USA, UK, 1977
90m, 8130 feet/2478 metres
35mm, Technicolor, 1.85:1
mono, English
An American/British fantasy film directed by Kevin Connor. Production began on 24 January 1977 1Screen International no.70 (15 January 1977) p.5
Plot Summary
Major Ben McBride leads a mission to the Antarctic in search of his friend Bowen Tyler who went missing there several years earlier. He and his party find Tyler surviving in a primitive world of dinosaurs and have to evade capture by the aggressive locals.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Kevin Connor
© MCMLXXVII [1977] by American International Pictures Inc.
Samuel Z. Arkoff presents a Max J. Rosenberg production. An American International picture. Amicus *
Executive Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Screenplay by: Patrick Tilley
Based upon ‘The People That Time Forgot‘ by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Director of Photography: Alan Hume
Editors: John Ireland, Barry Peters
Music by: John Scott
Sound Mixer: George Stephenson
Wardrobe: Brenda Dabbs
Make-Up: Robin Grantham
Hairdresser: Colin Jamison
Special Effects Supervisor – Spain: John Richardson
Special Effects Supervisor – U.K.: Ian Wingrove
Process Photography: Charles Stafford
Production Designer: Maurice Carter
Cast
Patrick Wayne ([Major] Ben McBride)
Sarah Douglas (Charly [Lady Charlotte Cunningham])
Dana Gillespie (Ajor)
Thorley Walters ([Dr Edwin] Norfolk)
Shane Rimmer (Hogan)
Tony Britton (Captain Lawton)
Doug McClure (Bowen Tyler)
John Hallam (Chung-Sha)
David Prowse (executioner)
Milton Reid (Sabbala)
Kiran Shah (Bolum)
Richard Parmentier (Lt. Whitby)
Jimmy Ray (Lt. Graham)
Tony McHale (telegraphist)
Alternative Titles
Apostoli sti hameni ipeiro – Greece
Caprona II – Hungary, West Germany
Caprona Park – Hungary, West Germany
Le Continent oublié – France
Flykten från Djävulslandet – Sweden
Gente Que O Tempo Esqueceu – Brazil
O Gente Que O Tempo Esqueceu – Brazil
Ludzie, o których zapomnial czas – Poland
Oblidats pel temps – Spain (Catalan)
Pako paholaisen maasta – Finland
Tanrilarin dönüsü – Turkey
Gli uomini della terra dimenticata dal tempo – Italy
Viaje al mundo perdido – Spain
Vulkanøyas hemmelighet – Norway (video)
Links
Sequel to
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
See also
At the Earth’s Core (1976)
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
Production Notes
Production
The special effects crew were lucky to escape without injury when their helicopter crashed onto a frozen lake in the Cairngorms in January 1977. They were stranded on the ice for nine hours before they were rescued suffering nothing more serious than shock ad hypothermia. 2Screen International no.70 (15 January 1977) p.1]
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.6 no.1 (Summer 1977) p.Summer 28 – review
- Film Review vol.27 no.8 (August 1977) p.8 – credits, synopsis, review
- Film Score Monthly vol.9 no.8 (September 2004) p.46 – DVD review (Laserphile: Frightfully Good by Andy Dursin)
- Filmfacts vol.20 no.8 (1977) p.180-182 – reprinted reviews
- Films Illustrated vol.6 no.70 (June 1977) p.390-391 – credits, synopsis, review
- Halls of Horror no.9 p.11 – review
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.247 no.4 (21 June 1977) p.3 – credits, synopsis, review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.44 no.523 (August 1977) p.172 – credits, synopsis, review
- Screen International no.70 (15 January 1977) pp.1; 5 – note (Effects ‘copter crashes); illustrated note (More that time forgot)
- Screen International no.72 (29 January 1977) p.6 – credits (In production)
- Screen International no.73 (5 February 1977) p.8 – credits (In production)
- Screen International no.80 (26 March 1977) p.6-7 – note (In production)
- Screen International no.95 (9 July 1977) p.34 – credits, synopsis, review
- Variety 22 June 1977 p.17 – credits, synopsis, review
Books
- American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig p.288
- American International Pictures: A Filmography by Robert L. Ottoson pp.305-306 – credits, synopsis, review
- Beasts and Behemoths: Prehistoric Creatures in the Movies by Roy Kinnard pp.146-147
- Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures by Mark Thomas McGee p.319
- Film Review 1978-79 by F. Maurice Speed p.155
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.298
- Jules Verne on Film by Thomas C. Renzi pp.15-16
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Monsters: The American International Story by Bruce G. Hallenbeck pp.271; 294
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.310-311
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith pp.174-175
- Variety Science-Fiction Movies by Julian Brown (ed.) p.82 – credits, review
- The World of Fantasy Films by Richard Myers p.92
