The Monitors

1969
PG
1h 32m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueEarthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

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Anecdotes
The shot of the topless redhead in the cemetery that briefly appears in the montage after Barbara asks Harry what he is thinking about (when they are getting into the plane) is from Ed Wood's softcore 'horror' film 'Orgy of the Dead' (1965).

Gaffes
There is a red hand-held fire extinguisher visible in Harry's car on the passenger floorboard at around 8:40 into the movie when he's driving through the city.

Harry's car is a collector classic, and as an enthusiast, it would not be the least bit out of the ordinary for him to carry a fire extinguisher on board.

Citations
Monitor: [voiceover reciting the Monitor mantra] The Monitors are your friends. Depend on the Monitors. Work for peace. Violence solves nothing. The Monitors bring peace. Peace brings happiness.

Connexions
Edited from Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)

Bandes originales
Voice of the Flower
Music by Fred Kaz
Lyrics by Sandy Holt
Sung by Odetta

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One of the few non-USSR analogy cold war movies. Suspiciously similar to Earth Final Conflict.

I remember watching this movie on late nite TV many times as a child. Although a bit slow it is a good movie and worth watching. The Monitors are a group of aliens which inhabit Earth and take responsibility as a sort of police force, bringing peace to the planet as well as technological and medical advancements. Although the Monitors are truly benign, an underground movement does not want the planet to be controlled by outsiders.

The TV series Earth Final Conflict seems suspiciously similar. The social statements are similar to those found in Metropolis, 1984, and Planet of the Apes, and Colossus: The Forbin Project, to name a few. The commentary questions government intervention in affairs domestic as well as foreign, and seems to question whether peace is better than the freedom of self-governance, and if "peace" can be enforced. It is also one of the few cold war science fiction movies that does not focus on the USSR by proxy.