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    OOC3d.11 Peter Graves Dead at 83 /////////// We here at Out Of Commission pride ourselves in being up to the minute with movie news and unfortunately this means a lot of death. Tons. Today saw the passing of actor Peter Graves. Graves is best known his role as Captain Oveur in the comedy Airplane. While Airplane and Looney Tunes Back in Action are among Graves most recognizable work, it is his earlier movies that I would like to pay proper tribute. Graves’ finest work is perhaps the portrayal of Dr. Douglas Martin in the 1954 space epic Killers From Space. The film is a gaze into the attitudes of America during the second phase of the Cold War. Stalin had just passed and the Cuban Missile Crisis was still fresh in the minds of many Americans. The fear of radiation and fallout haunted the collective psyche and those feelings are distilled and projected upon the silver screen. Killers from Space tells the story of Dr. Douglas Martin, a atomic scientist who has just found his life turned upside. After a mysterious plane crash, Martin finds himself a pawn in an intergalactic conspiracy bent on the destruction of earth. 1954 was an important time in radiation based science fiction films. This year also saw the release of the first Godzilla film. Basically, the entire world feared the destruction by an atomic bomb and the literature and films of this period reflected those fears. If the Japanese have Gojira, we can have KILLERS FROM SPACE. It is Grave’s finest hour next to Airplane and his cameo in Adams Family Values. Older movies rock because they are available for free on the internet. It is raining out today and I feel like doing nothing but watch Peter Graves battle menacing aliens with ping pong ball eyes. Dr. Captain Graves; you will be missed. I hope that Killers From Space serves as a fitting tribute to your craft. Movie: http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/killers_from_space.php

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    Peter Graves Dead at 83

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    We here at Out Of Commission pride ourselves in being up to the minute with movie news and unfortunately this means a lot of death. Tons. Today saw the passing of actor Peter Graves. Graves is best known his role as Captain Oveur in the comedy Airplane. While Airplane and Looney Tunes Back in Action are among Graves most recognizable work, it is his earlier movies that I would like to pay proper tribute. Graves’ finest work is perhaps the portrayal of Dr. Douglas Martin in the 1954 space epic Killers From Space.

    The film is a gaze into the attitudes of America during the second phase of the Cold War. Stalin had just passed and the Cuban Missile Crisis was still fresh in the minds of many Americans. The fear of radiation and fallout haunted the collective psyche and those feelings are distilled and projected upon the silver screen. Killers from Space tells the story of Dr. Douglas Martin, a atomic scientist who has just found his life turned upside. After a mysterious plane crash, Martin finds himself a pawn in an intergalactic conspiracy bent on the destruction of earth.

    1954 was an important time in radiation based science fiction films. This year also saw the release of the first Godzilla film. Basically, the entire world feared the destruction by an atomic bomb and the literature and films of this period reflected those fears. If the Japanese have Gojira, we can have KILLERS FROM SPACE. It is Grave’s finest hour next to Airplane and his cameo in Adams Family Values.

    Older movies rock because they are available for free on the internet. It is raining out today and I feel like doing nothing but watch Peter Graves battle menacing aliens with ping pong ball eyes. Dr. Captain Graves; you will be missed. I hope that Killers From Space serves as a fitting tribute to your craft.

    Movie: http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/killers_from_space.php

     
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