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Planet of Dinosaurs

  • 1977
  • PG
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
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Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)
A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet, and blood-thirsty buggers at that. The crew hopes to be found and rescued, but they have to struggle to survive until then.
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A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet. The crew have to survive until they ho... Read allA space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet. The crew have to survive until they hopefully are found and rescued.A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet. The crew have to survive until they hopefully are found and rescued.

  • Director
    • James K. Shea
  • Writers
    • Ralph Lucas
    • Jim Aupperle
  • Stars
    • Mary Appleseth
    • Harvey Shain
    • Derna Wylde
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    • IMDb RATING
    3.8/10
    2K
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    • Director
      • James K. Shea
    • Writers
      • Ralph Lucas
      • Jim Aupperle
    • Stars
      • Mary Appleseth
      • Harvey Shain
      • Derna Wylde
    • 65User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Mary Appleseth
    • Cindy
    Harvey Shain
    • Harvey Baylor
    Derna Wylde
    • Derna Lee
    Max Thayer
    • Mike
    • (as Michael Thayer)
    Chuck Pennington
    • Chuck
    Charlotte Speer
    • Charlotte
    Louie Lawless
    • Capt. Lee Norsythe
    Pamela Bottaro
    • Nyla
    James Whitworth
    James Whitworth
    • Jim
    Michael Lee
    • Charlotte's Son
    • Director
      • James K. Shea
    • Writers
      • Ralph Lucas
      • Jim Aupperle
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    • Trivia
      On 6/24/2011 the Portland (OR) composers and musicians collective Filmusik gave this film its full treatment, screening it at the Hollywood Theater in Portland with the sound turned off, while the local progressive jazz band Blue Cranes performed a new, original musical soundtrack live, and voice actors from the Willamette Radio Workshop recreated the dialogue with live Foley. [Jim Aupperle], co-writer, associate producer and head of special visual effects for the original film, was on hand for the show and said later " . . . I don't think I ever enjoyed our film as much as I did that evening."
    • Goofs
      A character in the film says he has to get back to work setting up some reflectors so they can send out a signal. Reflectors cannot send a signal; all they can do is reflect, hence the name.
    • Quotes

      Capt. Lee Norsythe: I'll need two volunteers to see what's up there.

      Nyla: I'll go.

      Capt. Lee Norsythe: Good, take Mr. Baylor with you.

      Harvey: I thought this was volunteer work.

      Capt. Lee Norsythe: You haven't been carrying any heavy equipment, Mr. Baylor. You look fairly well rested.

      Harvey: Well, doesn't being a vice president pull any weight around here?

      Nyla: Of course, Mr. Baylor. I mean, you get to walk on the shady side!

      Harvey: I suppose rank has its privileges. This is one of the rankest privileges I've ever encountered.

    • Alternate versions
      In 2010, Rifftrax released 'Rifftrax: Planet of Dinosaurs'. The Rifftrax version had only minor differences from the original release with the exception of comedic commentary played over the movie's audio track.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Phantom Empire (1987)

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    Welcome to the beginning of time

    Planet of Dinosaurs was one of those movies which I wanted for ages but got hold of it eventually.

    A spaceship crashes onto a mysterious planet and its occupants discover they are millions of years into the past as this planet is occupied by dinosaurs (more of which later). After setting up camp following the spaceship's sinking in a lake, they explore the planet and start to live like stone age man. Several of the crew are eaten by the dinosaurs and the survivors accept they will be never rescued and have no choice but to make this planet their home.

    Now to those dinosaurs, which are done in stop-motion and look excellent. These include a T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Policanthus and also a giant spider.

    The cast is made up mostly of unknowns and their acting is certainly not brilliant.

    Despite this, I rather enjoyed this movie and is worth watching just for the dinosaurs.

    Rating: 4 stars out of 5.
    • chris_gaskin123
    • Sep 19, 2004
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    • Release date
      • August 27, 1979 (Sweden)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Planet of the Dinosaurs
    • Filming locations
      • Pasadena, California, USA(canyon location)
    • Production company
      • Deathbeast Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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