It’s 1868. A mad inventor – known only as Robur (Vincent Price) – kidnaps a team of four people on a government expedition to investigate a mysterious crater in Pennsylvania. The team is forced aboard Robur’s fantastically engineered airship, the “Albatross,” which Robur plans to fly around the world to various military installations in his desperate desire to eradicate weapons of mass destruction, thereby bringing about world peace. Meanwhile, the kidnapped team’s leader, John Strock (Charles Bronson), has plans too…escape plans! But will the team survive long enough to flee? Henry Hull, Mary Webster and David Frankham co-star in this high-flying sci-fi spectacular scripted by Richard Matheson from the classic Jules Verne novels “Robur the Conqueror” and “Master of the World.”
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Could the Earth's magnetic lines really be a source of power something to think about
This movie is worthy of a re-make,
with some CGI, but not excessive.
Make the Albatross a stunning thing of beauty.
The set design of the interior, particularly the main flight deck, should also be impressive, with panoramic views of the Earth below.
The woodwork and furnishings should reflect the period and be of a quality that would be considered top notch.
Robur was a genius and had exquisite taste.
A product of its time. The story structure reminds me of an episode of Star Trek, or The W W West. Our heroes are held captive by a madman with incredible power, and they have to– not only stop the madman, but free themselves in the process.
I take my dream with me. But it will not be lost to humanity. It will belong to you the day the world is educated enough to profit by and not wise enough to abuse it. From Jules Verne's MASTER OF THE WORLD.
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I would say this movie, belongs in the steampunk universe, since Jules Verns wrote the story of this series. And it would be amazing.
I would say this movie, the lungs in the steampunk universe, since Jules Verns wrote the story of this series. And it would be amazing.
This film is a guilty pleasure for me. The matte paintings are awful but the back projection isn't bad for the period. The otherwise failed "Superman 4: The Quest for People" echoes similar themes with the Man of Steel ultimately concluding that true peace will only result from humanity's true desire for it, not just his actions. It has broad echoes of "Gone With the Wind" with Prudent and Evans representing the chivalric and honor code like Ashley Wilks does, Stock as the Rhett Butler-like realist, and Dorothy as Scarlet O'Hara-lite caught in the middle between the two. Richard Matheson, known for combining sci-fi, horror, and fantasy, adopted the screenplay from a couple of Jules Verne books. The conquest of nature was a common aspiration in Verne's time. The Albatross looks like a mismatch of airship, helicopter, and propeller plane all jumbled together. I appreciated the clash of cultures and mindsets such as the scene where Prudent tries to buy Robur out only to have the airship captain reply you'll never understand me, because I have a dream, I'm my own man, and I live by my own code or rules.
too bad, its going to take humans a long time to get past hating each other and the paranoia of a life time
14:06 this was his 1st mistake, taking these people onto his ship. should of left them where he found them, but Jules Verne not of had a best seller if he of left these people out, nor would his book be complete.
Research Flat Earth please
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The Bible verse at the end comes from Isaiah 2: 4 and also Micah 4: 3 and is about when Jesus returns, not someone who sets himself up to be God.
wow this was so bad it was good and the romantic song at the end right from a Tammy movie, wow and Charles Bronson boy what a bring down after Mag. Seven, O High above the world singing at the end like …what?…
For all that it was a magnificent Vincent Price movie, the sadest part is that this movie was just Half of the book. The publisher broke the book down into two "vollumes", printed roughly four years apart.
LOL, not one of Bronsons best all out performances. But he did manage to take a cool
$20,000 for making this film though.
Starting out at $1,000 for his early stuff, at his height he was pulling home a nice $ million or two for certain ones.
But Actors always have extra residuals coming in as well. Long after the movie's release.
Like royalties tied to contracts, marketed overseas.
Agency merchandising agreements, etc.
There are smaller, cash rewards. Rental cars, food and beverage tabs, Hotel accommodations and such.
LOL
yea. Great movie. Love the cast.
Jules Verne , one of the great minds in history , from France!
Robur's problem is that he completely underestimates the evil in humankind. We are but a thin veneer of civilization over a cesspit of murderous intent; looking for any opportunity to judge our fellow human unworthy, and thereafter to murder them without conscience and with self-anointed and most holy righteousness.
I always thought the bad guys in this film were such decent people.
I OFTEN WONDER IF JULES VERN WAS AWARE OF THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE ON PLANET EARTH AND THEIR SUPER MASSIVE UFO ANTI-GRAVITY ENGINES SPACECRAFTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN OUR SKIES THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY ; THAT CAN BEND SPACE AND TIME WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGHOUT THE COSMOS !
Bronson and Price, can't get any better great movie except for that one part where the 1860's Frigate was shooting the cannon into the sky. Now that was a bit unbelievable the elevation of those cannon would never go above 25 degrees.
Wouldn’t take long to come up with a counter, especially in face of a supposed world threat.
The ships don’t match the time. Look more older
Captain Nemo of the ski?
I saw this in the theater when I was a kid. I loved Jules Verne books. Master of the World became one of my favorite movies.
Charles Bronson was of Polish-Tatar ancestry.
Saw this when it first came out and I'm glad it's back here for free. Excellent adaptation of Jules Verne's novel with Vincent Price as Robur doing a great job as Charles Bronson did as his foe. Thanks for the posting.
We're listing Henry Hull's prior accomplishments, but I didn't see "LIFEBOAT" (under Hitchcock)
😂🎉 his role as an irascible millionaire fits his acting perfectly… as he is here.
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14:55 😂😂😂 the wall-hanging lamp must have a string attached, and a crew member pulling it; it stops moving, then restarts "spontaneously" two more times 😂😂😂
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We remember "International America" sadly.
how the heck is that warship at 35:00 hitting an airship above them? How are they getting that angle with their cannons?
Julese Verne was such a visionary . If he had only envisioned TERM limits as a way to avoid what the U.S. A has become . He foresaw the military industry , and their influence .
Awful dragged out scenario of a perverse pervayer of peace through strength