The Land That Time Forgot (1975 film)

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The Land That Time Forgot is a 1975 fantasy/adventure film based upon the 1918 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The screenplay was written by Michael Moorcock. The film was produced by Britain's Amicus Productions and directed by Kevin Connor. The cast included Doug McClure, John McEnery, Keith Barron, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and character actor Declan Mulholland.

Dinosaurs

 * Pterodactyl &lt;br&gt;
 * Tyrannosaurus &lt;br&gt;
 * Deinosuchus &lt;br&gt;
 * Diplodocus &lt;br&gt;
 * Triceratops &lt;br&gt;
 * Ceratosaurus &lt;br&gt;
 * Styracosaurus &lt;br&gt;
 * Polacanthus &lt;br&gt;
 * Stegosaurus

Plot synopsis
The story is set in World War I and involves the survivors of the sinking of a British merchant ship who are taken on board a German U-boat.There are also reserves of oil which, if the Germans and British can work together, can refine and escape the island,where prehistoric life still exist. Directed by KEVIN CONNOR Screenplay by JAMES CAWTHORN and MICHAEL MOORCOCK'''

At least one wow, a couple of gee whizzes, several neats and a little derisive laughter for The Land That Time Forgot, the best Saturday matinee movie in much too long. It is an elaborate fantasy adventure with no bearing in reality whatsoever. The movie boasts a blond American hero with a jaw like a hammock (Doug McClure), a blonde British heroine (Susan Penhaligon) and a whole bunch of soldiers, most of whom are nice guys.Anthony Ainley of Doctor Who,plays This happy crew gets mixed up with U-boats, torpedoings, fistfights, a mutiny, icebergs, lost civilizations, dinosaurs, pterodactyls, swamps, jungle, quicksand, strange-looking creatures who are in the process of evolving into Man As We Now Know Him, a mysterious river, a note in a bottle, and no love stuff. Instant second childhood is guaranteed in less than 90 minutes.

The movie is based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, who really knew how to heap on the plot. Burroughs may not have been much of a stylist, but any writer who can bring submarines and Brontosauri together deserves respect. Just for the record, Bowen Tyler (McClure) and Lisa Clayton (Penhaligon) are passengers on a ship that is torpedoed by Captain von Schoenvorts (John McEnery). Along with a few surviving British officers, Tyler takes over the German submarine (don't ask how; luck has something to do with it), which gets lost somewhere around South America. Water and supplies are necessary — this is 1916, and subs are not capable of stay ing under for months. Bowen, searching for this sustenance, pilots the ship through a hole in an iceberg. No one can believe what is on the other side.

This is exactly the point, of course. Movies like The Land That Time Forgot are made in proud defiance of rationality, but require both technical facility and a little wit. Director Kevin Connor and his collaborators have all these qualities, and apply them with high spirits.

Apparently they never quite grew up, either.This isn't Jurassic Park.It's not Land of the Lost television series.Like movies sequile that follows less of Edgar Rice Burrough original novel-no surprise there folks-do they ever and At the Earths Core,the dinosaurs are some sort of giant puppets.If the production went dinomation or something other,this would have an ok movie.Portions due capture Burroughs storytelling ability,but the crap dinosaurs spoil the picture.This more like Land that Forgot the Special Effects,making it Movie Time Forgot.Doug McClure plays Off course and running out of fuel in the South Atlantic, the U-boat and its crew happen across an uncharted island called Caprona, a fantastical land of lush vegetation where dinosaures still roam, co-existing with primitive man. There are also reserves of oil which, if the Germans and British can work together, can refine and escape the island.

Production
The U-boat and ships were models and the dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were puppets, rather than stop-motion.

The film was a sleeper hit and inspired Amicus to make two more Burroughs adaptations, At the Earth's Core (1976), with McClure, Peter Cushing, and Caroline Munro, and The People That Time Forgot (1977), a direct sequel to Land starring Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, and McClure in a cameo appearance. All three films were distributed in the United States by American International Pictures.