By reading the bible as a book that foretold events. Hal lindseys the great planet earth bestselling book, was turned into a sobering and frightening motion picture. The late great planet earth is one of the most popular and one of the most misleading books on end time prophecy. Apocalypse porn of the 1970s, like the late great planet earth and future shock, push the idea that my generation is special.
Hal lindseys the late, great planet earth and the rise of popular premillennialism in the 1970s cortney s. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The late great planet earth, satan is alive and well on planet earth2 books combined by hal lindsey has as a students study guide the late great planet earth, a. After lindseys book sold a half million copies, bantam picked up the rights and released a massmarket edition. Editions of the late great planet earth by hal lindsey. The impact of the late great planet earth cannot be overstated. Jan 01, 1970 the impact of the late great planet earth cannot be overstated. Orson welles, hal lindsey, dana kaproff the late great. The late great planet earth 1979 documentary on free. The late, great planet earth was made into a feature film in 1979.
Hal lindsey tapped into a huge audience, eager to learn about the end of the world, with the publication of the late great planet earth in 1970. For more about the late great planet earth and the the late great planet. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The late great planet earth was a book that became a bestseller in 1970. Its about biblical prophecy in the sense that f for fake is about art forgery, which is to say thats just the start. This is the story or an interpretation of the endtime prophesies of the bible.
It purports to predict the future based on writings from the past. The late great planet earth 1979 article 2583 by dave sindelar viewing date. Orson welles serves as narrator for this interpretation of the end of the world as pictured by hal lindsey. The late great planet earth 1979 cosmolearning religious. The late, great planet earth 1979 the movie database tmdb. Synopsis the impact of the late great planet earth cannot be overstated. The book was first featured on a prime time television special featuring hal lindsey in 1974 to 1975 with an audience of 17,000,000 and produced by alan hauge of gmt productions. Hal lindsey, the late great planet earth 1979 on youtube. Moving from ancient times to the looming apocalypse, the story warns of false prophets and focuses on.
Get the late great planet earth dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. John sutherland on armageddon fiction books the guardian. These predictions were tied in with 1970s events and interpreted as to how they might be. The late, great planet earth is the title of a bestselling 1970 book coauthored by hal lindsey and carole c. The late great planet earth 1979 tv trailer youtube. To fuel this public interest and acceptance of the unknown, a new genre sprang up in film and television. The late great planet earth movie poster imp awards. Streetlegal 1978 slow train coming 1979 saved 1980 slow train coming is the 19th studio album by american singersongwriter bob dylan, released on august 20, 1979, by columbia records. The late, great planet earth 1979 the movie database.
Based on the book of the same name, narrated by orson welles, the late great planet earth checks in on where our collective eschatological heads were at by the late seventies. The fool was unable to attend his lecture at a local church and thought from the little bit he read in advance about his appearance, that responsible people would probably not be goinglet alone being taken in by lindseys mischievous gospel. To ask other readers questions about the late great planet earth, please sign up. Welcome to the future, a world ruled by an evil supercomputer that carries the mark of the beast. Toward the end of his life, orson welles hosted a number of pseudoscience documentaries, and even had his own tv show about the mysteries that surround us. All about the late great planet earth by hal lindsey. Heffren in the introductory page of my copy of hal lindsays book called the late great planet earth, is the information that the first edition was printed in may 1970. The book was first featured on a prime time television special featuring hal lindsey in 1974 to 1975 with an audience of 17,000,000 and. Written at the height of the cold war it captured the interest of millions relating bible prophecy to developments and world powers on the scene at this time. For christians and nonchristians of the 1970s, hal lindseys blockbuster served as a wakeup call on events soon to come and events already. For christians and nonchristians of the 1970s, hal lindseys blockbuster served as a wakeup call on events soon to. The late, great planet earth is a treatment of literalist, premillennial, dispensational eschatology. By the cap analysis model the film is indeed pgequivalent but, with a final score of 69 in the range of 86 to 68 earned by pgrated films in the comparative baseline database, is a hard pg. The late great planet earth by hal lindsey goodreads.
