It Came from Outer Space

Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM

Music Box Theatre

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Based on a script by famed sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury, this tale of an amateur astronomer and a schoolteacher who discover a mysterious meteorite crash in the Arizona desert set the stage for a cascade of imitators. Predating Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers novel by a year, this prototypical extraterrestrial/Cold War paranoia thriller not only cemented its director Jack Arnold as a force to be reckoned with, but also influenced a generation of young filmmakers such as John Carpenter and Joe Dante. Founder & President of the 3-D Film Archive Bob Furmanek in person! Presented in 3D DCP.

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