Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (trailer)

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Doppelgänger is a 1969 British science fiction film directed by Robert Parrish. The film was released in the US as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, a title by which it is now better known. The crew of a spacecraft journey to a previously unknown planet on the far side of the Sun, only to seemingly find themselves returning back to the Earth. The storyline is similar to an hour-long episode of the Twilight Zone entitled, "The Parallel".

Directed by Robert Parrish
Produced by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
Written by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
Music by Barry Gray

Starring:
Roy Thinnes
Ian Hendry
Patrick Wymark
Ed Bishop
Lynn Loring

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[WobblyWheelbarrow]

I just watched this, an interesting idea; it deserves a remake.

[straker2]

This is actually a very good film with high production values, an interesting plot and a solid cast, capped off with impressive effects for the period it was made. But with a trailer which gives away the twist and a movie poster which totally fails to convey how spectacular the effects will be, I feel the distributors failed the film producers. It should've been a big hit. A pity. When's the DVD coming out?

[screwaccounts]

@Shout4Silence filmmaking students should learn off crap like this. thanks.

[Shout4Silence]

@screwaccounts agree with ya on that.........

[NaviLight]

@WobblyWheelbarrow Or just a re-release in cinemas

[screwaccounts]

piece of crap trailer. idiots made it.

[gjc82071]

You seem to know a little bit about these kind of movies. There is a "parallel Earth" movie or episode & I can't remember the name. I only remember part of it. When the guy is on the new planet, he is in a hospital, but he is starving because his body can't metabolize the parallels nutrients. I remember that doctors/scientists had to make the food special & it costing them something like $10,000 a day to feed him? I'm pretty sure it was in B&W & almost positive it's NOT a Twilight Zone ep.

[sbloomification]

The DVD has been out for years. Its high quality--great resolution and sound.

The idea was played around with a bit before this film (see The Duplicates episode of Tales of Tomorrow), and, in various forms after (usually in those cases, appealing to the idea of alternate Universes or timelines). It would be nice to see a remake. "Another Earth" borrows some elements but is not a remake.

Music was by Gerry Anderson's typical composer of that period (Gray?)

[macsnafu]

I saw this a long time ago, as a kid, and then again just recently re-watched the dvd. It was an interesting idea, but like a lot of Space: 1999 plots, highly unlikely. Also, I think the ending was pretty weak--they should have had a more dramatic, action-oriented resolution.

[Finnstudios]

@WobblyWheelbarrow It Did.

[blader45bc]

Where"s that cool music from the middle of the movie, during the space flight? Best thing about the film