Kim Darby, William Shatner, Diane Varsi

A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she finds that th...( read more  read more... )is is actually a community of extraterrestrials with mild paranormal powers who are attempting to repress and deny their heritage for fear of arousing prejudice and hatred in their human neighbors. Based on a series of novels by the late Zenna Henderson.

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Unrated, 74 min.

Directed by: John Korty

Release Date: January 22, 1972

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  • April 18, 2008
    The movie was very "interesting". I watched the entire movie on a stationary bike at home. The only reason I forced myself watching the whole movie was because I couldn't access to the TV remote control to turn it off. If you have nothing better to do other than exercising on a...( read more) bike, I would recommend this movie.
  • April 14, 2008
    This comes so close to knocking Casablanca and Fog of War out of my Top 2, it isn't even funny.

    So here's what you get. 74 awe-inspiring minutes of watching paint dry. Brilliant short stories turned into so much made-for-tv tripe. But, it is a made-for-tv movie (a Tuesday Mov...( read more)ie of the Week, in fact) from 1972. And Francis Ford Coppola had something to do with it. But it is awful. Glorious, deliriously so. Get a copy and share with friends before there's a run on it or something. For my part, I'm waiting patiently for a special edition box set.

    Just to give you a little flava of the film, here's my special tribute photo gallery:

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    Shout out: To Flixster for posting this movie at my request. Thank you for being part of the solution.

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