Summary
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blockbusters that have captured the world's imagination.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.9
Audience score53%
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −16 min on the typical 96
typical 9680Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 139 countries
+129Released
2006
April 27, 2006
20 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Paul Davids Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 1
- Hollace Davids Producer
Camera · 1
- Alex Scott Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Scott M. Davids Editor
Sound · 1
- Brian Thomas Lambert Original Music Composer
Visual Effects · 1
- Evan York Animation
Other crew · 2
- Chris Toussaint Cinematography
- Michael Stuart Cinematography
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