Pterodactyl (2005)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writer:

Mark Sevi (writer)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror

Tagline:

Ptowering Pterror

Plot:

A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch... |

Plot Keywords:

Prehistoric Eggs | Turkey | Prehistoric Monster | Volcano | Covert Operation

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Oct. 18

11:00 AM

SCIFI

Cast

Cameron Daddo	...	Prof. Michael Lovecraft
Coolio	...	Capt. Bergen
Amy Sloan	...	Kate Heinlein
George Calil	...	Serling
Ivo Cutzarida	...	Yolen
Steve Braun	...	Willis Bradbury
Mircea Monroe	...	Angie Lem
Jessica Ferrarone	...	Zelazny
Danna Lee	...	Gwen Kemper
Howie Lotker	...	Jason Donaldson
Duke Faeger	...	Burroughs (as Dusan Fager)
Todd Kramer	...	Clarke
David Nykl	...	Herbert
Petr Jákl	...	Tezo
Mikulás Kren	...	Berk (as Miki Kren)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rafael Jordan	...	Hotel Porter
Jason Lester	...	Older Homeless Boy (uncredited)
Justin Lester	...	Younger Homeless Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark L. Lester

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark Sevi		writer

Produced by
Donn Aron	....	associate producer
Dana Dubovsky	....	producer
Rafael Jordan	....	associate producer
Mark L. Lester	....	producer
Michael Rogers	....	line producer

Original Music by
John Dickson

Cinematography by
George Mooradian

Film Editing by
Donn Aron

Production Design by
Olga Rosenfelderova

Set Decoration by
Milan Svenha

Costume Design by
Iveta Trmalova

Makeup Department
Ruzena Novotna	....	hair stylist
Adela Robova	....	key hair stylist
Adela Robova	....	key makeup artist
Ilona Robova	....	hair stylist
Ilona Robova	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Dennis Little	....	post-production supervisor
Michael Rogers	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Cigler	....	third assistant director
Rafael Jordan	....	additional second unit director
Anthony E. Kountz	....	first assistant director
Philip Seeger	....	second assistant director
Lloyd A. Simandl	....	second unit director (as Lloyd Simandl)
Srdjan Simeonovich	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Michal Tesar	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley artist
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley mixer
Chris Julian	....	sound post-production
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Ben Bornstein	....	creature effects
Mark Bourque	....	special effects technician: Creature Effects Inc. [US]
Chris Wolters	....	mechanical designer: Creature Effects, Inc.

Visual Effects by
Simeon Asenov	....	visual effects supervisor
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Tinko Dimov	....	digital compositor
Venelin Dinkov	....	visual effects illustrator
Anton Donchev	....	digital artist
Alex Filipov	....	lead 3D artist
Kiril Georgiev	....	visual effects coordinator
Jivko Ivanov	....	digital effects artist
Velichko Ivanov	....	digital compositor
Milen Jiliazkov	....	digital effects artist
Georgi Karantilski	....	color correction
Peter Keranov	....	digital compositor
Nikolay Kulishev	....	digital effects artist
Danail Lazarov	....	assistant visual effects editor
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor
Nikolay Mihailov	....	assistant visual effects editor
Milena Peneva	....	visual effects coordinator
Nick Peshunoff	....	visual effects coordinator
Iasen Pisarov	....	digital artist
Stefan Rachev	....	digital effects artist
Krasimir Rizov	....	visual effects illustrator
Ivan Sarov	....	visual effects
Nikola Simeonov	....	digital effects artist
Stanislav Stoynev	....	digital effects artist
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects production supervisor
Peter Tomov	....	digital artist
Alexander Valev	....	lead digital compositor
Silvia Vasileva	....	animator

Stunts
Jaroslav Peterka	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Stepan Sivko	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
August Coleman	....	title animator

Music Department
Jim Baldree	....	music mixer

Other crew
Russ Herpich	....	puppeteer
Marianna Krenova	....	stand-in
Shari Sontag	....	key production accountant
Cortney Webb	....	assistant to producer
James Woodruff	....	mechanic

Thanks
Jason Lester	....	special thanks
Justin Lester	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• American World Pictures (AWP)

Distributors

• 21st Century Pictures (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• American World Pictures (AWP) (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2005) (USA) (TV)
• Sunrise Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Videoville Showtime (2005) (Canada) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Creature Effects
• Worldwide FX

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:18 | UK:18 | Canada:14A | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Milin, Czech Republic

Company:

American World Pictures (AWP)

Trivia:

Many of the characters are named after famous science fiction and fantasy writers - Burroughs (Edgar Rice), Clarke (Sir Arthur C.), Donaldson (Stephen), Heinlein (Robert), Herbert (Frank and Brian), Lem (Stansilaw), Lovecraft, (Howard Phillips) Serling, (Rod), Yolen (Jane) and Zelazny (Roger).

Quotes:

Tezo: I don't do forests.

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

Educational video for our military

This movie is proof that our Army just isn't ready for a war against dinosaurs. And we should get ready, because terrorists around the world who have access to this fill now know our weakness. The guys in this movie shot so much led into the air i found myself wondering why some of it isn't raining down on them and killing them. So many of the characters were narrowly avoiding death and i hated them all so much that i started to make up fantasies in my head about cool ways they could die, their own bullets coming down being one of the best.

During the course of this 2005 summer blockbuster you see these peaceful winged dinosaurs get some really bad press. Now i myself have only once met a Pterodactly so i can't speak for all of them but what i do know is that they are not found of eating people. Don't believe me, you could always google it. They ate fish. They cannot fly fast enough to rip off a man's torso from his legs, and if their wing hit a guys head i assure you both the guy and the dactyl would be on the ground screaming together rather then the guy's head coming off. That aside, i really like it when people come apart in movies. As for the bullets, dinosaurs came from a time before bullets, they don't believe in such things. The power of belief kept them safe from man's weapons. That is one theory i have. The second one is that they had on bullet proof vests. The dinosaurs were terribly rendered so they could have been wearing dresses and it would have been a struggle to tell.

Why didn't i rate this a one you ask? I hope your asking cause i'm gunna tell you. Because Coolio is in it. Coolio is the only rapper turned actor i like in a movie. After watching his performance in Dracula 3,000 (see my review for that if you dare) i can't hate anything he touches. I take that back, i can hate them, cause i sure hated both this movie and Dracula 3000, but i won't ever rate one of his movies a 1.

So Don Rumsfeld, this movie better be playing 24/7 in the pentagon as a warning to you all... get ready for Muslim extremists riding unstoppable dactyls into things. Bullets can't stop them, nothing can. Nothing... except coolio.