In the year 2257, and Altair 4, a distant colony, has three inhabitants
Professor Morbius, his bewitching daughter, and a dutiful robot, named Robby, who speaks 188 languages. When a space cruiser from Earth lands on the planet a deadly secret is revealed that could spell doom for all on the planet...
Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is transformed into this landmark science-fiction film, which featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own!
Deleted Scenes and lost footage
2 Follow-up vehicles starring Robby the Robot: Feature Film 'The Invisible Boy' / The Thin man TV Series episode 'Robot Client'
TCM Original documentary 'Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950's and us'
Amazing! Exploding the far reaches of Forbidden Planet
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Excerpts from the MGM parade TV series
Theatrical trailers of Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy
