The Valley of Gwangi

19691969
GG
1h 36min

6.3/10

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to hav... Read allA cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.

6.3/10

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Director
- Jim O'Connolly
Writers
- William Bast(screenplay)
- Julian More(additional material)
- Willis H. O'Brien(earlier film project "Gwangi")
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The Valley of Gwangi

Poster for 1980s rerelease, 14 x 19 movie poster

Gila Golan in The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

Director
- Jim O'Connolly
Writers
- William Bast(screenplay)
- Julian More(additional material)
- Willis H. O'Brien(earlier film project "Gwangi") (uncredited)
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Cowboy James Franciscus seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public. Another film featuring the stop-action special effects talents of Ray Harryhausen. —Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>

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Taglines
- Cowboys Battle Monsters in the Lost World of Forbidden Valley.
Genres
Certificate
- G
Parents guide

Trivia
When this film was first conceived it was supposed to have been a follow-up to King Kong (1933), but was never made. However, an early B&W version of the "cowboys in Africa" footage was shot, and wound up being used in Mighty Joe Young (1949).

Goofs
Gwangi's apparent color, as well as the color of the other creatures, changes several times over the course of the movie because there was so much animation to do that Harryhausen did not have enough time to do proper color testing. Gwangi ranges from gray to violet to purple from one scene to the next.

Quotes
Professor Bromley: I can't go now!
Tuck: Professor, there's a big lizard back there and he's heading this way. Now get aboard!

Crazy credits
In the closing credits cast list, Order #10 is GWANGI

Alternate versions
Many local TV stations delete the scene in which Gwangi, the allosaur, kills a circus elephant, claiming the scene depicts cruelty to animals.

Connections
Edited into Purana Purush (1978)

Soundtracks
Gypsy Flamenco
(uncredited)
Music by Roland Harker

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5/10

Cowboys lasso carnivorous creatures from the past.

Special effects master Ray Harryhausen is at the top of his game. What sounds corny turns out to be a very interesting cult classic. Jim O'Connolly directs this western meets science fiction thriller about cowboys discovering a lost valley of prehistoric monsters/creatures. These historical finds are then suppose to be the show saving performers in a traveling circus.

This turns out to be one the best dino movies you will ever see. The stop-motion animation is blended so well, it should take top billing. So many other movies are so fake in appearance...this project sticks out like a masterpiece.

The cast includes James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith and the alluring Miss Gila Golan.

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