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Bookmark this pageThe Incredible Hulk (1978)
Director: Kenneth Johnson, Sigmund Neufeld Jr
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From Time Out Film Guide
This fills you in on what's happened to American TV veteran Bixby since the days when he hosted My Favourite Martian. In a nutshell: his marriage (soft-focus flashback) ended when he couldn't pry a two-ton heap of flaming metal off his wife after an accident, and the trauma sent him on a 'scientific' crusade for the secret of superhuman strength. He checks out the possibilities: adrenalin? dextrose? no, you guessed it, another cinematic dose of radiation. Unfortunately, someone has been souping up the radiation equipment as well as the 'magnification' tools. So Bixby by accident becomes The Hulk, re-enacts a monster-and-little-girl scene reminiscent of James Whale's Frankenstein, and spends aeons of airtime saving a 747 jet. The moral is: two TV shows (which is what this is) do not one coherent movie make.Author: CR
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- Pablo Mansini said...
- Posted on Jun 11 2008 10:48 The Hulk is a cool film, much better than Ang Lee's version. More depth and action, also back to the roots of Hulk, sonic clap and all!! Go and watch The Incredible Hulk, you will not be disaapointed. If you are not a fan, wait for the extended Ed norton DVD cut.
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Cast & crew
Director: Kenneth Johnson, Sigmund Neufeld Jr
Producer: Kenneth Johnson
Cast: Bill Bixby, Susan Sullivan, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Susan Batson full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 104 mins
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