Red Planet Mars 1952
4.9 / 10
Red Planet Mars
Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
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... Chris Cronyn
... Linda Cronyn
... Franz Calder
... Arjenian
... Stewart Cronyn
... Admiral Bill Carey
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See All 1 Reviews09 Sep 2022 by CinemaSerf
It was always going to be a challenge to dramatise this Norman Mailer book. It is a complex and intricate story of ex-con Gary Gilmore (Tommy Lee Jones) who is released back into society after serving a sentence for armed robbery. He quickly meets Nicole (Rosanna Arquette) with whom he has a child, before that all goes wrong and his life spirals out of control again. Determined to buy a white pick up truck from a local dealer, he turns to robbery to fund this - needlessly killing two men as he goes. He is easily identified, arrested and sentenced to death by firing squad (his choice) after insisting that all appeals be abandoned. It is clear, to me anyway, that Gilmore is ill - psychopathic, perhaps, and TLJ manages the role with some skill. Arquette also shines , she portrays the teenage mother vacillating from terror of the man to adoration in a convincing, earthy, manner. It's the pace of the thing that got me; it all takes far too long to get anywhere. It simply doesn't need to be 2¼ long and the last twenty minutes drag out the inevitable conclusion unnecessarily. Eli Wallach features all to sparingly as does Christine Lahti but though Jones delivers a powerful performance that does much to sustain this depiction of this very flawed human being, I found myself actually just a little bit bored by it all.
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Release Date:
May 15, 1952 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 27`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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It was always going to be a challenge to dramatise this Norman Mailer book. It is a complex and intricate story of ex-con Gary Gilmore (Tommy Lee Jones) who is released back into society after serving a sentence for armed robbery. He quickly meets Nicole (Rosanna Arquette) with whom he has a child, before that all goes wrong and his life spirals out of control again. Determined to buy a white pick up truck from a local dealer, he turns to robbery to fund this - needlessly killing two men as he goes. He is easily identified, arrested and sentenced to death by firing squad (his choice) after insisting that all appeals be abandoned. It is clear, to me anyway, that Gilmore is ill - psychopathic, perhaps, and TLJ manages the role with some skill. Arquette also shines , she portrays the teenage mother vacillating from terror of the man to adoration in a convincing, earthy, manner. It's the pace of the thing that got me; it all takes far too long to get anywhere. It simply doesn't need to be 2¼ long and the last twenty minutes drag out the inevitable conclusion unnecessarily. Eli Wallach features all to sparingly as does Christine Lahti but though Jones delivers a powerful performance that does much to sustain this depiction of this very flawed human being, I found myself actually just a little bit bored by it all.
Cast & Crew of
Red Planet Mars
Directors & Credit Writers
... Assistant Director
HH
Harry Horner... Director
Cast
... Chris Cronyn
... Linda Cronyn
... Franz Calder
... Arjenian
... Stewart Cronyn
... Admiral Bill Carey
... President
... Secretary of Defense Sparks
... Russian Official (uncredited)
... Roger Cronyn
... Maj. Gen. George Burdette
... Mine Owner
HPJ
House Peters Jr.... Dr. Boulting - Mitchell's Assistant
Produced By
DH
Donald Hyde... Producer
... Producer
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