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Which actor portrayed astronaut George Taylor in the 1968 Planet of the Apes?
Charlton Heston starred as astronaut George Taylor and found a shattered Statue of Liberty on the beach.
What is the robot's name in 1956's Forbidden Planet?
The Robby prop later appeared in The Invisible Boy and TV series such as The Twilight Zone.
Which actor made his starring debut in 1958's The Blob?
McQueen was 27 playing teenager Steve Andrews and earned about $3,000 for the starring role.
Which vanished race built the machine on Altair IV in Forbidden Planet?
The Krell destroyed themselves when their machine gave physical form to their destructive subconscious urges.
Which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film features the sentient computer HAL 9000 and a black monolith?
The 1968 Kubrick film introduced HAL 9000, the sentient computer controlling the Discovery One spacecraft.
Which actor plays Commander Adams in 1956's Forbidden Planet?
Nielsen's serious space commander came decades before his deadpan comedy success as Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun.
What kind of musical score did 1956's Forbidden Planet famously use?
Bebe and Louis Barron built the sounds with custom circuits, credited as "electronic tonalities".
In The Blob, which Phoenixville landmark is overrun during a film screening?
The scene was filmed at Phoenixville's real Colonial Theatre, which still hosts annual Blobfest screenings.
What weakness finally stops the creature in 1958's The Blob?
Townspeople freeze the Blob with fire extinguishers before the Air Force drops it in the Arctic.
Who performed the title song for 1958's The Blob?
The catchy title song was co-written by Burt Bacharach and sung under the name The Five Blobs.