70th anniversary screening of the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet (1956) as part of the Bristol Film Festival's science-fiction programme.
Forbidden Planet is coming to The Planetarium on Friday 20 November, as part of the Bristol Film Festival's science-fiction programme. It's a 70th anniversary screening of the 1956 classic, and the festival is marking its own 10th anniversary too, with the Planetarium serving as its home for space and sci-fi.
If you've never seen it, Forbidden Planet is one of the grandfathers of the whole genre. It was loosely inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest and broke new ground for its time, setting a good few benchmark firsts in science fiction cinema. It also features a young Leslie Nielsen, long before he became known as a comic actor. Seeing it in a planetarium feels like the right place for it, too—a film about a distant planet and the depths of space, watched under a dome.
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There are two screenings to choose from. The first is on Friday 20 November, from 6:15 pm to 8:30 pm. If that doesn't suit, there's a second one on Saturday 21 November, from 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm. Both are at The Planetarium in Bristol.
