The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

7.5

93 minutes

7/31/1986

Overview

Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.

Cast List

George Pal
as Self
Ray Bradbury
as Self
Tony Curtis
as Self
Jim Danforth
as Self
Joe Dante
as Self
Barbara Eden
as Self
Paul Frees
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Ray Harryhausen
as Self
Charlton Heston
as Self
Janet Leigh
as Self
Tony Randall
as Self
Gene Roddenberry
as Self
Rod Taylor
as Self
Robert Wise
as Self
Yvette Mimieux
as Self