Grant Williams (actor)
John Joseph Williams( August 18, 1931 – July 28, 1985), known as Grant Williams, was an American film, theater and television actor.
He is best remembered for his portrayal of Scott Carey in the science fiction film" The Incredible Shrinking Man"( 1957).
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 Italian- American science- fiction comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher( in his directing debut), written by Jane Wagner and starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, and Elizabeth Wilson.
This film is a take- off on the 1957 science- fiction classic film" The Incredible Shrinking Man", and credited as based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel," The Shrinking Man".
The original music score was composed by Suzanne Ciani.
The film was released in pan -and- scan on VHS by Universal on July 13, 1994.
On November 4, 2009, an unmastered low- quality DVD release( manufactured on demand using DVD- R recordable media) in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen was offered under the Universal" Vault Series" banner.
It was later released by Shout!
Factory as a" Collector's Edition" Blu-ray on November 14, 2017, with an updated transfer, and includes interviews and a deleted scene with Edith Ann, who is also played by Lily Tomlin.
Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance
Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance is a 2015 documentary directed by Louise Osmond.
Sambarala Rambabu
Sambarala Rambabu is a 1970 Telugu-language comedy-drama film directed by G. V. R. Seshagiri Rao and produced by T. Mohan Rao.
It is a remake of K. Balachander's 1968 Tamil film "Ethir Neechal", itself based on his stage play of the same name.
The film stars Chalam, Sharada and S. V. Ranga Rao.
The Shrinking Man
The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel by American writer Richard Matheson, published in 1956.
It has been adapted into a motion picture twice, called" The Incredible Shrinking Man" in 1957 and" The Incredible Shrinking Woman" in 1981, both by Universal Pictures.
Another adaptation of the story has been proposed, which has been pushed back several times from 2001 to the current day.
The novel was retitled" The Incredible Shrinking Man" in some later editions.
In 2012 it was included( under the original title) in the Library of America two- volume boxed set" American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s", edited by Gary K. Wolfe.
Ethir Neechal (1968 film)
Ethir Neechal is a 1968 Tamil language Indian comedy- drama film written and directed by K. Balachander.
The film stars Nagesh, Jayanthi, Sowcar Janaki, R. Muthuraman and Sreekanth.
It is based on Balachander's play of the same name, itself inspired by Sombhu Mitra's play" Kanchanranga".
The film was released on 12 December 1968, and became a commercial success.
It was remade in Telugu as" Sambarala Rambabu"( 1970) and in Hindi as" Lakhon Mein Ek"( 1971).
Attack of the Puppet People
Attack of the Puppet People( working titles The Fantastic Puppet People and I Was a Teenage Doll, and re-titled Six Inches Tall in the UK) is a 1958 American black- and- white science fiction horror film starring John Agar, John Hoyt, and June Kenney.
The film was produced, written, and directed by Bert I. Gordon for his Alta Vista Productions.
He also worked on the film's special effects.
American International Pictures released it as a double feature with" War of the Colossal Beast".
The film was rushed into production by AIP and Bert I. Gordon to capitalize on the popular success of Universal- International's" The Incredible Shrinking Man", released the previous year in 1957.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Man is a 1957 American science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold based on Richard Matheson's novel" The Shrinking Man".
The film stars Grant Williams as Scott and Randy Stuart as Scott's wife Louise.
While relaxing on a boat, Scott is enveloped by strange fog.
Months later, he discovers that he appears to be shrinking.
By the time Scott has reached the height of a small boy, his condition becomes known to the public.
When he learns there is no cure for his condition, he lashes out at his wife.
As Scott shrinks to the point he can fit into a doll house, he has a battle with his family cat, which leaves him lost and alone in his basement, where he is now smaller than the average insect.
The film's storyline was expanded by Matheson after he had sold the story to Universal- International Pictures Co., Inc.
He also completed the novel upon which the film is based while production was underway.
Matheson's script was written in flashbacks, and Richard Alan Simmons rewrote it using a more conventional narrative structure.
Director Jack Arnold initially wanted Dan O'Herlihy to play Scott.
O' Herlihy turned down the role leading Universal to sign Williams to star in the lead.
Filming began on May 31, 1956.
Scenes involving special effects were shot throughout production, while others used the large sets of Universal's back lot.
Production went over budget and filming had to be extended; certain special effects shots required reshooting.
Williams was constantly being injured on set.
Before the film's release in New York City on February 22, 1957, its ending first went to test audiences who felt the character's fate should be changed.
The director's original ending remained in the film.
The film grossed$ 1.43 million in the United States and Canada and was among the highest grossing science fiction films of the 1950s.
A sequel," The Fantastic Little Girl", originally penned by Matheson, never went into production.
A remake was developed years later, eventually becoming the comedy" The Incredible Shrinking Woman"( 1981).
Other remakes were planned in the early 2000s, one of which was to star Eddie Murphy in a more comedic variation on the film.
A new adaptation was announced in 2013, with Matheson writing the screenplay with his son Richard Christian Matheson.
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is a 1958 independently made American black- and- white science fiction film directed by Nathan H. Juran( credited as Nathan Hertz) and starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers.
It was produced by Bernard Woolner.
The screenplay was written by Mark Hanna, and the original music score was composed by Ronald Stein.
The film was distributed in the United States by Allied Artists as a double feature with" War of the Satellites".
The Allied Artists television version runs 75 minutes instead of 66, including a long printed crawl at the beginning and end, repeated sequences, and hold- frames designed to optically lengthen the film's running time.
The film's storyline concerns the plight of a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an enormous alien in his round spacecraft causes her to grow into a giantess, complicating her marriage already troubled by a philandering husband.
" Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" is a variation on other 1950s science fiction films that featured size- changing humans:" The Amazing Colossal Man"( 1957), its sequel" War of the Colossal Beast"( 1958), and" The Incredible Shrinking Man"( 1957).
In this case, a woman is substituted for a man as the film's protagonist.

Question: Which film was released earlier, The Incredible Shrinking Man or Sambarala Rambabu?
Answer: The Incredible Shrinking Man