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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I enjoyed the initial cinematic release of this in SUMMER 1975, and appreciate it all the more now, having discovered some facts of it's production history. Basically, this had an allocated budget of £750,000....a modest amount even in 1974, and remarkable considering the minor miracles the production team conjured up in retrospect.
To put this into perspective, the DINO DE LAURENTIS 'KING KONG' of 18 months later cost a staggering 24, 000,000 dollars in comparison, and there is no way that DINO'S 'KONG' delivered thrill-value per dollar in comparison to what this UK AMICUS production achieved.
DOUG McCLURE and SUSAN PENHALIGON serve as the usual anchors to the splendidly atmospheric, evocative mythical lost plateau-world of CAPRONA, ---brilliantly realized via scenic mountainous matte-paintings, tastefully-lit, lush miniature jungle settings, with ice-bound, craggy terrains an added bonus.
Most of this is highly successfully reproduced by intricately-constructed, character-filled miniature sets, usually filmed in high-speed [read:'slow-motion'] photography to increase the sense of mass.
In this age of over-produced CGI [which once stunned and amazed]the DINOSAUR effects on display here,---- essentially elaborate rod-puppets by ROGER DICKENS, augmented by sections of full-scale mock-ups------belong in a wholly seperate category to the frame-by-frame animated models of the O'BRIEN/HARRYHAUSEN school. Some commentaters detract from the DINO-effects on display here, but I personally find them a welcome and refreshing change, and they interact with actual flames and miniature foilage in a way that other MONSTER effects simply can't---[There are also a couple of shots that appear to reference shots of stricken DINOS from the 1933 KONG].
An actual WW1 U-boat was used in this production, to great effect.
This gem of a monster-flick happily takes rightful place in my monster-MOVIE DVD COLLECTION,alongside the '33 and 2005 KONGS, as well as HARRYHAUSEN'S works.
A WINNER!
To put this into perspective, the DINO DE LAURENTIS 'KING KONG' of 18 months later cost a staggering 24, 000,000 dollars in comparison, and there is no way that DINO'S 'KONG' delivered thrill-value per dollar in comparison to what this UK AMICUS production achieved.
DOUG McCLURE and SUSAN PENHALIGON serve as the usual anchors to the splendidly atmospheric, evocative mythical lost plateau-world of CAPRONA, ---brilliantly realized via scenic mountainous matte-paintings, tastefully-lit, lush miniature jungle settings, with ice-bound, craggy terrains an added bonus.
Most of this is highly successfully reproduced by intricately-constructed, character-filled miniature sets, usually filmed in high-speed [read:'slow-motion'] photography to increase the sense of mass.
In this age of over-produced CGI [which once stunned and amazed]the DINOSAUR effects on display here,---- essentially elaborate rod-puppets by ROGER DICKENS, augmented by sections of full-scale mock-ups------belong in a wholly seperate category to the frame-by-frame animated models of the O'BRIEN/HARRYHAUSEN school. Some commentaters detract from the DINO-effects on display here, but I personally find them a welcome and refreshing change, and they interact with actual flames and miniature foilage in a way that other MONSTER effects simply can't---[There are also a couple of shots that appear to reference shots of stricken DINOS from the 1933 KONG].
An actual WW1 U-boat was used in this production, to great effect.
This gem of a monster-flick happily takes rightful place in my monster-MOVIE DVD COLLECTION,alongside the '33 and 2005 KONGS, as well as HARRYHAUSEN'S works.
A WINNER!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Before Luke Skywalker, there was Doug McClure... His John Dark-Kevin Connor fantasy adventures were a mainstay of Summer holiday movies in the days before Star Wars: they weren't masterpieces, they didn't boast state-of-the-art special effects, but they were exactly what an audience of kids wanted from a film back in the mid 70s.
The poster for The Land That Time Forgot made it look like this was going to be the greatest film ever made when I was a kid - dinosaurs, U-boats, cavemen, erupting volcanoes and Doug McClure: how could it NOT be great? Well, this being the mid-70s, the crummy special effects in the form of Roger Dicken's prehistoric puppets don't exactly give Jurassic Park a run for its money. But still, this low-budget adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' terrific adventure novel does have some good ideas in its script as well as dinosaurs, U-boats, cavemen, erupting volcanoes and Doug McClure, so it's not a total wash, and compared to the incredibly poor sequel, The People That Time Forgot, which threw away all that was best about the premise, it's still fun, if somewhat muted. And it has a really great poster.
The UK DVD boasts a decent but not outstanding widescreen transfer with UK theatrical trailer, stills gallery and an original featurette on the making of the film from its first release.
