Edgar Rice Burrough's The Land That Time Forgot (2009)

Shipwrecked castaways stumble upon the mysterious island of Caprona in the Bermuda Triangle, confronting man-eating dinosaurs and a stranded German U-Boat crew while trying to escape.

Director:

C. Thomas Howell

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel), Darren Dalton (screenplay)

Stars:

C. Thomas Howell, Timothy Bottoms, Lindsey McKeon

Cast

Cast overview:
C. Thomas Howell	...	Frost Michaels
Timothy Bottoms	...	Captain Burroughs
Lindsey McKeon	...	Lindsey Stevens
Darren Dalton	...	Cole Stevens
Anya Benton	...	Karen Michaels
Christopher Showerman	...	Stack (as Chris Showerman)
David H. Stevens	...	Jude
Patrick Gorman	...	Conrad
Stephen Blackehart	...	Lonzo
Christian Stoehr	...	Lukas
Scott Subiono	...	Zander
Lew Knopp	...	Cooper
Jonathan Sanders	...	Oliver

Storyline

Shipwrecked castaways stumble upon the mysterious island of Caprona in the Bermuda Triangle, confronting man-eating dinosaurs and a stranded German U-Boat crew while trying to escape.

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | island | dinosaur | storm | ship wreck | 

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Taglines:

It's Not Where They Are ... It's When?

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released on July 28th, 2009 to capitalize on Land of the Lost (2009), which was released in the U.S. on June 5th, 2009.

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Goofs

One of the German crewmen by himself carries a drum of either crude oil or diesel fuel. Depending on the exact contents and barrel type, this would weigh a minimum of over 300 pounds, and possibly over 400 pounds.

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Connections

Remake of The Land That Time Forgot (1974)

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Soundtracks

A Long Time
Written by Christopher Cano
Performed by Siva Noir

User Reviews

Not great

I really wanted to like this movie as I have always liked C. Thomas Howell but unfortunately I can't say that I liked it. I can say that I watched it, but that's about it.

I was able to sit through it and that may be the best that Howell can hope for. The dialog was a bit unimportant and even somewhat silly at times. The whole thing seemed like a compromise - which I am sure to some degree (as with anything under budget constraints) it was.

There was no effort exhausted in building characters that you could care about or for that matter knew anything about. When someone got killed you just did not care - at all.

The more fascinating and cerebral aspects of this story were completely glossed over or avoided altogether; although I did find it interesting that there was a brief discussion on the details of refining petroleum. which I had expected would be ignored (okay in movies I guess).

Overall, it barely held my attention and came off as another lame Sci-Fi channel, low budget, bad CG feature.

Don't get me wrong, there were some things to like, but I think in this case, Howell probably had his hands tied as far as time/money are concerned and more money/time could have been invested in script, effects and filming.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

28 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Asylum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1