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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1965 DVD Release: 06/05/2001 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 21 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Comedy, Juvenile Delinquency Film

Based on the same H.G. Wells story as his later Food of the Gods, this silly but good-looking fantasy from Bert I. Gordon is among his more entertaining films. The young Ron Howard plays Genius, who develops a substance which causes animals to grow to monstrous size. After eight kids (led by Beau Bridges and Tisha Sterling) crash their car in the mud, they dance and get drunk, then steal some food containing the growth-gunk, causing them to attain huge physical size as well. It's up to the good teens of the town (including Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford from The Rifleman, and "Mickey" crooner Toni Basil) to set things right. That involves a gas-like antidote and a lot of subpar musical numbers from the likes of Freddy Cannon and The Beau Brummels. Joseph Turkel and Rance Howard are also in the cast, and a jokey ending features a number of midgets including Felix Silla, best known as Cousin Itt on TV's The Addams Family. The first in a projected 13-picture production deal with Joseph E. Levine, Gordon followed this with the William Castle-inspired Picture Mommy Dead. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Tommy Kirk - Mike
Johnny Crawford - Horsey
Beau Bridges - Fred
Ronny Howard - Genius
Joy Harmon - Merrie
Tisha Sterling - Jean

Bert I. Gordon's B-grade science fiction film Village of the Giants comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. Spanish and French subtitles are accessible, and the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence. This is a disc that will appeal exclusively to genre enthusiasts and Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans who remember when this film was used on that series. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide