Template:Featured film (Week 37, 2008)

Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (also known as Doppelgänger) was a 1969 Science Fiction film directed by Robert Parrish. The crew of a spacecraft journey to an previously unknown planet far side of the Sun, only to seemingly find themselves returning back to the Earth.

The film was produced by Gerry Anderson, who was best known for producing television series using the puppetry technique Supermarionation, indeed utilizing many of his greatest techniques, primarily the use of models and pyrotechnics. It also has an innovative score by Barry Gray. The success of this film led to Anderson producing live-action series for television.

Released the year after 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Apollo 11 moon landing, the film has reached 'cult' status, with many Anderson fans viewing the film as a ticket to true Anderson fandom.

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