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It
Came from Beneath the Sea asks "Can scientists and the military save
San Francisco's
Golden Gate Bridge
and Ferry Building from a giant
atomic octopus?" but Mister SF has a better question. Can San Francisco
locations save this movie? The 1955 science fiction classic directed by
Robert Gordon uses stop motion to animate the giant (six-armed) octopus
and realistic models of City landmarks to bring the story to life. Special
effects were created by Ray Harryhausen, who also made the effects for
Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, and the Sinbad movies. In
It Came from Beaneath the Sea, one shot is a cityscape of the day that's
quite shocking. The Russ Building and little else is recognizable in today's
panorama of downtown skyscrapers. With terrible acting and a heroine who
uses her feminine wiles as well as her scientific genius to bag two men
and the underwater beast, this one is strictly for 12 year-old fans of
Saturday afternoon features, or for 12 year-olds at heart. Halpo
calls this one, "Plan 9 from San Francisco."
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