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"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" released

When: 5 Feb 1956
Sources: 1 public source

The 1956 theatrical poster for Invasion of the Body Snatchers Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Allied Artists released Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in which pods from space replace the people of a small California town with emotionless copies. Later critics read it as a Cold War allegory, and it popularized the term "pod people".

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OtherInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) catalog entry (opens in a new tab)American Film Institute (AFI Catalog of Feature Films)

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Earlier in MediaRuppelt publishes The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects1956 Later in MediaMGM's Forbidden Planet released30 Mar 1956

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