Herbert George Wells, himself, the great science fiction writer, provides the idea and we can say the alibi to the director Bert Gordon to make a youngster with music touches. Struck as to the best of cases, and branded a "little film for teenagers" this movie has had over the years its just appreciation. And God forbid. Because "Village Of The Giants" is a lot of fun, carefree, trashy, with a great sexy aftertaste.

Legend, narrated by the director, tell that the idea has come suddenly, in the midst of negotiations had in Limousine with the 'Embassy Film "in the person of Joe Levine, who was on his way to the airport. Of course, just before being discharged Gordon threw out the name of Wells and the idea for a story from "The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth".

It 'so it is. Rather more or less, as the director more than anything else is inspired by Wells story created with great freedom. Even the "opening credits" are something that are worth the "proverbial price of the ticket"and that identify the youth line of the film.The first is a scene in negative in which a group of boys dancing wild, then giving way to the true beginning of the film where the scene is repeated with the same guys in the water and mud after a car accident. The first song is the wonderful "Death Race" who was not composed for the film by Jack Nitzsche, a famous film composer and Oscar winner for "An Officer and a Gentleman." The same will then be reused as well as in different parts of the film as also Tarantino's opening of "Death Proof".

Meanwhile in Hainesville a small child called "Genius" has created a particular food can enlarge living beings. Let's face it now: "Genius" never been more appropriate name, is Ron Howard here eleven years old, but already quite recognizable, but still at the beginning of his career, here he is accompanied by his father who plays the sheriff. "Goo" is the name of this mixture that immediately attracts the attention of his sister Nancy and her boyfriend Mike, who are already looking to make a lot of money. Unfortunatly a couple of ducks take the drug and then flying in the town in the most jam-packed club of the place. The place is nothing but the "Whiskey A Go-Go in Los Angeles where performed a number of world-famous musicians.

So "Goo" becomes known. As revenge the two ducks end up in a barbecue, in the one of the funniest movie scene of the grill,in which one of these animals turn on a spit, is eaten by everyone, but nobody has consequences. So much for the "Mad Cow".

The thing is at the public domain by now, attracts the attention of the boys of the opening scene, they steal the potion, become giants and require the country to their will, using the theater as general headquarte, curtains and drapes like clothes that give an appearance of Greek gods. Plans simalar as "David and Goliath" traps and so on, but nothing work against these monsters who want nothing more than to live free and without rules. The giants dancing in front of the little people and one lucky among these men was picked up by a giant with a dramatic neckline and sexy in the most famous scene of the entire film, the same one immortalized in the poster. But there is calm "Genius" who has another brilliant idea.

A very linear plot and full implementation of special effects, very homemade. Between shots from the bottom up to increase the effect of gigantism, the simple shot with photo background you get to the overlap of the film that gives animals or humans glued incredible surreal comedy. Let's leave out the reconstruction of mid bodies obviously fake, but anything goes, everything is sympathy, and this is a nice "B Movie".

Shot more or less in two months and ended in 1965, "Village Of The Giants" shares with "Back To The Future" and "Gremlins" part of the location. The town square, some streets and theater, are nothing more than a studio at the time of "Columbia Pictures" then acquired by Warner Bros ".

The cast addition to the good Ron Howard, to whom it seems unnecessary to mention the great career is notable for other players. Tommy Kirk who plays Mike has been a standard bearer of Disney fifties, early sixties. There is already a bit 'out of the loop of the American company begins its youth movies then go for horrors. Beau Bridges is Fred the leader of the "villains" in his career he has achieved success with TV series like "Stargate" and "The Fugitive", and also went to the news for being the brother of Jeff. Always among the bad guys are Vicki London and Gail Gilmore  actresses of a certain notoriety at the time and in several films of the "King" Elvis Presley. Among others we can see Johnny Crawford and blonde explosive Joy Harmon, who appeared in American films and TV series.

As we said, "Village Of The Giants" has a few musical numbers performed by musicians and complex known at the time. Nothing known to the masses of today, but we can remind the group "The Beau Brummels" authors of two radio hits of the mid-sixties, Freddy Cannon, Mike Clifford.

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