John Landis on JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN
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Roy Thinnes; "My god, am I on another planet? Everyone's driving on the wrong side of the road!"
Gerry Anderson; "Welcome to England, Roy."
I love this film! I first saw it on TV when I was five or six years old and remember being very upset by the ending. A few years ago, I found a copy on dvd and have been enjoying it every couple of months. An amazing film that is a much watch for any Anderson fan.
The fx are by Derek Meddings for the film. Even now they are impressive.
I remember watching this movie in the 70s on TV, the ending was a surprise. It's a good movie. Another great TFH from Landis.
Great to have John Landis back! He could review a Rolaids commercial and make it entertaining!
Planet X, Sometimes called Niburu or Tiamat. The sets and props on this movie were also used to make the TV show UFO, two of the actors, George Sewell and Ed Bishop also got cast as regulars in that show.
He wins an Oscar for superman…
I made the original "silly" trailer for Doppelgänger then had to remodel it for the new US imposed title without changing the visuals.
I wish you'd done this Trailers from Hell.
@menckencynic Trailer makers are specialists. It's an art. I made over 100 of them.
@@briantrenchard-smith3772 Kudos to you and your art!
@@briantrenchard-smith3772 Definitely. An excellent trailer can make or break a film's performance in the theater.
Dante should have you give a TFH on this movie.
EXCELLENT, thanks! Just a few months ago I was thinking about this movie, for the first time in many years. I saw it when it was initially released in the theater. I was a kid, then! As I started to watch this clip I thought about the ending of the movie, which struck me when I first saw it way back then - and then Mr. Landis says, “…it has an extraordinary ending, which I won’t ruin for you…”
OK, I won’t ruin it either.
So happy to see John Landis back at TFH
"Father of the Year"
That rocket explosion on the launchpad is very impressive. Meddings knew his stuff.
This was my favorite film as a kid. Yes, I'm that old. Shaun of NYC
This lavish oddity has been an obsession of mine for years. Nice to see so much love for it here. Yes, tremendous special effects, with Derek Meddings jumping for joy at getting to blow everything up at the end. The crash/rescue scene is one that haunts me a lot.
Never, ever, seen John Landis without a crisp suit jacket and tie. The guy is a sartorial legend.
Good review and a great movie. Other great actors were Ed Bishop (with his original dark-hair in the film) and George Sewell shown here. Gerry ('Jerry') & Silvia Anderson would later reuse and develop from 'Doppelgänger' the TV series 'UFO' (1970), so many actors, props and the Neo Noir (New 'Black') psychological themes would continue, although they had also explored these themes previously in 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons' (1967). Ed Bishop would change to wearing a light grey wig and become 'Commander Straker,' in charge of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation, abbreviated to S.H.A.D.O. and pronounced as an acronym 'Shadow'. George Sewell would become Colonel Alec Freeman plus another actors who's name escapes me. Lynn Loring was also Roy Thinnes's wife in real life too. Kind regards from Australia.
When I first saw this on TV I didn't know anything about it. I got the Anderson connection not by the miniatures (at first) but by the actors it had in common with UFO.
I have this in my collection. The subplots about the spy and Glenn's wife were not developed or poorly deleted.
Gerry Anderson is a absolute legend
Saw the film when I was a kid - I loved it, and still do! Thanks for brining it back to mind! And, of course there is a Planet X!
John Landis is a treasure.
I saw this on channel 11 in NYC around 1975. I was kid and it blew my mind.
John Landis back! Hope you do about 100 new trailers!!
I've seen this quite a few times. So odd to have the feel of The Invaders, Space: 1999, U.F.O. and Thunderbirds all in one film.
him and his son are just as animated and enthusiastic about film all the same. it’s great, I love it!
Curious considering the 'Twilight Zone' connections going on
I like hearing people who love film discuss films :D
I like this movie because none of the actors got killed while it was being made !!!!!!
I have it on LaserDisc, DVD, and Blu-ray. Good movie. Oh, and it's pronounced Jerry Anderson, not Gary Anderson. Spelled Gerry.
Mr. Landis, this is a DAMNED GOOD movie!
Roy did a series called THE INVADERS in which none of the actors had a helicopter dropped on them. He also did a made for TV movie called SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS which starred two actresses who would eventually be in CHARLIE'S ANGELS (Kate Jackson and Cheryl Stopplemoor ---aka Cheryl Ladd---and Kurt Russell's dad plays a sheriff. No fatalities.
Well i had already heard about Nibiru but... Always glad to see John Landis on TFH
Another series the Anderson's did was "UFO" with fabulous model work and actual actors with Ed Bishop as the head of the top secret government establishment disguised as a movie studio!!!
A lot of the props, vehicles, and several actors from this film were subsequently featured in UFO. Ed Bishop, George Sewell, Vladek Sheybal, Keith Alexander, and Jeremy Wilkin all were featured in Journey, then went on to featured and recurring roles in UFO.
Thanks for that....I thought I saw a few familiars faces in the trailer. I actually haven't see this film(!) but it's now available on Blue Ray (in Australia) with apparently the "Doppleganger" version included.
@@AlanBondFilms It should be an enjoyable view for you, especially if you like UFO. It is an oddball concept, less a science fiction story and more like a grim fairy tale. The actors are good and provide a surprising amount of pathos, especially at the end. I read once in an interview with Sylvia Anderson that the studio made them delete quite a few scenes from the final cut that would have made it a better picture. I guess those scenes are all lost to time...
Wasn't Roy Thinnes in UFO?
@@Blaqjaqshellaq No. The Invaders.
I was a kid when I saw it, enjoyed the cool special effects at the time and the attractive ladies in it. I still remembered Roy Thinnes from the '60s "The Invaders" show. I found the ending a bit depressing (no spoilers). I learned what the word doppelgänger meant during this movie.
