When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 4 wins & 6 nominations total
- Military Policeman
- (uncredited)
- Dr. Sawyer - Hypothermia Technician
- (uncredited)
- Henry - Heart Monitoring
- (uncredited)
- Young Scientist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMedical schools, at least as late as the 1980s, showed clips from this movie to illustrate various concepts in human anatomy, physiology, and especially immunology.
- GoofsThe amount of radioactive material for the sub would not need a lead carrying case. Grant proves this by removing the container from the case with no protection and handing it to Owens who inserts it into the reactor, again bare-handed.
- Quotes
[as the submarine enters the brain]
Dr. Duval: Yet all the suns that light the corridors of the universe shine dim before the blazing of a single thought...
Grant: ...proclaiming in incandescent glory the myriad mind of Man.
Dr. Michaels: Very poetic, gentlemen. Let me know when we pass the soul.
Dr. Duval: The soul? The finite mind cannot comprehend infinity, and the soul, which comes from God, is infinite.
Dr. Michaels: Yes, but our time isn't.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD edition has the following prologue: "The makers of this film are indebted to the many doctors, technicians and research scientists, whose knowledge and insight helped guide this production" The TV/Video version features this prologue instead: "This film will take you where no one has ever been before; no eye witness has actually seen what you are about to see. But in this world of ours where going to the moon will soon be upon us and where the most incredible things are happening all around us, someday, perhaps tomorrow, the fantastic events you are about to see can and will take place."
- ConnectionsEdited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
I had all but forgotten about this film, and haven't seen it for years, as I watch it, it's almost sixty years old, it truly was original, ambitious, and way ahead of so many films at the time, and many more that followed.
There is plenty of wonderful, incomprehensible gobbledegook throughout, all of it is said with absolute sincerity, equally crazy and zany are the wonderfully trippy special effects.
It's still an impressive looking film, and I don't just mean the special effects, but the sets and costumes are all quite elaborate, credit to the production team for being so bold and creative.
Fans of Raquel Welch will enjoy seeing her here I'm sure, I came here because of Donald Pleasance, one of those actors I could watch in anything.
Definitely worth a few hours on a Sunday afternoon.
8/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Sep 11, 2023
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Microscopia
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena - 3939 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(interior corridors of CMDF headquarters traversed by golf carts and people walking)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $5,115,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1