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The People That Time Forgot

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Matt Brunson Creative Loafing Patrick Wayne is a dull lead (he has none of the big-screen presence of his dad The Duke), 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 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Oct 1, 2005 Full Review Film4 Staff Film4 A 1970s childhood probably helps in appreciating the slightly shoddy charms of this unpretentious and cheery creature flick. Jul 3, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review glenn p One of my favorites growing up Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member Normally dinosaur effects such as these would forgive bad acting. But not so much here. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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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