The Valley of Gwangi

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Fantasy films

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Time Out says

A Charles Schneer/Ray Harryhausen fantasy for Dynamation special effects fans only: a reworking of the King Kong structure that has turn-of-the-century Wild West show boss Franciscus venturing into Mexico's Forbidden Valley in search of prehistoric specimens. A formula writing credit for William Bast, one of the very few screenwriters to have been characterised on screen: by Michael Brandon in the telemovie James Dean, which tracked the friendship between the actor and Bast from UCLA to Dean's death.

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Release details

UK release:

1968

Duration:

95 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

James O'Connolly

Cast:

Freda Jackson, Laurence Naismith, Richard Carlson, Gila Golan, James Franciscus, Gustavo Rojo

Music:

Jerome Moross

Art Director:

Gil Parrondo

Editor:

Henry Richardson

Cinematography:

Erwin Hillier

Screenwriter:

William E Bast

Producer:

Charles H Schneer

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Rated as: 5/5 (1 rating)

  • Time Out's "50 Greatest Monster Movies" puts this at no.44 and declares "It was based on an unrealised project of King Kong creator Willis O'Brien". But O'Brien did sort-of realise it, with the 1956 oddity 'The Beast of Hollow Mountain', starring Guy (woof) Madison and a very cursorily animated - by O'Brien, a long way from his great achievement in 'King Kong' - T Rex.

    Godfrey Hamilton Thu Feb 18 2010
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  • I sopke to Ray Harryhausen about this film and he told me Gwangi (lizard in Spanish) is actually a Tyrannosaurs / Allosaurus hybrid.

    Richard Freeman Thu Feb 18 2010
    Rated as: 5/5
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