'Forbidden Planet' Gets 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Release for 70th Anniversary
Originally published as: 70 Years Later, Landmark Sci-Fi Film Officially Returns With New Release
When MGM handed almost $2 million to a science-fiction picture in the mid-1950s, it was betting on a genre the studio had spent a decade leaving to B-units, Saturday matinees, and rubber-suited cheapies. The gamble barely paid off at the time, returning roughly $2.7 million against a $1.