The book was published by zondervan and bantam books. The late great planet earth was an incredibly successful crossover bookone of the first texts to bridge the divide between religious and secular audiences after lindseys book sold a half million copies, bantam picked up the rights and released a massmarket ed. This reminds me a lot of a long version of an episode of in search of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the late 1960s, lindsey began gathering his lecture notes into a book that would make his name a household word around the world. Endtimes theory was formulated for a popular audience in hal lindsey and cc carlsons book the late great planet earth 1970, which linked the. The late great planet earth is one of the earliest of these anecdotal, halfbaked suppositions based on misread documents, bad science, and wishful thinking to justify its bizzare claims. The late great planet earth made the apocalypse a popular. The late great planet earth 1979 fantastic movie musings.
The late great planet earth 1979 documentary on free online. The late great planet earth by hal lindsey, paperback. Narrated by the legendary orson welles and based on the best selling book by hal lindsey, get ready for the end of the world. Hal lindseys the late, great planet earth and the rise of. The late, great planet earth is a bestselling 1970 book by hal lindsey with carole c. An analysis of hal lindseys late great planet earth. Hal lindsey the late great planet earth 1979 by leon sobel. This book the late great planet earth contains incontrovertible proof that. Usa orson welles takes us upon a speculative tour of recent events and how they may fit into the biblical prophecies of armageddon. Mar 18, 20 from wikipedia,the late, great planet earth is the title of a bestselling 1970 book coauthored by hal lindsey and carole c.
The film is a pseudodocumentary that purports to portray the events which lead to the rapture, as described in the book of revelations, according to the deluded minds of evangelical christian kooks,hal lindsey and cc carlson who wrote a book of the same name. The late great planet earth as a document of its own time and of events that have not yet happened. Anthony harkins, patricia minter, lawrence snyder department of history western kentucky university. Hal lindsey the late great planet earth 1979 youtube. The late great planet earth is narrated by the late great orson welles. Despite some dated content, 28 million copies had sold by 1990. Chattaway february 27, 1996 robert amrams film the late great planet earth, a 1979 documentary based on the 1970 book of the same name by hal lindsey, tries to act as a bridge of sorts between time periods. Another claimed that only the bible itself had outsold the late great planet earth. Watch the video for late great planet earth from plumbs candycoatedwaterdrops for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Fundamentalist hal lindsey, famed for the megaselling the late great planet earth, wrote in 1973 that the book of revelation holds the key to the mystery of the end of the world, a mystery that has for eighteen centuries.
It even had a run in the theaters and was narrated by orson welles. For christians and nonchristians of the 1970s, hal lindseys blockbuster served as a wakeup call on events soon to come and events already unfoldingall leading up to the greatest event of all. Publication date 20170817 usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. Sep 01, 2002 fundamentalist hal lindsey, famed for the megaselling the late great planet earth, wrote in 1973 that the book of revelation holds the key to the mystery of the end of the world, a mystery that has for eighteen centuries.
This is the late great planet earth trailer by gorilla pictures on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The film the late great planet earth was narrated by orson welles and. Since that time no less than twentyseven editions have followed bearing evidence of immense circulation and interest. An analysis of hal lindseys the late great planet earth one of the most popular books of the 1970s was the late great planet earth by hal lindsey. It quickly became one of the bestselling nonfiction books of the 1970s, and was translated into more than 50 languages with sales. Official theatrical movie poster for the late great planet earth 1979. The late great planet earth 1978 the late great planet. The late great planet earth was an incredibly successful crossover bookone of the first texts to bridge the divide between religious and secular audiences. Our generation will truly see the end times the late great planet earth, like future shock, was. Buy the late great planet earth later printing by lindsey, hal, carlson, carole c.
The book was adapted in 1979 into a movie narrated by orson welles and released by pacific international enterprises. For christians and nonchristians of the 1970s, hal lindseys blockbuster served as a wakeup call on events soon to come and events already unfolding. The late great planet earth has been labeled pg by the motion picture association of america mpaa and deservedly so. It was a paperback written by hal lindsey and it claimed that christs magnificent return would occur within the 80s. Even more frightening is that the book was published in the late seventies and has proved accurate before and since that time. Review of the late great planet earth by hal lindsey. Slow train coming is the 19th studio album by american singersongwriter bob dylan, released on august 20, 1979, by columbia records. Hal lindsey, satan is alive and well on planet earth. For christians and nonchristians of the 1970s, hal lindseys blockbuster served as a wakeup call on events soon to come and events already unfolding all leading up to the greatest event of all. The late great planet earth bluray release date june 12, 2018. It was dylans first effort since converting to christianity, and all of the songs either express his strong personal faith, or stress the importance of christian teachings and philosophy.
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