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17 May 2008

Incubus (1965)

Incubus, the 1965 black and white horror film starring William Shatner, was the second movie ever released in the artificial language Esperanto (The first, Angoroj, appeared a year earlier).


Though Incubus is considered something of a joke today — at most a a curious piece of film trivia — it is actually quite striking in several respects. The cinematographer, Conrad Hall, went on to win three Academy Awards.

For many years, the original print of Incubus was thought to have been lost and all copies destroyed, but the film turned up in Paris 1996 and was re-released on DVD in 2001. According to Salon Magazine, the movie may be cursed.

(Incubus movie info)

The movie trailer



William Shatner speaks Esperanto

06:00 Posted in Movie Trailers , Movies | Permalink | Comments (1) | Email this | Tags: cult movie, horror, cheesy, awful, William Shatner

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Sadly, Shatner didn't pronounce the Esperanto very well! You might be interested to know that Esperanto is more than an oddity of film history. Esperanto is alive and thriving. Take a look ast www.esperanto.net

Posted by: Bill Chapman | 18 May 2008

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