Project X

Nice simple movie that has some interesting concepts that are relevant to today.

I bought this film because in it was Christopher George, it is a science fiction film with no subtitles.

True confessions: I bought this video after trying in vain to find a copy on Netflix/Hulu/YouTub/Amazon Prime. I have been going nuts since 1970 trying to find out how this movie ended.I saw the first half of "Project X" in November of 1970. Why didn't I see the second half? I had told my folks I was going to be hanging out with friends that night - but convienently forgot to tell them the friend was named Peggy (insert sigh here). In order to get her in home in time - for me to get home in time - we had to leave the Kambe theater early - but my carefully devised duplicity all came to naught when I got my dad's Maverick stuck in the snow and busted curfew anyway.Through the pre-video years that followed that first interupted viewing I would search late-night movie listings for this show, eventually forgetting the name and most of the plot line other than it starred Christopher George. Then the Internet struck. Thank Wikipedia for helping me find the name of the show listed under Mr. George's entry. Thank Amazon Video for finally providing me the chance to see how the story ended.Is this great cinema? No. I wanted to see/purchase this video mostly out of nostalgia sake, but I find that I like it for the same reason I love the 1966 Adam West version of Batman. (It may be campy but it would be nice to live in a world where a flabby middle-aged man in tights is considered attractive and no one really gets hurt.) "Project X" is "happy" entertainment but then what else would you expect out of one of Hanna-Barbera's very few live-action ventures? We live in a time when domestic and foreign terrorism scares the ba-jebbers out of all of us...and robs too many of us(and sadly our children)of a decent future.This is escapist entertainment. It's nice to check out for an hour and half and watch SGT Troy run around with a fabric-covered bowl on his head trying to pass as a "Sinoese" peasant. This is better 60s escapist fare than most with equivalent budgets. There is the obligatory 60's flashing-color psychedelic scene but the setting actually has some internal logic and the show does have a plot you can follow, flimsy as it may be. I think my only beef is with the really dopey clear-plastic helmets the security officers wear.Yes, this is chewing gum for your eyes - but at least it's Hubba-Bubba.

Ok. "Project X" is not a deep, philosophical film by any stretch of the imagination, but it is fun and not particularly as violent as today's films.I enjoyed the film. I saw it when it was on the CBS Late Night Movie years ago. Probably that's why the film aroused my curiosity when I had the chance to view it as an adult.The plot is somewhat a mishmash. Set about a hundred years in the future, Christopher George stars as a futuristic secret agent who has lost his memory (due to an amnesia inducing drug that was given to him if he was tortured) and the far-out and totally hysterical plan by a group of scientists (led by Henry Jones) to recover the secrets George's character lost. And, of course, the safety of the world depends on it.The late Henry Jones, a sixties and seventies TV and film star, was a far better actor than given credit for. Granted, he was never the "star," but he was a fine supporting player who really brought a great performance to what ever TV and movie production he was working on.The sixties elements are in fine form here; the psychedelic opening credits, the animation, the cheesy human brain in a transparent globe, the outlandish outfits. They all scream the sixties.I didn't realize until recently this was a William Castle production. But now that I know, it's so obvious. But I still find it more original with some of its ideas than more contemporary films.Hey! If we're tortured and we lose our memory, let's all be reprogrammed with a new identity and personality and given a beautiful new wife. Who cares about our former lives and family? Sounds good to me.For Sixties Fans.JThreeWilliston ND

"PROJECT X" was an incredibly made science fiction film and unquestionably way ahead of its time! while some viewers may see this 1967 Paramount release as little more but some strange made for TV movie, "PROJECT X" explores the technological concepts of advanced technology of the Earth in 2118, but the story-a mixture of some interesting time traveling concepts and espionage of an insanely unbelievable sci-fi story, but also well-written and well played by Christopher George ("THE RAT PATROL" and "THE IMMORTAL" TV series) and Henry Jones ("THE BAD SEED") with supporting roles by Monte Markham (TV's "THE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS" & "THE NEW PERRY MASON") and Harrold Gould, "PROJECT X" was also William Castle's first foray into science fiction, but it was also his creative choice by using Hanna-Barbera Productions ("THE FLINTSTONES", "JONNY QUEST", and "SPACE GHOST") to create the eerie, but effective special animation effects that were also supervised by animation legends, Carl Urbano, and Alex Toth (who also worked on American International Pictures' "THE ANGRY RED PLANET" in 1959 as well as being a noted comic illustrator and Hanna-Barbera's top character designer for many of their major animated cartoon series) ) The result was a great and satisfying science fiction movie that will greatly be appreciated by serious fans like myself! I gave this vintage Paramount Pictures release from 1967, a 5-star review for best original creativity!

First off the movie looks good, print wise, but the story is stupid and not helped by being in competition with the likes of '2001: A Space Odyssey' . It's look is cheap and lo-fi but the story is poor, with the brain of a dead agent being harvested to get vital information. Hanna-Barbera were drafted in to provide unhelpful animation sequences, which fail to save the movie.

An excellent release (superb picture, color, and sound) of a little-known but fascinating science fiction gem from the 1960's. A futuristic secret-agent cold-war thriller incorporating (among other things) virtual reality, personality transfer, and germ warfare, along with unusual special effects and some very nice and unexpected plot twists. IMHO, it belongs in any serious collection of older science fiction films.

don't waste your money, lousy movie and it was very expensive