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The People That Time Forgot [DVD] [1977]

Patrick Wayne , Doug McClure , Kevin Connor    Universal, suitable for all   DVD
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie, Thorley Walters
  • Directors: Kevin Connor
  • Writers: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Patrick Tilley
  • Producers: John Dark, Max Rosenberg, Samuel Z. Arkoff
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish, French, Greek, Danish, Dutch
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: MGM Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 2 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00015N560
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,415 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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If you like big fake dinosaurs--and who doesn't?--then The People That Time Forgot is the movie for you. The third in a loosely themed trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations from director Kevin Connor, all of which starred Doug McClure, this one also features Patrick Wayne (son of John) as the intrepid Major Ben McBride, searching the Arctic for his lost friend (McClure). Sarah Douglas is at his side as Charly, the spunky lady photographer with a dainty puckish streak. As luck would have it, they come across a tropical zone that is home to big fake dinosaurs, surly Neanderthals and nubile cavewomen with truly astonishing cleavages. Ah, but if only it were that simple. An evil rival tribe has been exterminating the gentle cave people and must be stopped. Whatever else you may want to say about producers Samuel Z Arkoff and John Dark, they simply do not skimp on explosions. The People That Time Forgot has a detonation-filled corker of an ending that leaves the cast absolutely showered with dirt clods. Highly entertaining. --Ali Davis

Product Description

The third fantasy movie based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels starring Doug McClure and directed by Kevin Connor (the first being 'The Land That Time Forgot' followed by 'At Earth's Core'). A party travels to the Antarctic to search for Bowen Tyler (McClure) who has been missing in the region for several years.


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars "It's a complete and utter disaster." 7 Dec 2012
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
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. Except for this one, which has always been regarded a bit like the dotty relation nobody ever talks about, and not without good reason.

Despite the success of their first two Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations, The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth's Core, The People That Time Forgot was barely released, and it's not hard to see why. Combining the last two novels of Burroughs Caprona/Caspak trilogy and removing almost everything of interest from them, it was filmed on the cheap and looks it. This time round there are few dinosaurs, glove puppet or otherwise, and, either to keep the budget down or because they were too similar to the evil Mahars in At the Earth's Core, the flying dinosaur/human hybrids of the last novel have been replaced by a tribe of human sacrificing volcano worshipping samurai. With McClure reduced to a cameo, the film focuses on the rescue mission to the lost island of Caprona led by Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas and Thorley Walters but apart from Dana Gillespie's spectacular cleavage and an okay score from John Scott, there's not much to recommend it as it drags on forever to little effect. Unlike the first film there are no ideas, no plot, no sense of continuity with the original film, just the feeling of an unwelcome contractual obligation that everyone wants to get over as quickly and inexpensively as possible. Failing even to work on the most elementary kids matinee show level and with no fun to be had, this one feels like hard work to get to the end.

MGM's DVD offers an okay widescreen transfer with a trailer the only extra, though the DVD is apparently missing one brief sequence.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the land that time forgot 29 April 2007
By "Smith" Reader TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Well is the the follow up to The Land That Time Forgot. Not as good as the first film - but it still has loads of fake dinosaurs, action and fun.

Good rainly day film.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Cave Girl I Always Remember 30 Jun 2010
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As a young boy I loved dinosaurs and when I saw this movie's poster I was determined to see the film. I was 12 or 13 at the time and wanted to see a dinosaur film. My mum took me to a small cinema in Bromley, Kent and we sat through the movie. At my age then I wasn't so interested in dinosaurs that I didn't notice the healthy curves of Ajor (Dana Gillespie) busting (literally) out of a doe skin bikini. Not even Raquel Welch in 1,000,000 Years B.C. had been so sexually charged as this amazing beauty. I loved the film and fell in love with Dana Gillespie. At the time I wasn't even aware of the previous film The Land That Time Forgot and when I did get to see it I was delighted with it too, but it lacked the busty Dana Gillespie and so, despite probably being the better film, I never quite saw it the same as this one.

The dinosaurs weren't very "dinosaur-y", having seen later dinosaur movies, but the actors gave it their all and created a magical world. I have since bought several of these "weird" movies: The Land That Time Forgot, At The Earth's Core, The Lost Continent, The Lost Empire, to name a few and I can safely say that no matter how others might view these films they still have a certain magic that takes me back to 12 or 13 years old and my love of this film and Dana Gillespie.

It was shortly after seeing this film that I was able to see an article in the, then, broadsheet News Of The World interviewing Miss Gillespie and her laughing about another film she starred in where a landslide of rocks bounced off her huge, heaving 44" bosom as she stood on a rocky ledge. I now know this was The Lost Continent, having seen it. What a woman!

I know that Doug McClure became a bit of a joke to the Americans (Troy McClure in The Simpsons, anyone) but I love his old movies and I will always remember him as Trampas in The Virginian. Any guy who got to work opposite Sarah Douglas, Caroline Munro and Dana Gillespie (and her amazing breasts) is all right by me!

As a final note it is probably an indication of this film's (and it's prequel's) appeal to the masses that they still regularly appear in the TV magazines and on TV.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars What's that coming over the hill is that a monster? Is that a monster?
The People That Time Forgot is directed by Kevin Connor and adapted to screenplay by Patrick Tilley from the novel of the same name written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Spike Owen
5.0 out of 5 stars EDGAR RICE BUROUGHS & DOUG McCLURE = EQUALS THE PEOPLE THAT TIME...
Brilliant fantasy adventure based on a Edgar Rice Burroughs book, a film sequal, Doug McClure returns for the climactic, explosive ending to the movie. Read more
Published 16 months ago by James Wyatt
2.0 out of 5 stars Dana Gillespie assault course
Nostalgia buffs are likely to be the main interested party as far as audience is concerned. It has not the film quality, the acting, the plot or narrative drive of Land That Time... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Zaroff
3.0 out of 5 stars SOMETHING LACKING WITHOUT MCCLURE AT THE HELM
The main problem for me is Patrick Wayne. Yes, he's tall and good-looking like his father was, but he doesn't have the right personality to be a tough leading man. Read more
Published 17 months ago by C. Kingswell
4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant sequel of a classic sci-fi movie
The People That Time Forgot is the sequel to The Land That Time Forgot in 1975, again directed by Kevin Connor and similarly to this, based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs,... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2010 by Massimo Santilli
2.0 out of 5 stars Made quite an impression on me the first time I saw it
... and that was when I was 8.

So seeing it here I bought it and watched with my daughter age 7. Made an impression on her as well. Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by Gisli Jokull Gislason
4.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY ENTERTAINING!
Now I disagree with the previous reviewer who says that this isn't as good as the original. THIS IS LOADS BETTER! Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2008 by Coach Potato
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