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Day The Earth Caught Fire (The) AKA The Day The Sky Caught Fire (1961)
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes TrueDirector: Val Guest
OVERALL: R2-
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary by director Val Guest and journalist Ted Newsom
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
4 TV Spots
Still Gallery (in 5 sections)
Cast & Crew Bios
Production Notes
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Val Guest and journalist Ted Newsom
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots
Radio Spots
Still Gallery
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Val Guest and journalist Ted Newsom
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Extras:"Hot Off the Press: Revisiting The Day the Earth Caught Fire" 2014 documentary by John Kelly (32:00)
"The Day the Earth Caught Fire: An Audio Appreciation by Graeme Hobbs" (8:46)
Trailers:
- Theatrical Trailer (2:32)
- 4 TV Spots (1:00, 0:20, 0:11, 0:19, 'Play All' option)
- 4 Radio Spots (1:00, 0:31, 0:30, 0:17, 'Play All' option)
Stills and Collections Gallery (6:52)
Vintage Documentaries:
- "The H-Bomb" civil defence information film demonstrating the damage that might be expected from a ten megaton bomb (David Villiers, 1956, 20:24)
- "Operation Hurricane" a documentary exploring the work involved in, and the research behind Britain's first atomic bomb tests (Ronald Stark, 1952, 31:53)
- "The Hole in the Ground" a dramatization of a nuclear attack demonstrating the operation of Britain's warning system for atomic war (David Cobham, 1962, 28:34)
- "Think Bike" road safety film with Edward Judd (1978, 0:47) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 28-page fully illustrated booklet with extensive credits and newly commissioned essays from John Oliver and Marcus Hearn.
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Special thanks to Rewind user baggish for providing these specifications.
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: R2
BFI for the extensive extras.
The cut status is unclear. The original UK cinema release is stated "cut" by the BBFC but the Chief Film Censor at the time John Trevelyan, in his memoirs "What the censor saw", states that "This could have been a very alarming film, but it seemed rather tame and we thought we could probably make it suitable for the 'A' category; but eventually we decided to pass it 'X' without cuts." There is also speculation that the "topless" scene of Janet Munro (at around 43:30/45:20 PAL/NTSC) was cut for the original US release. The melonfarmers summarise the situation.
Note that differences in runtimes, e.g. between the Network and BFI releases, appear to be due to different distributor logos and dead time, both contain the "topless" scene.
Thanks also to Rewind user baggish.
Also available from:
- Lionsgate (US; DVD-R)
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CUTS:
- R0 Original United Kingdom- Network - No known cuts (94:38 PAL).
- R0 Re-issue United Kingdom- Network - No known cuts.
- R1 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No known cuts (98:44 NTSC).
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No known cuts (95:15 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Universal Pictures - No known cuts.
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 16/10/01
Comparison last updated by Nigel_Badnell on 15/02/15UPDATE LOG:
05/11/14: Added DVDBeaver link.
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05/02/15: Added BFI (TBC); corrected 2001 Network runtime and Amazon link, added 2009 re-issue.
15/02/15: BFI specs corrected and confirmed and added general discussion surrounding the cut status.
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