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The Late Great Planet Earth

1978 · 91 min

A solemn, lecture-like documentary that maps biblical prophecy onto modern headlines, feeling ominous and earnest rather than thrilling.

Directed by
Robert Amram, Rolf Forsberg
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Orson Welles, Judith Roberts
Tagline
Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matt. 24:35
Overview
The Late, Great Planet Earth is the title of a best-selling 1970 book co-authored by Hal Lindsey and Carole C. Carlson, and first published by Zondervan. The book was adapted in 1979 into a movie. The Late, Great Planet Earth is a treatment of literalist, premillennial, dispensational eschatology. As such, it compared end-time prophecies in the Bible with then-current events in an attempt to broadly predict future scenarios leading to the rapture of believers before the tribulation and Second Coming of Christ to establish his thousand-year (i.e. millennial) Kingdom on Earth.

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Directed by
Robert Amram, Rolf Forsberg
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Orson Welles, Judith Roberts
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • fate
  • death
  • power
  • war
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Robert Amram, Rolf Forsberg
Written by
C.C. Carlson, Hal Lindsey, Rolf Forsberg, Robert Amram
Starring
Orson Welles, Judith Roberts
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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