Youve got father shandor in dracula prince of darkness terrorises gormless villagers with his gun and enormous dress, professor fuchs in blood from the mummys tomb noone fuchs with this professor not until he meets his match in his own daughter, anyway. If you went to see prometheus 2012 for the story, and not the actionacting, this is. An intelligent and highly moral british scientist, quatermass is a pioneer of the british space programme, heading the british experimental rocket group. Watch quatermass season 3, episode 6 quatermass and the pit.
Quatermass and the pitquatermass 2 on dvd 01268591 from starz anchor bay. Five million years to earth bfi film classics download ahmetxhanari. Quatermass at 60 when i wrote the quatermass stories, i couldnt help drawing on the forces and the fears that affected people in the 1950s, wrote quatermass creator nigel kneale in 1996. Quartermass and the pit official trailer rediscover the classic. Quatermass and the pit is a sci fi film that has to be watched, in my opinion, not because of how well the movie was made, but because of the amazing story. Thats quatermass, for anyone searching, by the way, not quartermass. The fifth episode of nigel kneales third quatermass serial from 1959. Quatermass and the pit is the third and probably the most ambitious of the original quatermass trilogy and it is also the most successful. Poster for fiend without a face 1958 reveals advertising typical of 1950s science fiction films. As all this can be yours for six quid, i suggest you hop out and get it. Matthew roney, anthony bushell colonel james breen, john stratton captain potter, christine finn barbara judd, brian worth james fullalove, harold goodwin corporal gibson, richard shaw sladden and fletcher lightfoot abbey librarian.
Quatermass and the pit 1958 the classic movie history project blogathon 2016. The opening of the ship unleashes the ancient martian inheritance that has. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from quatermass at the discogs marketplace. Its like an overambitious episode of the twilight zone. Professor bernard quatermass brian donlevy is one of the first on the scene, and is intrigued to discover that two of the. If you want to start a main quatermassandthepit page, just click the edit button above. Quatermass xperiment, the 1955 quatermass 1979 quatermass ii 1955 quatermass and the pit 195859 brambell, wilfrid 19121985 cartier, rudolph 190494 johnson, katie 18781957 kneale, nigel 19222006 live tv drama. Roy ward bakers nigel kneale adaptation, quatermass and the pit 1967. A space odyssey, and conceptforconcept, is both less pretentious and more coherent than that landmark kubrick epic.
Quatermass ii 1957, quatermass and the pit 19589 were all written by nigel kneale and. Set in the near future against the background of a british space programme, it tells the story of the first manned flight into space, supervised by professor bernard quatermass of the british experimental rocket group. As with the other quatermass serials, kneales original script goes a lot deeper into meanings, motivations, and consequences of the events depicted, as. It took me a minute to get used to yet another actor playing quatermass and playing him as a different type of character again but within one episode i was loving. Quatermass and the pit, hammer films third adventure featuring the bernard quatermass character, is frontrank science fiction overflowing with ambitious concepts. Professor bernard quatermass curiosity is aroused when. It was directed by roy ward baker and stars andrew keir.
We will screen the films in chronological order so you can get a sense of how scifi evolved as a genre. Quatermass and his new colleague colonel breen become involved in the discovery of a bizarre object at an archaeological dig in knightsbridge, london. When a skull is found during building works at knightsbridge, london, the work is halted in order that a full archaeological dig can proceed. Quatermass and the pit was a british television sciencefiction serial transmitted by bbc television in 19589 and was written by nigel kneale. Quatermass and the pit tv 195859 classic bbc science fiction drama serial, written by nigel kneale. Visions of science fiction continues at digital gym cinema kpbs. Additional screencaps courtesy gerald lovell and moviedudetoo.
Quatermass and the pit is a british television sciencefiction serial transmitted live by bbc television in december 1958 and january 1959. This third quatermass film from hammer films is regarded by many to be the one of the best flicks hammer has ever done and they are right. These were all subsequently remade for the big screen by. Other episodes can be viewed at the following links.
The quatermass experiment is a british science fiction serial broadcast by bbc television during the summer of 1953 and restaged by bbc four in 2005. Kneale also wrote such programs as the year of the sex olympics, the stone tape and the 1989 adaptation of susan nigel kneale was a british screenwriter. The late nigel kneale was a visionary and ground breaking writer whose 1950s bbc tv quatermass serials were not only a massive influence on the likes of doctor who and the xfiles, and a big hit with the public, but also one of the first attempts to write dark and scary small screen scifi aimed purely at adults rather than children. If you want to see the first story, you can get the bbc 2004 live broadcast. The clever story brings together science and the ghost stories in a fascinating, brilliant and altogether convincing fashion. The quatermass report part two silver scenes a blog. The original 1955 quatermass 2 television serial 1 spread its story out over five episodes and its action over a larger number of characters. Quatermass and the pit uk theatrical trailer 1967 by hammer. A live theatrical production of quatermass and the pit was staged, with the permission of kneale, outdoors in a quarry at the village of cropwell bishop in nottinghamshire in august 1997. The final episode of nigel kneales third quatermass serial from 1959. Kneale wrote four quatermass tv serials in total between 1953 and 1979 as well as bbc radio docudrama retrospective the quatermass memoirs that was first broadcast in 1995. Quatermass xperiment, the soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on.
Quatermass and the pit in the united states, five million years to earth is a 1967 british science fiction horror film from hammer film productions, a sequel to the earlier hammer films the quatermass xperiment and quatermass 2. A team of scientists find a mysterious capsule and have no idea of its origin or purpose. Quatermass and the pit the classic 195859 bbc television version starring. Quatermass and the pit aka five million years to earth directed by roy ward baker. Being the first of a few films from hammer that roy ward baker would direct, quatermass and the pit is a highly regarded science fiction movie. A scene from the new hd remaster of quatermass and the pit the. I tried to get real human interest in the stories, and some good humour. He continually finds himself confronting sinister alien forces that threaten to destroy humanity. Running over six monday evenings between december 1958 and january 1959, the series, like its.
