War of the Satellites (1958)
- Directed by
- Roger Corman
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 06m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
When the United Nations ignores warnings from an unknown force and launches the first satellite into space, the force declares war on Earth. The movie is a quick, low-budget sci-fi drama made to capitalize on the real-life excitement over the Sputnik satellite launch.
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What happens
War of the Satellites is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction drama film produced and directed by Roger Corman and starring Richard Devon, Dick Miller, and Susan Cabot. It was distributed in the U.S. and the U.K. by Allied Artists. In the U.S., it was released on May 18, 1958 as a double feature with Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. The low-budget feature was rapidly conceived, filmed and released to exploit the international media frenzy around the launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite, the first in space. In the film, an "unknown force" declares war against Earth when the United Nations disobeys its warnings against assembling and launching the first satellite into space. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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