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How as the 1950's Science Fiction Film 'The Forbidden Planet' been influenced by Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
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How as the 1950's Science Fiction Film 'The Forbidden Planet' been influenced by Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'? In 1956, film company MGM set aside a 1 million dollar budget to create a sci-fi film like no other in its time. At the time, this was an unprecedented amount of money spent on a movie project, and to ensure that 'Forbidden Planet' did not end up like many dire 1950's films of its genre, the producers of 'Forbidden Planet' decided to base their film on the highly successful Shakespearian play 'The Tempest' In this essay I will be attempting to show the similarities between both productions in addition to illustrating the ways in which 'Forbidden Planet' has implemented many of its ideas based on the storyline of 'The Tempest' For instance, all of whom who were involved in the photography of 'Forbidden Planet' would have studied Shakespeare's play very meticulously, to be able to generate...
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