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Why this film in color/3D and not THEM!?


Warners made this film the same year as THEM!, the all-time best of the giant bug SF films. I have read that THEM! was supposed to have been in color and 3D, but that the budget was cut at the last moment. Ah, what could have been...

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I've read that the reason why Them! was shot in black and white was because the ants looked more cute than threatening when filmed in color.

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