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 Posted:   Apr 10, 2011 - 9:11 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

After seeing the cheeseball T-Rex costume in the trailer, I was prepared to snort with derision....



... and be only mildly diverted by the three sweaty men in torn clothing.



But boy, they sure did a good job of pacing, and the first dino appearance (I won't give it away) really did scare me!

And somebody please stop me from following actor William Reynolds to the ends of the earth!

 
 Posted:   Apr 10, 2011 - 9:17 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

And the music, especially over the main titles, was awfully good.

 
 Posted:   Apr 10, 2011 - 9:29 PM   
 By:   Steve Johnson   (Member)

I haven't seen it in many years, but I recall it being above average for a lo-budgie Universal programmer.

 
 Posted:   Apr 10, 2011 - 10:25 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

I'm tickled pink that you liked it, D-In-B. I always loved that Rex suit. Very cool when I was a kid, very cool now.

You know which part cracks me up the most? When some poop is hitting the fan, no one even notices the poor little monkey-dude being slowly lowered into the maw of the giant man-eating plant...

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 1:07 AM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

The producers of The Land Unknown gained permission from the U.S. Department of Defense to use footage from the 1947 South Pole expedition of noted aviator and explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888--1957).

Does anyone know who on the Universal composing team scored this film?

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 4:51 AM   
 By:   Timmer   (Member)

I love old cheese like this and would love to see it again.

I'd bet this was the inspiration for Marvel Comics Tarzan rip, KAZAR, a lost Dinosaur land in the Arctic and it even stars a Tarzan actor in Jock Mahoney.

 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 6:48 AM   
 By:   madmovyman   (Member)

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 10:30 AM   
 By:   Timmer   (Member)

Cheesy as ****!

I love the mattes, very primeval looking.

 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 10:34 AM   
 By:   Ray Faiola   (Member)

Okay, fine, but where is Universal's...

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 11:15 AM   
 By:   CinemaScope   (Member)

Great trailer, makes me want to see the film (what a great trailer should do). The DVD was never released in the UK, as far as I can see it's only available as part of a box set, & not cheap.

 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 1:18 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)


You know which part cracks me up the most? When some poop is hitting the fan, no one even notices the poor little monkey-dude being slowly lowered into the maw of the giant man-eating plant...


Yeah, that was pretty startling.

Everybody runs to help the screaming blonde woman, though.

Ain't that always the way?

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 11, 2011 - 10:33 PM   
 By:   MMM   (Member)

The score was composed by Herman Stein, Heinz Roemheld, and Hans Salter, with only the End Title by Henry Mancini. It's not one of Universal's more consistent scores of the period -- the composers didn't think it was a great picture and obviously weren't very inspired by it. But there are some terrific cues spread throughout it, and it's very likely we'll be newly recording some of it fairly soon. The great "Main Title" is by Herman Stein, similar in structure and effect to the MT's he wrote for CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and THE MOLE PEOPLE, with the second half of the piece being composed around a long Hammond Organ and/or Novachord line. I have the original music tracks for the film, but a re-recording will really help this score come to life. But, no -- we won't be recording those awful horn calls. I get a heachache just thinking about them!

Please don't ask me about LOVE SLAVES OF THE AMAZON. I hate to admit that I own some of the music copyrights for that abysmal motion picture.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2011 - 11:35 AM   
 By:   Mark Hatfield   (Member)


Was this the one with the dinosaur in the lake that had the great misfortune of having its front flippers go round-and-round, timed perfectly opposite one another, obviously mechanized by some child's toy? Good shtuff. Loved it when I was a little kid.

---- Mark

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2016 - 2:28 AM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

I just sat through this one again tonight, for the umpteenth time.
The bit with the monkey still makes me laugh out loud!

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2016 - 2:40 AM   
 By:   Grecchus   (Member)

Actually, the production methods of those trailers deserve a major book in their own right. Lots of printer work there, with all those wipes, titles and very stylized (Saul Bass) precision graphical effects.

Who got to do those jobs anyway?

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2016 - 6:59 AM   
 By:   vinylscrubber   (Member)

I was going to say that Pacific Title might have done the trailers of that vintage. But, checking at WikiPedia, they say up until the late 50's most trailers were produced by National Screen Services.

Needless to say, most were about as subtle as a baseball bat to the forehead.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2016 - 8:01 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

I always loved that shot of the T-Rex approaching the helicopter!

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2016 - 1:37 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

All of you are making me want to check this out of the library again. But I'm nowhere near that library anymore! frown

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2016 - 2:04 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

All of you are making me want to check this out of the library again. But I'm nowhere near that library anymore! frown


What do you think the fee would be if you checked it out and just kept it?
'Cause I don't think Best Buy would carry it anymore and the jackals on eBay, well....

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2016 - 5:00 PM   
 By:   RoryR   (Member)

All of you are making me want to check this out of the library again. But I'm nowhere near that library anymore! frown


What do you think the fee would be if you checked it out and just kept it?
'Cause I don't think Best Buy would carry it anymore and the jackals on eBay, well....


It's $13.99 on DVD at Amazon. Part of the "Universal Vault Series."

 
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