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Creatures the World Forgot (1970)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 92m/95m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound:


DIRECTION

Director: Don Chaffey


CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions
Producer: Michael Carreras
Production Manager: Jack Martin

SCRIPT
Script: Michael Carreras

DIRECTION
1st Assistant Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
2nd Assistant Director: Simon Peterson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Vincent Cox
Lighting: Mole Richardson
Camera Operator: Ernie Robinson
2nd Unit Cameraman: Ray Sturgess
Stills: Albert Clarke

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Chris Barnes

MUSIC
Music Supervisor: Philip Martell
Music: Mario Nascimbene

SOUND
Sound Recording: John Streeter
Sound Editors: Roy Hyde, Terry Poulton
Dubbing Mixer: Ken Barker
Sound: Westrex Sound System
Sound Recorded At: Pinewood Studios, London, England

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up Supervisor: Bill Lodge
Hair Supervisor: Jeanette Freeman
Wardrobe Master: Roy Ponting
Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Burrows

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Sid Pearson

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John Stoll
Assistant Art Directors: Roy Taylor, Justin Magavin

LOCATIONS
Locations: South Africa
Location Manager: Sun Salaris

OTHER CREW
Continuity: Lolly Walder
Technical Advisor: Adrien Boshier
Animals: Uwe D. Schutz

CASTING
Casting Director: James Liggat


CAST

Julie Ege (the girl (Nala))
Tony Bonner (the fair boy (Toomak))
Robert John (the dark boy (Rool))
Brian O'Shaughnessy (the father (Mak))
Sue Wilson (the mother (Noo))
Rosalie Crutchley (the old crone)
Marcia Fox (the mute girl)
Gerard Bonthuys (the young fair boy)
Hans Kiesouw (the young dark boy)
Josje Kiesouw (the young dumb girl)
Beverley Blake, Doon Baide (the young lovers)
Don Leonard (the old leader)
Frank Hayden (the murderer)
Rosita Moulan (the dancer)
Frank Swart (the marauder leader)
Ken Hare (the leader of the fair tribe)
Derek Wark (the hunter)


AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributor: RCA/Columbia


CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-16

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: PG


TIMELINE

1971
April

18: UK - theatrical release

July
16: Finland - theatrical release

September
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

1988
May

31: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1991
February

3: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

April
1: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1995
March

13: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1997
July

25: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

1999
September

25: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

2001
April

10: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)


POSTER TAGS

See prehistoric love rites! See primitive chieftains duel in naked fury! See the young lovers sacrificed! See staked girl menaced by giant python! See...Creatures the World Forgot.


ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Criaturas olvidadas del mundo - Spanish title
Istoty z zapomianego swiata - Polish title
Lotta del sesso sei milioni di anni fa, La - Italian title
Sex vor sechs Millionen Jahren - German title
Uga-uga - ihmishirviöiden maa - Finnish title


REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

Filmfacts vol.14 no.14 (1971) p.348 (USA)
credits, reprinted reviews

Hollywood Reporter vol.212 no.29 (21 August 1970) p.10 (USA)
credits

Hollywood Reporter vol.216 no.40 (23 June 1971) p.3 (USA)
review

The House That Hammer Built no.7 (February 1998) pp.397-399 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review

Kine Weekly no.3311 (27 March 1971) p.10 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.38 no.448 (May 1971) p.94 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Today's Cinema no.9822 (14 July 1970) p.11
credits

Today's Cinema no.9892 (26 March 1971) p.12 (UK)
review

Variety 7 April 1971 p.18 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

The Hammer Story p.107
illustrated article, review (by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes)


KEYWORDS

stone age; earthquakes

 


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