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Director:
Writers:
John Whedon (screenplay)
Ian Cameron (novel)
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Release Date:
20 December 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
Adventure beyond imagination
Plot:
Four turn of the century explorers embark on an airship expedition to the high artic. Where upon they find a lost colony of Vikings. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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I flew the camera ship in the Canadian Arctic scenes more (26 total)

Cast

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David Hartman ... Prof. Ivarsson
Donald Sinden ... Sir Anthony Ross
Jacques Marin ... Captain Brieux

Mako ... Oomiak
David Gwillim ... Donald Ross
Agneta Eckemyr ... Freyja
Gunnar Öhlund ... The Godi (as Gunnar Ohlund)
Lasse Kolstad ... Erik
Erik Silju ... Torvald
Rolf Søder ... The Lawspeaker
Torsten Wahlund ... Sven
Sverre Anker Ousdal ... Gunnar (as Sverre Ousdal)
Niels Hinrichsen ... Sigurd
Denny Miller ... Town Guard
Brendan Dillon ... The Factor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Vikings all speaks Norweigian except the Godi (Gunnar Öhlund) who is speaking Swedish. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The Hyperion's propellers are hand cranked men by men on the ground. When the entire ship is viewed at rest the propellers are nowhere near the ground. more
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I flew the camera ship in the Canadian Arctic scenes, 16 December 2005
Author: (w98208@Juno.com) from United States

FYI...I flew the camera ship for the Polar Bear and Narwhal scenes. The camera man was Bill Bacon from Squim, Washington. According to my log book, I met Bill in Resolute Bay, NWT on about July 24, 1973. On July 26, 1973 we flew 2+00 hours to Arctic Bay, NWT for staging and fuel. I logged 6+30 hours flying on July 27th, this was en-route from Arctic Bay,NWT to Admirality Inlet for the filming and returning to Resolute Bay. The Aircraft was a Bell 206B (CF-OKU) belonging to Okanagan Helicopters Ltd. A Canadian company out of Vancouver, BC, Canada with a base in Resolute. The Narwhal scenes were filmed with a 35 MM camera, but if I remember correctly Bill shot the Polar bear as an after thought and was filmed with a 16 MM camera.

Walter Lasher Everett, Washington W98208@Juno.com

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