Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Philip Kaufman
Donald Sutherland
Leonard Nimoy
Sam Conti
Don Siegel
Lelia Goldoni
Photos & Videos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Strange spores fall from the sky in San Francisco, which take root and eventually fill the city with plants that bear spectacular flowers. But what the population does not know is that these extraterrestrial plants have come from a dying planet to earth with a purpose. They also produce pods that replicate each human being, who is then killed and replaced by their clone. Once the populace realizes what is happening, the remaining humans try to escape this doom, unable to know who they can trust as they do so.
Director
Philip Kaufman
Cast
Donald Sutherland
Leonard Nimoy
Sam Conti
Don Siegel
Lelia Goldoni
Stan Ritchie
Joe Bellan
Kevin Mccarthy
Brooke Adams
Rose Kaufman
Lee Mines
Garry Goodrow
R Wong
Wood Moy
Art Hindle
Jerry Walter
Tom Dahlgren
Robert Duvall
Lee Mcveigh
Albert Nalbandian
Jeff Goldblum
Tom Luddy
Sam Hiona
Veronica Cartwright
Maurice Argent
Crew
Mark Berger
Alan Blauvelt
Dustin Blauvelt
Jim Bloom
Thomas R Burman
Patrick Burns
Ben Burtt
Michael Chapman
Michael Chapman
Susan Crutcher
Ron Dexter
David Ellis
Jack Finney
Jerry Garcia
Mary Goldberg
Wynn Hammer
Edouard F Henriques
Ving Hershon
Russ Hessey
Roger Kellaway
Bonnie Koehler
Sherman Labby
Toby Lavallo
Alan Levine
Leo Loverro
Joe Marquette
Norman Mau
Greig Mcritchie
John Nutt
Michael S O'donnell
Edie Panda
George Michael Pantages
Allan Pettigrew
Howard Preston
Dellwyn Rheaume
W.d. Richter
Arthur Rochester
Agnes Anne Rogers
Charles Rosen
Phill Sawyer
Robert H. Solo
Dick Dova Spah
Douglas Stewart
Mary Still
Doug Von Koss
Holly Walker
Joan Wellman
Bob Westmoreland
Bob Wiley
Andy Wiskes
Andy Wiskes
Dale Woodall
Denny Zeitlin
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Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
I have seen these flowers all over. They are growing like parasites on other plants. All of a sudden. Where are they coming from?- Elizabeth Driscoll
Outer space?- Nancy Bellicec
What are you talking about? A space flower?- Jack Bellicec
Well why not a space flower? Why do we always expect them to come in metal ships?- Nancy Bellicec
No, no....she alright. She betta now. Much betta now.- Mr. Tong
Yep, Boccardo's pills. He eats it like candy - or used to. Take some.- Elizabeth Driscoll
What are they? (Adams, Brooke@Driscoll, Elizabeth- Bennel, Matthew
Trivia
At the beginning of the film, as the alien spores rain down on earth, you see them presumably landing on the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco -- the headquarters of what was then the parent company of United Artists, which produced the film.
taxi driver. Siegel directed the original film, of which this film is a remake.
man asking for help. McCarthy was the star of the original film, of which this film is a remake.
the priest on the swing.
playing an impatient man rapping on the window of a phone booth occupied by 'Sutherland, Donald' .
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States December 1978
Released in United States October 2000
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 13-23, 1993.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 20-24, 1993 in East Hampton, New York.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 6-16, 1994.
Remake of the 1955 film with the same title, directed by Don Siegel.
The original version was directed by Don Siegel in 1956 and then remade in 1978 by director Philip Kaufman.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Tribute) October 19-26, 2000.)
Began shooting February 5, 1992.
Completed shooting April 5, 1992.
Remade under the same title in 1978, directed by Philip Kaufman.
Selected in 1994 for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Superscope
Released in United States December 1978
