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Monster Island (1981)
Country
of Origin: Spain / USA
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 100 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Almena Films S.A. / F. Ariza / Fort
Films Productions
Producer: Juan Piquer Simón
SCRIPT
Script: Ron Gantman, Joaquín Grau, Juan Piquer Simón
Novel: Jules Verne
DIRECTION
Director: Juan Piquer Simón
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Andrés Berenguer
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Rafael De La Cueva, Earl Watson
MUSIC
Music: Alfonso Agullo, Alejandro Monroy, Carlos Villa
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Tony Pueo
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Emilio G. Ruiz
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Emilio G. Ruiz
Art Director: Gumersindo Andrés
LOCATIONS
Locations: Otur, Asturias, Spain
CAST
Terence Stamp (Taskinar)
Peter Cushing (William T. Kolderup)
Ian Sera (Jeff Morgan)
David Hatton (Thomas Artelect)
Gasphar Ipua (Carefinatu)
Blanca Estrada (Dominique)
Ana Obregón (Meg Hollaney)
Frank Braña (Birling)
Paul Naschy (real name:
Jacinto Molina) (Flynt)
Gérard Tichy (Captain Turkott)
Manuel Pereiro
Daniel Martín
Luis Barboo
George Bosso
Ioshio Murakami
PLOT SUMMARY
A young man facing
marriage decides that he'd rather see something of the
worldinstead and his rich uncle bankrolls his global
expedition. But the young man is shipwrecked on a remote
island where he and his fellow survivors are attacked by
prehistoric creatures and villainous gold prospectors.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation; Ares Films International
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: G
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster
Island - US TV title
Misterio en la isla de los monstruos
Mystery on Monster Island
Das Geheimnis der Monsterinsel - German title
Reise zur Insel des Grauens - German
title KEYWORDS
book into film, dinosaurs, gold, islands, monsters,
the ocean, prehistory, seaweed, ships, shipwrecks, treasure
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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