1956.0000 Movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”

 

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“Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
The movieInvasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956) was based on the novel “The Body Snatchers” (1955) by Jack Finney. Directed by Don Siegel. Produced by Walter Wanger. Remade in 1978.

 

 

 

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2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Credits and other details included in the Internet Movie Database (imdb) entry online at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366/

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Book References

For discussion of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” see the following:

 

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1970

Baxter, John in his “Science Fiction in the Cinema” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-142 (in Chapter 11), 225 (in the “Select Filmography”) of the Zwemmer softcover edition.

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1979

Boyce, Chris in a list entitled “A Checklist of ETs in the Cinema” in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in Appendix 1) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at page 152 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition.

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1979

Boyce, Chris in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 22 (in the Prologue) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at page 20 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition.

1

1995

Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in Chapter 3) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble hardback edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”).

1

1996

Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 124 (in Chapter 6) of the Parragon hardback edition.

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2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 81 (in the entry entitled “Cold War, linked to UFO reports”), 210-211 (in the entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”), 372 (in the entry entitled “science fiction involving extraterrestrials, after 1940”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

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2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. The relevant entry is available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/I/Invasion.html

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1990

Dervin, Daniel in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 99 (in Chapter 8) of the Verso softcover edition.

1

2001

di Fate, Vincent in his “The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 53 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sci-Fi, Hokum and Barry Who? - The Golden Age of Science Fiction Movies”), 90 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Shadows on the Sky - The Early Flying Saucer Era”) of the Paper Tiger hardback edition.

2

1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 133 (in Chapter 4) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

1

1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 263 (in Chapter 5) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1999

Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 119 (in Chapter 11) of the Tempus hardback edition.

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1987

Hopkins, Budd in his “Intruders – The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 192 (in Chapter 10) of the Random House hardback edition, at pages 276-277 of the Ballantine Books paperback edition.

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2005

Kaveney, Roz in her “From Alien to The Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 40 (in Chapter 4) of the I B Taurus softcover edition.

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2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 272 (in an entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 266 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

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2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 328-329 (in an entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

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2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 353 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 345 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

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2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 428 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

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1997

Larson, Bob in his “UFOs and the Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 4) of the Nelson softcover edition.

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1998

Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 174-175 (in Chapter 6) of the Evans hardback edition.

2

1987

McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 46 (in Chapter 3) of the Wiley softcover edition.

1

1996

Miller, David and Gatiss, Mark in their “They Came From Outer Space : Alien Encounters in the Movies” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 36-37 of the Visual Imagination softcover edition.

2

1977

Naha, Ed in his “Science Fiction Aliens - Starlog Photo Guidebook” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 22, 42 (in the unnumbered section entitled “Motion Pictures”) of the Starlog softcover edition.

2

1997

Nesheim, Eric and Nesheim, Leif in their “Saucer Attack! : Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66, 68, 69 of the General Publishing softcover edition.

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1998

Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in Chapter 4) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition.

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1996

Pope, Nick in his “Open Skies, Closed Minds” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 51 (in Chapter 3) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition.

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1997

Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ in their “Faces of the Visitors” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 82-83 (in Part 2) of the Fireside softcover edition.

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1997

Rutkowski, Chris in “Making Contact” (1997) (edited by Bill Fawcett) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 111 (in Section 2) of the Morrow hardback edition.

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1997

Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 216-217 (in Chapter 4) of the Frog softcover edition.

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1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 162 (in the first entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) of the Corgi softback edition.

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1998

Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 115 (in Chapter 6) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition.

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1978

Siegel, Richard and Suares, Jean-Claude in their “Alien Creatures” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 72 (in Chapter 2), 158 (in the Afterword) of the Reed softcover edition.

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1978

Tompkins, Bolyston in “Alien Creatures” (1978) (by Richard Siegel and Jean-Claude Suares) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 16, 25, 37, 44 (in the Introduction) of the Reed softcover edition.

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1998

Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 229 (in Chapter 12) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition.

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