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Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

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Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin, William Windom, Frances Fisher, Cristi Conaway
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 13 reviews
Sales Rank: 20541

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: 90972
ISBN: 0783120184
UPC: 026359097225
EAN: 9780783120188
ASIN: B00005Y6YD

Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 1993
Release Date: April 2, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Imagine one of the most beautiful women in the world... Now imagine her ten times the size --and all in proportion. That's what happened when Daryl Hannah takes on the "biggest" role of her career in ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN. Nancy Archer is beautiful wealthy -- the kind of woman who has it all and she's had it up to here! Her mean-spiriting father wants control of her business and Harry her cheating husband only want her for her money. Nancy wants to fight back but she lacks the confidence until the night she runs into an alien spaceship. At first no one believes her crazy story; in fact Harry sees it as the perfect opportunity to have his wife certified insane. But something has happened to Nancy since her alien encounter. Nancy never used to have a weight problem- but overnight she's literally as big as a house. Nancy has grown to fifty feet tall-- and suddenly she sees the men in her life from a new angle - looking down on them!Running Time: 89 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY UPC: 026359097225 Manufacturer No: 90972


Customer Reviews:   Read 8 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Attack of the 50 ft woman   January 20, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Good movie,my wife wanted it but I also thought it was entertaining.


2 out of 5 stars Attack of the 50 Ft. PMS Woman   January 11, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Not as good as the original but at least it is in color! This was not one of Daryl Hannah's finest moment. Some of the special effects were laughable especially the miniaturization of the city. Over all, the cast wasn't that good. However, if remakes of old classics are your bag this might be for you. Now we wait for the Wasp Woman to be remade!


5 out of 5 stars Good movie   November 4, 2006
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a interesting movie. It has a feminist message, and it can make you think a little bit. I do not liked the end of the movie however; If Harry does not love her (the 50ft woman), there is no reason to kidnap him. He does not deserve a 'happy end', but to force him to do something that he does not want to do... well I think that it is not the right thing to do.


4 out of 5 stars Ain't spandex great?   November 4, 2004
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is an HBO remake of the original 50's 50 footer. Naturally there had to be some adjustments for the new era. However it still captures the thrills and chills. You may also marvel at the spandex clothing that stretches for ever (rats.)

Nancy (the little woman) does not have quite the devoted husband. Here life is not quite ideal. Soon a chance encounter with aliens (the space type) leaves her feeling bigger about the situation. 50 foot bigger. Now it is Nancy's turn for a little revenge. The ending is a little unnerving.

Be sure to see Daryl in just as serious of a role in "High spirits" (1998)




4 out of 5 stars Daryl Hannah finally hits the big time in this HBO remake   February 10, 2003
 9 out of 11 found this review helpful

"Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman" finds Daryl Hannah in the titular role of this HBO remake of the 1958 exploitation cult classic. Director Christopher Guest goes whole heartedly for a retro Fifties look in this 1993 which tries to take the best parts (so to speak) of the original and enlarge the rest into a feminist allegory. Once again the story is about poor little heiress Nancy Archer (Hannah), who has been abused all of her life by men from her father, Hamilton Cobb (William Windom) to her swarmy husband, Harry (Daniel Baldwin), who is devoting his limited attention to local bad girl, Honey Parker (Cristi Conaway). Out driving around in the desert to relieve her sexual frustration, Nancy encounters a flying saucer that zaps her, thereby starting the growth process that will level off at the 50 ft. level (note: the original is "Foot" but the remake is "Ft."). The teleplay by Joseph Dougherty (who did his first script for "thirtysomething") borrows as much from "The Feminist Manifesto" as it does from "King Kong." What becomes important is that not even the U.S. military is going to stop Nancy from getting some much needed attention from hubby Harry. Sure, she could do a lot better than Harry, but that is not suppose to be the final payoff of this little feminine fantasy.

This remake does not have the same sort of tacky charm that makes the original so compelling. But there is still the great unanswered question from both of these films as to how the giant woman's underwear manages to keep up with her growth spurt. Daryl Hannah is a lot angrier than Allison Hayes was in the original, and it was the latter's decided sense of disinterest during the final rampage (along with the cloth bikini) that made it one of the enduring images of Fifties science fiction. Ultimately, this is more Guest's film as director, because the entire art direction and visual style of the film is as much a homage to the genre in the Fifties as the original storyline. The remake does not stand alone because there is too much that works off of the original to allow that to happen, so you have to have seen the 1958 version to fully appreciation this one. The main thing is that "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman" does not take itself seriously, and that makes up for a lot of the film's shortcomings.

 

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