The People That Time Forgot

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The People That Time Forgot

PG

1977

1h 30m

Fantasy

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When a message is found from lost explorer Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure) detailing a prehistoric world at the center of the Arctic Circle, fellow adventurer Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne) gets a newspaper to sponsor a search. The search takes McBride to the tropical oasis Tyler wrote about, the isle of Caprona, where he meets a feisty cavegirl named Ajor (Dana Gillespie). She explains that Tyler has been kidnapped by a warrior tribe called the Naga. Now it's up to McBride to rescue him.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

A lame sequel to Connor's earlier Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation, The Land That Time Forgot, which was at least occasionally lively.

Jun 24, 2006

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The creature effects still resemble rubbery toys molded out of clay, with ignorance toward details of skin, bone, muscle, and realistic movement.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 30, 2020

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Roger Gentry

Los Angeles Free Press

The film is not a classic, but following the story told by Tarzan's creator almost to the letter, no one can go far wrong for an entertaining afternoon.

Oct 23, 2019

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

[UPDATED 2025 BLU-RAY REVIEW] Patrick Wayne is a dull lead, and the effects are even less polished than those in the previous film -- still, there's enough of interest to make it an entertaining and undemanding time-filler.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 28, 2016

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 1, 2005

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Film4 Staff

Film4

A 1970s childhood probably helps in appreciating the slightly shoddy charms of this unpretentious and cheery creature flick.

Jul 3, 2004

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Tom W

Truly perplexing how a movie with such poor effects, acting and final result was made the same year as Star Wars.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/08/22

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Audience Member

The ship looks like it's floating in someone's pool, the teridactal's jaw loks like a loose hing, and when the plane crashes, the figurines look like they may fall out any moment as they wobble to and fro. I had a tough time getting through this one. If it were any lower in energy, I'd have guessed it was directed by Jeb Bush

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Normally dinosaur effects such as these would forgive bad acting. But not so much here.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Kevin Connor directed a trio of films starring Doug McClure in the mid-1970s that I've always loved. I'm a bit of a sucker for Victorian 'Boys Own' style action with big monsters and dotty professor-types and 'At The Earth's Core', 'Warlords of Atlantis' and 'The Land That Time Forgot' fitted the bill well. Connor returned to the format with the 'People That Time Forgot', a sequel to 'Land' again based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Sadly, this is a pale shadow of the former movies and really adds very little of note to the story. It's not a great adaptation of the Burrough's novel and has only the thinnest of plots making for a rather tedious film. Even the reappearance of Doug McClure as the adventurer Tyler from the first film can't help here as his role is too brief to allow the actors natural charm and big personality to show through. My advice would be give this one a miss in favour of the other three films which, despite having badly dated effects (also part of their endearing charms) are much, much better movies.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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The movie is terrible. Cheesy effects, acting, and story. The dinosaurs are laughable even for the late seventies.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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No expense spent on this film loved the model plane crash landing haha

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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When a message is found from lost explorer Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure) detailing a prehistoric world at the center of the Arctic Circle, fellow adventurer Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne) gets a newspaper to sponsor a search. The search takes McBride to the tropical oasis Tyler wrote about, the isle of Caprona, where he meets a feisty cavegirl named Ajor (Dana Gillespie). She explains that Tyler has been kidnapped by a warrior tribe called the Naga. Now it's up to McBride to rescue him.

Director: Kevin Connor
Producer: John Dark
Screenwriter: Patrick Tilley
Production Co: American International Pictures (AIP)
Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 30m

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