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Director:
Writers:
William Bast (writer)
Julian More (additional material)
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Release Date:
25 July 1969 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
Cowboys Battle Monsters in the Lost World of Forbidden Valley.
Plot:
Cowboy James Franciscus seeks fame and fortune by capturing a Tyrannosaurus Rex living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Good little movie....hidden gem. more (40 total)

Cast

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James Franciscus ... Tuck Kirby
Gila Golan ... T.J. Breckenridge
Richard Carlson ... Champ Connors
Laurence Naismith ... Prof. Horace Bromley
Freda Jackson ... Tia Zorina
Gustavo Rojo ... Carlos dos Orsos
Dennis Kilbane ... Rowdy
Mario De Barros ... Bean
Curtis Arden ... Lope
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gwangi
The Lost Valley
The Valley Time Forgot
The Valley Where Time Stood Still
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Runtime:
96 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Trivia:
Due to a mishearing of the word "fuck" by the BBFC the 1995 video release was wrongly given a '12' certificate. This was corrected for the 2003 DVD and the rating changed to a 'U' certificate. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Gwangi's apparent color changes several times over the course of the movie because there was so much animation to do that Harryhausen did not have enough time to do proper color testing. more
Quotes:
Lope: What kind of bird is it, professor?
Professor Bromley: Oh, no bird...a giant pterydactyl...a flying reptile. It's been extinct for over 50 million years.
T.J.: Then what is it doing here?
Professor Bromley: Precisely...what is it doing here?
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Was this story based on an old legend?
Why did the pterodactyl land on the ground instead of taking the boy up to its nest?
Why does the gypsy woman have the dwarf release Gwangi?
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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Good little movie....hidden gem., 29 July 2001
Author: gazzo-2 from United States

What's not to like here-James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Naismeth, the excellent Harryhausen Allosaurus F/X, the dino-elephant battle, the cowboys roping the dino scene, etc. Very nicely done. No great acting, of course, and nothing you haven't seen already in Kong or 100 other places, but its what they do with it here that makes it worth yer while.

Personally I always enjoy it when I see it; I think it's one of the better dino flix you can find pre-Jurassic Park.

*** outta ****, esp if you like Harryhousen's stuff.

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