# Please help identify an old Science Fiction movie... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292 "2015-05-05T03:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292/21 "2015-05-05T19:38:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 4.) The painting at the end, representing the new world (which already has trees growing!) looked less like vintage Bonestell and more like off-color Disney, said Clarke. I gotta agree. For what it’s worth, the Trivia section for this movie at [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com) says “In the final shot we see the Ark passengers disembarking with an obvious painted background depicting Zyra. This bad painting was tacked on for the film’s sneak previews. Originally, producer George Pal wanted to depict Zyra as a miniature set, but Paramount shipped the film out before this could be done.” I also remember reading somewhere that they just ran out of money at the end of production and that painting was all they could afford. (Sorry, no cite.) ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292/22 "2015-05-05T20:13:07Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I remember seeing that on television when I was about ten years old. It really scared me. > > I’m sure that at some point during the last couple of years I read something about a remake of the film. Well it’s not a remake, but there’s Melancholia if you need a planet colliding with earth movie fix. It’s mostly a bunch people sitting around being sad or in denial so it doesn’t have the same vibe. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292/23 "2015-05-06T12:06:13Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > For what it’s worth, the Trivia section for this movie at [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com) says “In the final shot we see the Ark passengers disembarking with an obvious painted background depicting Zyra. This bad painting was tacked on for the film’s sneak previews. Originally, producer George Pal wanted to depict Zyra as a miniature set, but Paramount shipped the film out before this could be done.” > > I also remember reading somewhere that they just ran out of money at the end of production and that painting was all they could afford. (Sorry, no cite.) Yeah, but the fact that it’s a painting isn’t the issue – Chesley Boestell was FAMOUS for his incredibly realistic paintings of other planets and astronomical entities: [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=A0LEV177AkpVha8AuBJXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTExZHIzMzN1BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDVUlDMV8xBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Chesley+Bonestell&fr=yfp-t-252](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV177AkpVha8AuBJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTExZHIzMzN1BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDVUlDMV8xBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Chesley+Bonestell&fr=yfp-t-252) Clarke’s complaint was that the painting at the end didn’t look like Bonestell’s work – it looked like a Disney cartoon. And it does. 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Read the note at the bottom of this one: 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**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292/24 "2015-05-06T14:30:46Z")
Oh, I agree. I think that phrase “to the chagrin of all” says everything. Bonestell had a real gift. Until this thread, I never imagined anyone would think that end painting was his. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292/25 "2015-05-06T18:26:07Z")
Yeah, it gave me some terrible thrills. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292/26 "2015-05-07T21:13:22Z")
Mrs. Pal? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-an-old-science-fiction-movie/719292.md?page=1)