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Quatermass


 (also known as The Quatermass Conclusion or Quatermass IV) is a British television science fiction *** produced by Euston Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network in October and November 1979. Like its three predecessors, Quatermass  was written by Nigel Kneale. It is the fourth and final television *** to feature the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass.

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet. The series begins with Professor Quatermass arriving in London to look for his granddaugher, Hettie Carlson, and witnessing the destruction of two spacecraft and the disappearance of a group of Planet People at a stone circle by an unknown force. He investigates this force, believing that Hettie may be in danger. As the series progresses, it becomes apparent that the Planet People are being harvested for food by an alien force. Professor Quatermass must devise a way to destroy the aliens before many more people die.

Quatermass was originally conceived as a BBC production, but after they lost faith in the project, due to spiralling costs, production was halted. The scripts were taken by Euston Films and Kneale, now working for independent television, was commissioned to rewrite the scripts into two versions: a four-part television *** and The Quatermass Conclusion, a 100-minute film, intended for international theatrical release.


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** Note:  This two disk set contains the 4 hour ITV series on Disk 1.
          Disk 2 contains the 100 min theatrical release accompanied by
          a documentary on Stonehendge.

  Title................................: Quatermass (aka The Quatermass Conclusion (Theatrical Version))
  Director.............................: Piers Haggard
  Release year.........................: 1979
  Language.............................: English
  Runtime..............................: 204 min (4 Episode TV Series)
                                         100 min (Theatrical Version)
  Genre................................: Sci-Fi | Drama | Thriller
  Color................................: Color
  IMDB rating..........................: 6.6/10
                                         6.1/10
  Link ................................: 
imdb.com/title/tt0078129/
imdb.com/title/tt0823523/

Source (DVD/DVDR 5,9)..................: DVD 9
Total movie"s files size...............: 7.48 GB (8,039,841,792 bytes)
                                         5.28 GB (5,671,157,760 bytes)
                                         
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| Video Attribute |
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  Video compression mode...............: MPEG-2
  TV system (NTSC/PAL).................: NTSC (525/60)
  Aspect ratio.........................: 1.33:1
  Source picture resolution............: 720x480
  Frame rate...........................: 30 FPS

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| Audio Attribute |
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  Audio coding mode....................: Dolby Digital (AC3)
  Sampling rate........................: 48kHz
  Number of audio channels.............: 2
  Number of audio streams..............: 1
  Audio stream language/s..............: English

  Number of Subtitles..................: None
  

Compression method (RAR/ZIP).........: RAR
  File validtion.......................: PAR2 5%
  Part size............................: 125.00 MB
  Name of the part files...............: QMASS4_Dx.partxxx.rar
  Number of files......................: 65
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  Total files size.....................: 7.63 GB +5.38 GB 

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