The poster for The Land That Time Forgot made it look like this was going to be the greatest film ever made when I was a kid - dinosaurs, U-boats, cavemen, erupting volcanoes and Doug McClure: how could it NOT be great? Well, this being the mid-70s, the crummy special effects in the form of Roger Dicken's prehistoric puppets don't exactly give Jurassic Park a run for its money. But still, this low-budget adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' terrific adventure novel does have some good ideas in its script as well as dinosaurs, U-boats, cavemen, erupting volcanoes and Doug McClure, so it's not a total wash, and compared to the incredibly poor sequel, The People That Time Forgot, which threw away all that was best about the premise, it's still fun, if somewhat muted. And it has a really great poster.
The UK DVD boasts a decent but not outstanding widescreen transfer with UK theatrical trailer, stills gallery and an original featurette on the making of the film from its first release.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Land That Time Forgot is directed by Kevin Connor and adapted to screenplay by Michael Moorcock & James Cawthorn from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name. It stars Doug McClure, Keith Barron, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and Declan Mulholland. Music is by Douglas Gamley and cinematography by Alan Hume. It is the first of four feature films featuring the pairing of director Kevin Connor and actor Doug McClure. Story is set during World War I and sees an uneasy alliance formed between enemies on board a German U-Boat after it drifts for miles and lands in a lost world of dinosaurs and cavemen.
Rationale goes out the window, as does any hope of quality thesping, in the sort of cheese laden creature feature that thrilled many a child back in the mid to late 1970's. Film was enough of a success that it spawned three more films of the same ilk; At the Earth's Core (1976), The People That Time Forgot (1977) and Warlords of Atlantis (1978). Of the four, this is the one that arguably has the most about it in terms of plotting and character development. Certainly it's the biggest budgeted of the four. In fact for the first third of the picture it's distinctly un-child friendly, as story focuses on characters from opposite sides of the war clashing on board the U-Boat after the torpedoing of the ship housing the allies. But once the boat reaches arctic climes and wades thru to the sunnier "other side", it's all prehistoric puppets, fisticuffs and square jawed heroics from McClure. Ultimately a fun boys own adventure without sensible trappings.
Not as outrageously fun as At the Earth's Core, but a decent launching pad for the 70's creature feature niche created by Connor and McClure. 6.5/10
Rationale goes out the window, as does any hope of quality thesping, in the sort of cheese laden creature feature that thrilled many a child back in the mid to late 1970's. Film was enough of a success that it spawned three more films of the same ilk; At the Earth's Core (1976), The People That Time Forgot (1977) and Warlords of Atlantis (1978). Of the four, this is the one that arguably has the most about it in terms of plotting and character development. Certainly it's the biggest budgeted of the four. In fact for the first third of the picture it's distinctly un-child friendly, as story focuses on characters from opposite sides of the war clashing on board the U-Boat after the torpedoing of the ship housing the allies. But once the boat reaches arctic climes and wades thru to the sunnier "other side", it's all prehistoric puppets, fisticuffs and square jawed heroics from McClure. Ultimately a fun boys own adventure without sensible trappings.
Not as outrageously fun as At the Earth's Core, but a decent launching pad for the 70's creature feature niche created by Connor and McClure. 6.5/10
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Unbelievable adventure!
Based on a 1918 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. After a German U-Boat sinks a British ship during WWI, a diverse group of survivors make the discovery of a lifetime. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lord Anon
A terrific British fantasy film
!!!WARNING. MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!
World War I.The survivors of a torpedoed British Merchant ship launch a daring raid on a German U-Boat, taking over command following... Read more
World War I.The survivors of a torpedoed British Merchant ship launch a daring raid on a German U-Boat, taking over command following... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett
excellent thank you so much
wow got my dvd in 1 day awesome seller i haven't scene this film in years and am so pleased to own it x
Published 20 months ago by lucy anne
Doug and Dinosaurs !!! !
Hi!!!
Had not seen this in some years.
It's quite faithful to the ERB novel!!!
Doug is a good hero - We liked him as kids. Read more
Had not seen this in some years.
It's quite faithful to the ERB novel!!!
Doug is a good hero - We liked him as kids. Read more
Published 20 months ago by jman jr
The land that story forgot!
SPOILERS
Let's be honest. Most people have a soft spot for the Amicus produced Doug McClure fantasy flicks. Read more
Let's be honest. Most people have a soft spot for the Amicus produced Doug McClure fantasy flicks. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ian Armer
Ignore the cynics! This ain't bad stuff
The Land That Time Forgot [1974]
It is very easy for the shallow Star Wars generation to dismiss films like these as poor, mainly because they cannot see beyond the set... Read more
It is very easy for the shallow Star Wars generation to dismiss films like these as poor, mainly because they cannot see beyond the set... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2008 by Princes Spider
Doug & Susan Go U-Boating
This is the best U-boat/dinosaur movie ever made! And of course it's the only etc. The basic plot, taken from an Edgar Rice Burroughs story, is preposterous, but all the more fun... Read more
Published on 14 July 2007 by David Longhorn
The Jurassic park of the 70's
The land that time forgot is surely the jurassic park of the 70's.
A Movie with action and suspense which will take your breath away. Read more
A Movie with action and suspense which will take your breath away. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2007 by V. K. Manglaveras
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