Thanks I saw this at the Emerson Theater.
He forgot to mention Space: 1999
Or UFO.
Both with great theme tunes.
Another killer film. Did "Zardoz" go "through the looking glass" and catch a little inspiration from this story idea?
How is the mission a complete success? As I remember, Thinnes and Hendry crash land. I saw this movie before I saw The Invaders, and having seen Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, The Norliss Tapes, and Black Noon, for a while I was under the impression Roy Thinnes got killed in any movie where he was the lead.
This one was a staple of afternoon movie / late-show type programs back in the 70s - 80s.
Not a great flick, but like JL says, a definite curio.
Had the misfortune of getting caught up in the wake of 2001: Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes.
I think I caught it on our local afternoon movie back in the mid-70s.
Of course, Derek Meddings model and effects work was impressive, But in some fundamental ways the script didn't deliver. And beware: PLOT HOLES (like, how come they didn't detect radio signals from the mirror planet..?!)
But there's an oddball strangeness / weirdness that kinda - sorta carries the flick through. Although it basically comes down to a BIG EXPLOSION at climax.
Think it was screened for Universal executives, but left them kind of cold. They sat on it for almost a year...before finally giving it a release.
Always good to see Roy Thinnes. especially post Invaders. Although he's nobody's idea of a movie star. Always a competent, decent, professional actor.
Back then, on the business side, it was all about getting a sale to American television.
That's where the gravy was.
And you got to love Loni von Friedl. VA-VOOM!!!!
Doctor Steel already set up a base there for his return. " Planet X marks the spot " is his song about the place. The SubGenii know the planet well.
The Twilight Zone did an episode with the same concept with an astronaut leaving earth and when he returned things were the same , But not the same, His house had a fence when he left, When he got back to earth, No fence.
someone removed the fence in his absence, maybe?
I really loved this movie as a kid..good special effects, as well as a premise. Thinnes,Wymark...Lom all those grade B characters....plus the color was vivid and the score was sort of strange and futurific. As a young kid..this was pure eye candy. Being a nerdy scifi buff..yeah I noticed the minitures ala' Supercar...Thunderbirds...but, who cared??The USA wasn't making anything worth watch on the big screen. Good movie memories...Thanks!
They ought to have sent Alan Tracey in Thunderbird 3 to rescue those poor astronauts.
It's Gerry Anderson, not Gary Anderson.
*I wonder ... did Gary Larson get ANY idea from this filmic masterpiece*
Ol Planet X is not new, it has been around in one form or another since about 1900. Planet X is not Twin Earth , it is way way way way out there. By the way look up the comic strip feature Twin Earths may be surprised.
I see so much of Max in him :D
saw this film on a bootlegged website it was a lot of fun to watch
I ♥️ 'd this Film 😀
It’s Gerry Anderson - not Gary Anderson!
Sometimes we get a glimpse of the truth in movies.
Was The Prisoner from Outer Space combined for a TV movie called Stranded in Space?
I'm looking for planet Y.
Because. :)
Why is Michael Ironside not credited for this movie on IMDb?
Why would he be? He's not in it.
You are probably mistaking Phillip Madoc for him.
I sometimes think I’m living on Planet X.
I can remember when Planet X almost collided with earth. That was in 1951.
I thought the guy at 3:22 was Michael Ironside.
I've googled for Planet X, Mr Landis. Now... Will you be a guest on our channel?
Looks like Michael Ironside in the thumbnail !
Huh, I've been reading a book about Planet Nine and watching Trailers From Hell, too...coincidence...? Yeah, it's just a coincidence. The idea of a counter-Earth on the other side of the Sun dates back at least 2400 years, it's one of those dumb ideas people unreservedly love. The Planet X idea that was being bandied about over a century ago was pronounced like the letter X, too - there were only 8 known planets at the time.
Ok I have been searching for planet x and it has sent me down a really weird rabbit hole. Most of what I am coming across is some weird chariot of the gods/doomsday conspiracy stuff and nothing about a planet that is alway blocked by the sun. Of the seemly legit articles I have seen about this Planet the more recent ones seem pretty skeptical that it exists.
GERRY not GARY Anderson!
Googling planet x right now....
Are you typing left to right, or right to left?
I knew about planet x before it was cool
I've seen Duck Dodgers, I know it's true.
He sounded slightly pissed....
pissed means angry in the states, try snozzled instead
@@stephenwalker2924 Sounded cross to me..
The assumptions in this movie are so stupidly anti-scientific it made me angry when I was 12.
The protagonist is a wife beater - I didn't notice that as a boy. That kind of ruins my childhood memories of this movie, which I thought was so amazing.
@@Whats.Next.Videos funny
"Roy Thinnes is an astronaut" . . . well, he wasn't an actor . . . .
Did he say GARRY?
Lynn Loring. Smoking hot.
Alex Jonesing us with that planet x! I'm not falling for that,I don't want to be on That list!
John Landis is supposedly an atheist, a big plus for the sanity of America.
He should be getting out of prison just about now.
This was one of the least interesting or helpful TFH commentaries I've seen. Very little actual info about the film given that really seemed more to be an excuse to discuss Planet X, which Mr. Landis did not even describe accurately. If it even exists, it is *not* opposite Earth's orbit around the sun; it is an entirely different entity.
Roy Thinness had a very thin acting range. Never seen him in ANYTHING worth seeing.
What drugs is this guy on?
Don't forget the Anderson show, "UFO", and Space: 1999" of course... You can tell an Anderson production because they reused British actors like miniatures... ;-P
Derek Meddings did some really TERRIBLE miniatures for "Superman"... I've seen more realistic HO train layouts...
Probably the most inaccurate description/review ever.
Go back and watch the movie properly Mr Landis! 🤦♂️