The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
1963 American film
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The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man is a 1963 American experimental film directed by Ron Rice.[1][2] It stars Winifred Bryan as the Queen of Sheba and Taylor Mead as the Atom Man. Featured players are Ron Rice, Julian Beck, Judith Malina, Jack Smith, and Jonas Mekas.
- Winifred Bryan
- Taylor Mead
- 1963
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| Directed by | Ron Rice |
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| Distributed by | The Film-Makers' Cooperative |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Summary
Production
Rice shot The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man on 16 mm film starting in 1962.[3] It was notable for recording Central Park, Grand Central Terminal and the New York waterfront of that era.[4] Scenes of the Atom Man were shot at the Union Carbide Building, where an exhibit on the "World of the Future" had models explaining atomic energy.[5]
Rice put together a rough cut of the film. At a 1963 benefit to raise funds, he screened over 100 minutes of a purported 3 hours total.[6] Rice died before the editing was complete, so Anthology Film Archives commissioned Mead to finish the film in the early 1980s. The film was restored by Anthology in 2018.[7]