The Untold (Video 2002)

Based on a true story. Involving Sasquatch.

Director:

Jonas Quastel

Writers:

Jonas Quastel, Chris Lanning

Stars:

Lance Henriksen, Andrea Roth, Russell Ferrier

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lance Henriksen	...	Harlan Knowles
Andrea Roth	...	Marla Lawson
Russell Ferrier	...	Clayton Tyne
Philip Granger	...	Winston Burg (as Phil Granger)
Jeremy Radick	...	Plazz
Mary Mancini	...	Nikki Adams
Taras Kostyuk	...	Sasquatch
Erica Durance	...	Tara Knowles (as Erica Parker)
Rob Clark	...	Pilot
Scantone Jones	...	Crew Member

Storyline

Based on actual accounts, The Untold is the story of Harlan Knowles, billionaire and President of Bio-Comp Industries who heads up a team of experts in a quest to locate a company plane that disappeared over the remote forests of the Pacific Northwest. Knowles is obsessed with finding the plane and rescuing his daughter, who was one of its passengers. The assembled team includes local guide Clayton Tyne, renowned wilderness expert and author Winston Burg and the beautiful Marla Lawson. Soon, the team begins to suspect that Knowles' main objective is actually to recover the prototype of a DNA testing machine called the Huxley Project, which his company has spent years and millions of dollars developing. After finding the plane and its crew torn to shreds, the group tries to piece together clues about what could be responsible for the carnage. With the help of the Huxley prototype they discover they are facing a menace whose very existence is one of the world's greatest mysteries and ...

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Plot Keywords:

sasquatch | author | creature | nudity | binoculars | 

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Taglines:

They found the missing link..... and it's not friendly.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violence and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Wilderness Productions

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 March 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sasquatch

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Curb Entertainment, Wilderness Productions, Bergman Lustig Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 82 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Erica Durance's feature film debut.

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Goofs

Flopped shot: near the end of the film, when Harlan goes back alone, the first time he fires into the air, it's left-handed, with a left-handed bolt-action rifle. Subsequently, the rifle is right-handed and Harlan is right-handed.

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Quotes

Harlan Knowles: C'mon you goddamn ape, I'm not going anywhere! Come and get it!
Clayton Tyne: Uh, Mr. H, could you not do that, he might understand you.
Harlan Knowles: That's what I'm counting on.

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Connections

Followed by Sasquatch Hunters (2005)

User Reviews

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One minute into THE UNTOLD and it`s already ripped off techniques from THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and PREDATOR . Does this mean we`ll be seeing lots of trees ? We sure will . Will we be seeing an Austrian bodybuilder blowing things up ? Well this film has the budget of a TVM so the answer is a resounding no . Does anyone like these soft porn shows like BEDTIME STORIES ? Good because there`s a scene in this that resembles these type of shows . Unfortunately the only thing you see is cellulite . Do you like it when the screen fades to black during a TVM ? Great because this happens between every scene in THE UNTOLD . In fact it happens during every scene too . Did you enjoy MILLIONAIRE - A MAJOR FRAUD ? Fantastic because one of the characters looks like a bearded Major Charles Ingram the contestant who tried to swindle the show out of one million pounds . Seriously one of the characters looks like Major Ingram . I kept expecting him to say " It`s bear. It could be a bear . But it might be a bigfoot < Cough , cough > , yes it`s a bigfoot < Cough > , it`s definately a bigfoot < Cough > Yes I`m going to shoot it . Final answer Chris "

Oh and have I mentioned that all the above are the good bits ?

THE UNTOLD isn`t the worst bigfoot movie I`ve ever seen , that accolade firmly goes to NIGHT OF THE DEMON which I saw over twenty years ago and I think I`ve only seen less than a dozen films that are worse in all of that time . But that said THE UNTOLD is still a very poor film in just about every aspect , especially editing . As some other reviewers have pointed out it feels like whole chunks of the film are missing while there`s other bits where scenes are spliced together in the wrong order . This is a really bad film that deserves far less than its rating of 5.1. I give it 3 out of ten and I`m being very kind