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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192603822
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 12412
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
Editorial Review:
Description:
Sci-fi adventure and suspense has never been more exciting or intense as when you Journey to the Far Side of the Sun! One hundred years in the future, two astronauts are sent to uncover the secrets of a 'duplicate' Earth on the other side of the Sun. When they crash land three weeks earlier than they had planned, they must embark on a life-or-death mission to determine whether they have arrived back home or on the strange mirror world. This imaginative space adventure offers a journey few will ever forget!
Amazon.com:
There's a sense of awe to the special effects work of animation specialists Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds Are Go)--the slow, lovingly detailed introduction of a massive spaceship creeping out of dock and struggling against its bulk while trapped on the ground, and the almost balletic spectacle of the ship elegantly floating against an impressive star field or dramatically flying against the rugged landscape. These moments are the highlights of this sober science fiction thriller about the discovery of a planet on the far side of the sun in Earth's orbit. A mission is hastily put together, with British astrophysicist Ian Hendry teamed with hotshot American astronaut Roy Thinnes for the three-week trip, but when they suddenly crash-land the strange creatures that surround them are revealed to be human. Against all rational explanations they're back on Earth, but Thinnes suddenly discovers that everything is a mirror image of his existence: Through the Looking Glass by way of The Twilight Zone. Though it begins as a paranoid spy thriller set in the near future (the opening details an ingenious espionage caper featuring a very special eyepiece), it quickly turns into a serious and oddly unsettling space-race drama with a heady twist. Robert Parrish's direction is unusually aloof, but the film is always intriguing and well acted with gorgeous special effects that may rank second only to Stanley Kubrick's 2001 as the most elegant vision of outer space flight on film. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A favorite movie. DVD package lacks ....
I would recommend this science-fiction film to anyone who is curious. Astronauts are prepared and sent to a planet that is in Earth's orbit, on the opposite side of the sun. It's a wild idea that is well-executed, and a worthy relative in the family of films that include: "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Countdown" (both released in 1968), that involve travel beyond Earth. See it.
The only downside is that there are no extras on the DVD. This is not the first DVD release, which went ... Read More
Rating:  - Fine late 60's sci-fi
Originally titled "Doppellganger" (meaning twin or double) in England,
this has got that special "look" of typical films from the mid-to-late
1960's: namely brilliant lighting and beautiful saturated color.
The miniature special effects were by the puppeteers of the British TV
series "Thunderbirds" who also co-produced. They may seem primitive to
today's CGI-saturated audiences but I personally loved them (I despise
CGI as well as underlit, monotone-colored films ... Read More
Rating:  - Very cool considering when it was made
The premise of the movie is unique and this film is very well done. Roy Thinnes is great in his role. I expected it to be cheaper, B sci-fi in style,but its a serious, quality movie. I will say that the ending was unexpected and not what I wanted!
Rating: - EASY ON THE EYE, CLASSIC SCI FI AT IT'S VERY BEST
Classic sci fi in the style of 2001, Gerry Anderson ( ex Thunderbirds ) is an absolute legend, this film obviously didn't get the exposure it should have otherwise it too would be amongst the all time classic's. I would say it's kind of a cross between the old style James Bond with that suave story line mixed with the best fashions of the 60s era make very easy on the eye, a gorgeous film to watch.
Rating: - See you in three weeks
"Journey to the far side of the Sun" is almost unique in SciFi films - fondly remembered from the last time I watched it, probably 20yrs ago on British TV - it's almost pure cheese, but sublime, magnificent, exquisitely produced cheese of the finest vintage!!! This is a B film that - no pun intended - reaches for the stars, that aspires to cinematic greatness, and the fact that it fails to reach those heady heights in no way diminishes it. For those who are familiar with the Anderson's live-action work, ... Read More
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