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Comedy
Event Information:
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Thu06Nov20148:00 PMSt Austell Arts Theatre Truro Road, St Austell,
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day The Earth Caught Fire
Directed by Val Guest. A Classic, British Science-Fiction movie.
Starring: Edward Judd, Janet Munro & Leo McKern.
Shown as part of the Cornwall Film Festival
This has got to be one of the best sci-fi films ever made.
It features a great plot, a snappy and witty script, characters with real depth and histories, and a (debatably) great ending.
Although the plot is quite similar to that of 'When Worlds Collide', the realism of the characters and setting really lift the whole film far above its contemporaries.
Its use of journalists to tell the story is similar to that of many of the classic works of literary science fiction (HG Wells' War Of The Worlds or John Wyndham's Kraken Wakes for example) and it follows a similar apocalyptic template as well.
The theme of mankind's actions causing havoc for the globe, which was originally a criticism of the cold war, is still very relevant today for quite different reasons.
The parallel with global warming is obvious, and the graphic depiction of the effects of this are all the more disturbing because we see similar effects, on a smaller scale, around the world on a day to day basis.
The film is shocking in its bleak vision of the havoc that mankind has brought upon himself.
Basically, this is the benchmark for all quality science-fiction, having won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.
Tickets £5
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