The Valley of Gwangi (1969) @ EOFFTV


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	The Valley of Gwangi (1969) Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 1969 Running Times: 91 mins 29 sec (UK - video) 95 mins 11 sec (UK - theatrical) Format: Technicolor Dynamation Ratio: 1.33:1 Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: Morningside Movies Producer: Charles H. Schneer Associate Producer: Ray Harryhausen Production Manager: Miguel Gil Production Supervisor: Luis Roberts SCRIPT Script: William E. Bast, Julian More Story: Valley of the Mist by Willis O'Brien (uncredited) DIRECTION Director: James O'Connolly Assistant Director: Pedro Vidal PHOTOGRAPHY Director of Photography: Erwin Hillier Camera Operator: Alec Mills EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION Editor: Henry Richardson MUSIC Music: Jerome Moross SOUND Sound: Bill Creed, Malcolm Stewart MAKE UP AND COSTUMES Wardrobe Supervisor: John Furniss SPECIAL EFFECTS Special Effects: Ray Harryhausen DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Art Director: Gil Parrondo MISCELLANEOUS Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith LOCATIONS Locations: Spain CAST James Franciscus (Tuck Kirby) Gila Golan (T.J. Breckenridge) Richard Carlson (Champ Connors) Laurence Naismith (Professor Horace Bromley) Freda Jackson (Tia Zorina) Gustavo Rojo (Carlos dos Orsos) Dennis Kilbane (Rowdy) Mario de Barros (Bean) Curtis Arden (Lope) Jose Burgos (the dwarf - uncredited) SUMMARY A group of cowboys discover a dinosaur in a lost valley and return it to civilization hoping to make a quick profit. Inevitably, it gets loose and chaos reigns. CAPSULE REVIEW We've seen it all before of course (most obviously in King Kong (1933)) but when it's done with so much panache and good humour, who cares? Harryhausen's dinosaur is the real star of the show of course and it's suitably scary. As dinosaurs-vs-the- civilised world tales go, it beats The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) hands down. AVAILABILITY UK Video Distributor: Warner Home Video Beyond Vision / Fantasy Classic (S011385) USA Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers / 7 Arts CENSORSHIP HISTORY Australia Rating: PG UK Rating: A (1969); 12 (1995) In 1969, the BBFC imposed some cuts, but there are no details as to what those cuts were - it's likely that they were in the scene where the dinosaur attacks the elephant. USA Rating: G Some local TV stations have been known to remove the in which Gwangi attacks and kills an elephant on the grounds of animal cruelty. TIMELINE 1969 August 15: UK - rated A by the BBFC (for theatrical relaese - with cuts) 1995 October 30: UK - video release (Warner Home Video Beyond Vision / Fantasy Classic (S011385)) November 9: UK - rated 12 by the BBFC (for video release) POSTER TAGS Cowboys Battle Monsters in the Lost World of Forbidden Valley. ALTERNATIVE TITLES Gwangi - early title The Lost Valley - shooting title The Valley Where Time Stood Still The Valley Time Forgot LINKS SEE ALSO King Kong (1933) REFERENCES BOOKS Horror Film Handbook p.135 credits, review (by Alan Frank) Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.516 credits KEYWORDS dinosaurs, stop motion animation, cowboys, horses Last Updated: 15 October, 2008