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Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers:

Regina Davis (writer)
Albert Pyun (writer)
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Release Date:

26 February 1988 (USA) more

Genre:

Fantasy more

Tagline:

Venture to the core! more

Plot:

A nerdish teenager goes looking for her missing archaeolist father, and stumbles into a strange underground civilization. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

Yes, it's bad, but it's not Kathy's fault. more (30 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kathy Ireland ... Wanda Saknussemm

William R. Moses ... Guten 'Gus' Edway
Richard Haines ... Prof. Arnold Saknussemm

Don Michael Paul ... Robbie
Thom Mathews ... Charmin'
Janet Du Plessis ... General Rykov / Shank / Claims Officer

Simon Poland ... Consul Triton Crassus / The Mailman
Linda Kerridge ... Roeyis Freki / Auntie Pearl
Kristen Trucksess ... Stacy
Lochner De Kock ... Professor Ovid Galba / Professor Paddy Mahoney

Deep Roy ... Mambino
Albert Maritz ... Mago / Maintenance Worker / Evangelist / Pack Slag Jack
Russel Savadier ... Loki
Denis Smith ... Anchorman
James Lithgow ... Donaldson / Wrestling Announcer / Emcee
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Odeon
Wanda (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | South Africa

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The last name for the main character is taken from Arne Sakneusemm, the Icelandic scientist who traveled to center of the earth in Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth". more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Kathy Ireland briefly loses her squeaky voice when she's doped up on the table. She laughs and says in a deeper voice (probably her real one), "You think I'm an alien?" more

Quotes:

Wanda Saknussemm: Bitchin' left hook, Crassus! more

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Alien from L.A. (#6.16)" (1993) more

Soundtrack:

State of the Heart more


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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Yes, it's bad, but it's not Kathy's fault., 6 October 2003
3/10
Author: gridoon

Albert Pyun presents his vision of the lost city of Atlantis - and it's a vision so cluttered up with claustrophobic settings, weird costumes and noisy, "quirky" minor characters that one thing is for sure: you want to get the hell outta there as soon as possible (unfortunately, it will take you about 80 minutes). The "Alice in Wonderland"-like story is meandering and uninteresting, and there was probably no actress in the world who could have turned this into a good movie, though Kathy Ireland makes an appealing (annoying voice and all) attempt. (*1/2)

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