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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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Original title: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Year: 1978
Running time: 115 min.
Country: United States
Director: Philip Kaufman
Screenwriter: W.D. Richter. Novel: Jack Finney
Music: Denny Zeitlin
Cinematography: Michael Chapman
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Art Hindle, Lelia Goldoni, Kevin McCarthy, Don Siegel, Tom Luddy, Michael Chapman, Robert Duvall
Producer: Solofilm
Genre: Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Horror | Aliens. Remake
Movie Groups: Jack Finney Adaptations
Synopsis: In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion. Version -with slight variations- of Don Siegel's sci-fi classic which narrates the invasion of an alien race usurper of human bodies. (FILMAFFINITY)

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#57 Best Horror Movies
#59 Best Remakes in the history of film
#71 Best Science Fiction Movies
#124 Best Fantasy Movies

Awards: 1978: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Drama Screenplay

Critics' reviews

"It's interesting to observe how Kaufman (...) contrive to exploit and refine elements from both Finney's novel and Siegel's film in the new movie version, an unusually imaginative and adroit but also self-conscious remake."

Gary Arnold: The Washington Post
"[A] dazzling remake of one of the cleverest of horror classics (...) [It] operates as both a valentine and a rich, good-hearted joke"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"Alternates social commentary with impeccably crafted scares. As much an echo of Don Siegel's 1956 original as a remake, it does little to change a formula that worked fine the first time around."

Keith Phipps: AV Club
"This remake set the standard for all remakes going forward (...) The special effects were also dialed up to an impressive level"

Meagan Navarro: Bloody Disgusting
"Along with John Carpenter’s 'The Thing', 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' is a cinematic treasure (...) It’s a powerful, visceral and disturbing movie, one that any horror fan is remiss having not seen."

Kevin Carr: Film School Rejects
"[It] gives remakes a good name."

Joe Morgenstern: The Wall Street Journal
"Conoisseurs of 70s cinema will recognise this as among the most intelligent, most frightening American science fiction films of that decade.(…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Kim Newman: Empire
"A great, paranoid ride. This rollercoaster of a film has such a fond relationship to Don Siegel’s 1956 original, rarely attempting to trump or replace it. If anything, it feels more like a continuation than a clone"

Tim Robey: Telegraph

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