USA, 1969
91m 29s (UK – video); 95m 11s (UK – theatrical)
35mm film, filmed in Dynamation, Technicolor, 1.33:1
mono, English
An American science fiction film directed by James O'Connolly.
Plot Summary
A group of cowboys discover a dinosaur in a lost valley and return it to civilization hoping to make a quick profit. Inevitably, it gets loose and chaos reigns.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: James O'Connolly
Copyright MCMLXIX [1969] by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc.
A Charles H. Schneer production
Distributed by: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Produced by: Charles H. Schneer
Associate Producer: Ray Harryhausen
Production Manager: Miguel Gil
Production Supervisor: Luis Roberts
Screenplay by: William E. Bast
Additional Material by: Julian More
Story: Valley of the Mist by Willis O'Brien *
Assistant Director: Pedro Vidal
Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith
Director of Photography: Erwin Hillier
Camera Operator: Alec Mills
Editor: Henry Richardson
Color by: Technicolor
Music Composed and Conducted by: Jerome Moross
Sound: Malcolm Stewart
Dubbing Editors: Philip Bottomley, Selwyn Petterson
Westrex Recording System
Wardrobe Designer: John Furness
Wardrobe Supervisor: Antonio Puec
Creator of Visual Effects: Ray Harryhausen
Title Designer: Antonio Saura
Art Director: Gil Parrondo
Horse Master: Juan Majan
Locations: Spain
Cast
James Franciscus (Tuck Kirby)
Gila Golan (T.J. Breckenridge)
Richard Carlson (Champ Connors)
Laurence Naismith (Professor Horace Bromley)
Freda Jackson (Tia Zorina)
Gustavo Rojo (Carlos dos Orsos)
Dennis Kilbane (Rowdy)
Mario de Barros (Bean)
Curtis Arden (Lope)
Gwangi
Alternative Titles
Gwangi – early title
The Lost Valley – shooting title
The Valley Where Time Stood Still – working title
The Valley Time Forgot – working title
Links
See also
King Kong (1933)
Production Notes
Censorship
When the film was release in the UK in 1969, the BBFC imposed some cuts, but there are no details as to what those cuts were – it's likely that they were in the scene where the dinosaur attacks the elephant.
In the USA some local TV stations have been known to remove the in which Gwangi attacks and kills an elephant on the grounds of animal cruelty.
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.14 p.6
- L'Incroyable Cinema no.2 (Summer 1969) pp.25-26 – illustrated article (Valley of Gwangi by Allan Asherman)
- The Monster Times no.44 (November 1975) p.3 – illustrated credits, article (The Valley of Gwangi by Tom Rogers)
- Supernatural no.1 (January 1969) p.9 – note (Horror film production guide)
Books
- Beasts and Behemoths: Prehistoric Creatures in the Movies by Roy Kinnard pp.137-140 – illustrated credits, review
- Feature films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.500
- The Horror Film Handbook by Alan Frank p.135 – credits, review
- Kine Yearbook 1971 p.116 – credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.516 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.400-401 – illustrated credits, review
- The Stop-motion Filmography by Neil Pettigrew pp.720-744 – illustrated credits, review
