The Legend of Bigfoot (1976)

Director:

Harry Winer

Writers:

Harry Winer (written by) &
Paula Labrot (written by)

Release Date:

January 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Startling new motion picture footage of the elusive creature

Plot:

A documentary about the legendary creature, Bigfoot, with emphasis on him being the missing link. |

Plot Keywords:

Bigfoot | Missing Link | Alaska | Caribou | Moose

Cast

Ivan Marx	...	Himself (uncredited)
Peggy Marx	...	Herself (uncredited)

Directed by
Harry Winer		(as Harry Stuart Winer)

Writing credits
Harry Winer		(written by) (as Harry Stuart Winer) &
Paula Labrot		(written by)

Produced by
Ivan Marx	....	executive producer
Don Reese	....	executive producer
Stephen Houston Smith	....	producer

Original Music by
Don Peake

Cinematography by
Ivan Marx		(photographed by)
Peggy Marx		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Paula Labrot

Sound Department
Jay M. Harding	....	sound mixer (as Jay Harding)
Ross Taylor	....	sound effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack M. Guberman	....	grip (as Jack Guberman)

Editorial Department
Beau Blue	....	assistant editor
Susanne Gervay	....	negative cutter
Lady Kid	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Ken Johnson	....	music editor

Other crew
Randal Kleiser	....	cpi (as Randel Kleiser)
George Labrot	....	naturalist
Dan Perri	....	title designer

Thanks
Barrett Cooper	....	grateful acknowledgment

Production Companies

• Palladium Productions

Distributors

• Filmcentralen Palladium (1976) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• BijouFlix Releasing (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (video)
• Reel Media International (2005) (worldwide) (TV)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (on "Bigfoot Terror")

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound Company  rerecording (as Glen Glenn Sound)
• Modern Film Effects  optical effects

Runtime:

76 min | USA:92 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G | USA:PG (DVD)

Company:

Palladium Productions

Movie Connections:

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I am at a loss...

...I mean, empirically, this film is a disaster- grainy stock footage, utterly no useful information about the Bigfoot legend, oddly tangential narration...but my fiancée and I had an absolutely great time watching the thing. It's utterly bazonko portrait of a cranky, loony obsessive old coot making the most tenuous points in pursuit of his lifelong obsession is worthy of the full-on MST3k treatment. I mean, sure, they've already done the Bigfoot-y 'Legend of Boggy Creek 2', but this 'documentary' offers comic possibilities aplenty. There's the 'critchety old man' angle, the 'discursive, seemingly completely-unrelated stock footage to fill up running time' thread. The possibilities are endless. This came included with one of the invaluable Mill Creek 50 Movie value packs, and, if the other 49 films included turn out to be total nothings, I feel like I'll have gotten my money's worth on this one alone. I'll give it a '4', just because we're walking around with big, goofy smiles right now...