARTH from seemingly certain doom?
If only if it was that easy to to fly to one ship to another. But but back then they had no idea ,ii think they done a good job especially the magnetic boot imagine how thy would have made the movie without the gravity. Pertesons camera was just laying on table. But great fun to watch.
Who needs fancy uniforms in the future when you can simply use tape?
Or T- shirts and blue jeans
"To much air , an orgy of air , my thoughts are running wild... talk to me Lucy !"
Great line , just fantastic...lol
Use the regulator!
28:00. Al; "THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ALL CHILDREN SHOULD GO TO BED"!! lol
Would have loved to see the guys from Mystery Science Theatre 3000 get ahold of this baby! Would have been hilarious!
It really is a perfect movie for them.
I don't find them the least bit funny sorry just me I guess.
It is December 17 when i tuned in this movie.
Rik Van Nutter was married to Anita Ekberg once 🤗🤗🤗
LUCKY GUY TO BE MARRIED TO HOTTIE LIKE ANITA ECKBERG.
Really enjoyed this one. Thanks for the upload.
Campy..... makes me remember my childhood. I enjoy this no matter how corny. Hooray for really bad acting....
Funny how in 156 years they are still using big knobs and meters and scopes. Digital not even imagined then.
Cool! That's the spaceship from the game Mooncresta!
It’s also the same spaceship 🚀 from Walt Disney’s “Man in Space” from 1955.
Interesting take on space travel. Photons are light waves that can't harm a flea, but it makes for good drama.
Never underestimate the photons. Gamma radiation consists of photons too.
Photons are essentially mass-less but they do have momentum and in that state they can produce pressure. Photons are waves and particles both. This has been proved by Scientists. I've always considered photons to be in a state called rest mass. Essentially in that state they do not exist. Once they are subjected to an electromagnetic field they become charged particles. Take a flashlight for example. When the flashlight is turned off they don't exist. When the flashlight is turned on, the photons become charged and provide the light that is emitted from the flashlight.
somebody probably already said this, but Van Nutter was one of the several dozen actors who played Felix Leiter in the Bond movies - Thunderball to be precise
Love these old films 🇬🇧👍
You know what? In spite of all of it's shortcommings this is actually a surprisingly acurate movie as far as the sceince is concerned. A few examples:
- They keep jabbering on about giro's. Stupid, ain't it? No it isn't! You can actually point the nose of your spaceship with the use of gyroscopes.
- Since getting stuff into space with such technology is very expensive the insides of the ships are actually rather cramped, as they where / are in real life.
- There is no cheap artificial gravity copp-out stuff here. When in the spaceships people move very carefully from beam to beam. Only when in the spacestation with the rotating core and on planets they move "normaly". How about that for good continuity!
- Talking about continuity: Everybody of course understands that once in space all these ships are of reassembled into full 3 stage setups again. After the take of the ship's 3rd stage arrives at the space station. The commander then asks for the 2 replacement stages to be reattached and refueled before they leave! Check it if you don't believe me. It makes them able to carry much more fuel and you also never know if you have to restart from a planet with an Earth's strength gravity anyway. Since the rescue landing they make is however on Phobos, which is a small Mars Moon, they do not need to discard any of the new stages. See, it all adds up in the end! :-)
- It's a pity they still use the old sound-in-space mistake though. Anthonio Margheriti , the director however corrected that in his next Sci Fi movie, called Battle Of The Worlds. Here an experimental electronic soundscape was dubbed over every external space shot.
By the way: the very spaceship used here is blown up by aliens in that movie!
- And yes, I am a total geek! :-)
I think you mean gyroscopes.
@@williamjc7195 Thank you. I've corrected it. Me not english speaking actually. Me damned alien. :-)
@@marcbrasse747 hahahahaha :)
Roughly "10 to 1 ratio" thumbs up to thumbs down. That means it's absolutely worth watching. Elon Musk designed his ship after this one? (Edit: this comment was made before CZcams did away with the visible thumbs down)
And they all lived happily ever after.
The best old space movie worth watching was Forbidden Planet. :)
@Timothy McCaskey Better special effects than this fucking movie!
Totally agree! I think the special effects were amazing for that time, even now they are wonderful for me! Brilliant story and class actors. Not like the “C“ film we have here which is classic crap, face it!
You are aware that Forbidden Planet was a sci-fi telling of Shakespeare's The Tempest?
'The Day the Earth Stood Still' is another classic....Not the stupid re-make.
Timothy McCaskey Actually the special effects still stand up pretty good! The invisible monster was awesome especially when it hit the force field! 👍
I'm only a minute and a half into this film right now. My first peccadillo: M 12 is a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, not a galaxy. Then again, it's a Samuel Z. Arkoff production--I might as well expect, say, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Lost in Space", or "Land of the Giants" to make sense.
Just went back 30 plus years. It was good.
I love the lack of delay in the comms with control
I’m here because a DJ from a decade ago sampled a particular quote from the movie.
The sampled part is at 00:9:30
The song that sampled it is called “another sky” by DJ Okinari
I can't get over the punch lmao. Oscar worthy.
Epically bad...love it 👍👍👍
I'm going to stop you even if I have to use force. Then boom, boom out go the lights!
Use the force, Luke, use the force! Proton torpedoes into the ventilation shaft!
Wow ! amazing special effects.....the rocket launching looked real !
It did?Then I guess I get out of bed at rocket speed in the morning.I already knew that when I do it I'm about as dainty as a 3 stager,but...