The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment is a 1955 British science-fiction / horror film, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial The Quatermass Experiment by Nigel Kneale.

Trivia

Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale has vociferously decried the film version of his teleplay, and is especially critical of the casting of and performance by Brian Donlevy as Bernard Quatermass. Kneale has at times alleged that Donlevy was drunk much of the time, although this claim is denied by Val Guest and others associated with the production.

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The plot of the film seems to some to have been a major influence on a 1999 Johnny Depp movie The Astronaut's Wife, although it is not known whether the film really was an inspiration or whether this is merely coincidence.

Related Topics:
1999 - Johnny Depp - The Astronaut's Wife

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