At the dawn of the space age the british rocket group launches three astronauts on an experimental mission. Popular videos quatermass and the pit by shantiereiko. Quatermass and the pit 1958 rudolph cartier synopsis. Nigel kneales 19589 television serial quatermass and the pit had the eponymous professor q investigating what transpired to be the remains of a martian spaceship discovered during the building of a new office block in hobbs lane, knightsbridge, although he also discovers that the ghostly manifestations that accompany it had been evident. A space odyssey and doctor who, quatermass and the pit was the paramount british science fiction saga in film and television.
Some of the special effects are brilliant, the spaceship for one, some terrible the mosh pit martians for example. While the sequels, 1955s quatermass ii, 1958s quatermass and the pit and the belated 1979s quatermass, do still exist, performed and broadcast live, the show was intended to be recorded on film for overseas sales, but ultimately only episodes 1 and 2. Professor bernard quatermass, played brilliantly by andre morell, joins a team of scientists investigating strange artifacts unearthed during excavation at knightsbridge, london. Quatermass and the pit episode 1 video dailymotion. The quatermass xperiment 1 hours and 18 minutes movie in the countryside of london, a rocket crashes on a farm and professor bernard quatermass and scotland yard inspector lomax arrive in the spot. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, covers a little grubby discoloured with age, spine more so, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing, previous.
Sometimes known under the title of five million years to earth, the film takes kneales bbc script from the original broadcast serial and turns it into something far more unnerving than the other films produced by the. Professor bernard quatermass manned rocket ship returns to earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate. Quatermass and the pit 1968 andrew keir certainly cornered the market in fat shouty knowitalls during the 60s and early 70s. Author nigel kneale hated director val guests interpretation of the quatermass character, and especially the. It was first a multipart tv series in england only partly extant that was subsequently remade as a movie, one of the first hammer horror films, the quatermass xperiment 1955 better known abroad as the creeping unknown, followed by the sequels quatermass ii 1957 and quatermass and the pit 1967, better known abroad. Something odd has turned up in the soil of hobbs lane, london. The diggers delve deeper, finding more skulls, but also finding some form of tubelike shell made of a ceramiclike material. The mooddrenched drama excelled in eerie sound and visual effects.
Science fiction cinema of the 1950s i bring you a warning. The original 1958 bbc television production of the last of nigel kneales classic quatermass scripts which is best known in association with the 1967 hammer films adaptation by roy ward baker runs circles around the featurefilm version. The quatermass collection the experiment, 2, the pit dvd. This is the plot of nigel kneales classic sciencefiction series quatermass and the pit, which was originally shown on bbc decemebr 22, 1958, to january 26, 1959. The second episode of nigel kneales third quatermass serial from 1958. The third series and perhaps the best featuring nigel kneales hugely successful creation, the steadfast scientific genius professor bernard quatermass, quatermass and the pit bbc was also the last, until the character was resurrected for one final appearance in quatermass itv, 1979. Their ship, quatermass 1, loses radio contact with earth and later crashlands.
Kim newmans fascinating study focuses on roy ward bakers 1967 film, written by quatermass creator nigel kneale for hammer films, but also looks at the origins of the quatermass franchise in 1950s bbc. Where to find quatermass and the pit 1967 dvd steve. Professor bernard quatermass is a fictional scientist, originally created by the writer nigel kneale for bbc television. Like its predecessors, quatermass and the pit was written by nigel kneale. This is the first episode of nigel kneales third quatermass serial from 1958. As the serial progresses, quatermass and his associates find that the contents of the object have a. It ended with a trip into space to deal directly with the interplanetary threat, a conclusion identical to the end of 1996s independence day. Staring william franklyn, sidney james, vera day and brian donlevy. For many, quatermass and the pit is perhaps best known as the 1967 remake by hammer films, but that film has totally different qualities. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system.
Quatermass was an incredibly successful and influential series, which ran for 3 seasons from 19531959. Andre morell professor bernard quatermass, cec linder dr. The quatermass memoirs was repeated several times on digital radio station bbc7 from 2003, and the serial was released on cd in 2006. As five million years to earth, it was released in the u. A scene from the new hd remaster of quatermass and the pit the classic bbc television chiller from writer nigel kneale and director rudolph. It was the third and last of the bbcs quatermass serials, although the chief character, professor bernard quatermass, reappeared in a 1979 itv production called quatermass. Tell the world tell this to everybody wherever they are. The third series, quatermass and the pit 1959 was a dark, cabalistic tale of the excavation of an ancient alieninsect capsule in knightsbridge, london from which an evil influence still exudes. The quatermass experiment quatermass ii quatermass and the.
The budget for special effects was higher, of course, and the whole story was condensed to about half the length, driving up the tempo and cutting out many subplots entirely. With brian donlevy, jack warner, margia dean, thora hird. All six episodes from the classic british tv scifi series, penned by nigel kneale. This november sees the 50th anniversary of one of hammer studios strongest and most complex films. The quatermass report part two in our continuing look at the influential quatermass series of the midcentury we turn the spotlight onto nigel kneales final serial of the 1950s quatermass and the pit, as well as the final episode, simply entitled quatermass from 1979. Quatermass and the pit the classic 195859 bbc television. This is it, the original 6 part science fiction serial. The 1958 bbc serial quatermass and the pit has a very lovecraftian plot. Like its predecessors, it is based on a bbc television serial quatermass and the pit, written by nigel kneale.