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[Brent Gair]

Oddly, I see no listing here for this movie although a couple of it's lesser cousins have a thread.

This is a good opportunity to give it a mention because THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT has just been announced as a Blu-ray release by Kino. Expect to see this in June of 2015.

[orzel-w]

I recognize that submarine! It's the U-33 Seeblick.
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[Bud Brewster]

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I like good old Doug McClure, and if this movie had gotten the big budget treatment, with the kind of stop motion animation that almost makes When Dinosaurs Rule the Earth worth watching, I'd be considerably more enthusiastic about it.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

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[Krel]

Wouldn't you just love to read the script that gave birth to the poster used on the DVD? I remember seeing that poster at the show when I went to see the movie, talk about bait-and-switch!

David.

[Bud Brewster]

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Yep, the posters are maganificent!









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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

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[Gord Green]

I think aside from the "man in a suit" special effects this wasn't a bad film. The story was basicly true to the ERB original. Peter McHenry as the U boat commander did a very good job. Doug McClure was also an asset. He was much better than in AT THE EARTH CORE.

The sequel, starring Patrick Wayne (John's son) was a bit better, but again suffered from the effects.

Perhaps someday someone will release a version with enhanced CGI or even decent stop motion, but I don't think there would be a big market for it.

[Bud Brewster]

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The various posters are spectacular, but the book covers by Roy Krenkel, Frank Frazetta, and Allen St John have their own special beauty.


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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IMDB has 23 trivia items for this movie. Here’s a few of the ones I found the most interesting, in the blue text.
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~ The real U-33 of World War I served in the Mediterranean and survived the war.

Note from me: Knowing that the submarine used in this move has noble war record raises my respect for the movie.

~ Amicus cast Stuart Whitman in the lead. AIP refused to finance the film if Whitman starred, so he was fired.

Note from me: Hmmm . . . and just what was the objection they had to Mr. Whitman!

~ Michael Palin found a gun from this production in a skip in the studio where this was shot. He kept it.

Note from me: What the hell is a "skip"?

~ Doug McClure replaced Stuart Whitman.

Note from me: Interesting. Stuart they did not like. Doug they did. I still wonder what all this is about!

~ German actor Anton Diffring dubbed John McEnery's voice as Captain Von Schoenvorts, allegedly because the producers felt McEnery had used a silly voice for the part.

Note from me: He used a silly voice and they dubbed all his dialog? Jeesz, if the guy had a silly voice, why the hell did they hire him?

~ Director Kevin Connor said "Doug McClure was a great asset. In fight scenes he was especially good due to his hours of American TV action films. He knew exactly where the camera was at all times and threw punches precisely where the effect would work for the screen. He was always co-operative and came up with many ideas."

Note from me: Doug was a regular on the action series, Search, and I admire his work on that show.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[The Spike]

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 through 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
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[johnnybear]

I would never have guessed that Anton Diffring dubbed John McEnery as the noble German Captain. In fact his voice seemed a little softer than the usual Diffring style!

This was undoubtedly their best of the four movies, or is it five if we count Arabian Adventure, but Doug had gone home by then!!!
JB

[Bud Brewster]

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Here's the full movie — although the picture quality is only fair.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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[Maurice]

[Bud Brewster]

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Ah-ha . . . a "skip" is a dumpster.

So, London bobbies don't go "dumpster diving" when they look for possible evidence, they go "skip swimming".
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)