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1974 Certificate PG
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A German U-Boat torpedoes a British ship during World War I, and its survivors are taken onboard. Getting lost, the U-Boat drifts into a mist which exposes a prehistoric land filled with ferocious monsters and dinosaurs. They must escape the land that time forgot! Read more

Starring Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon
Director Kevin Connor
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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The Land That Time Forgot

A German U-Boat torpedoes a British ship during World War I, and its survivors are taken onboard. Getting lost, the U-Boat drifts into a mist which exposes a prehistoric land filled with ferocious monsters and dinosaurs. They must escape the land that time forgot!

Starring Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon
Director Kevin Connor
Studio CINEMA CLUB
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 21 Mar 2005
Production year: 1974
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    This is the first, and worst, of the trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs lost world adventures produced by Amicus, despite the fact that it was co-scripted by sci-fi giant Michael Moorcock. In director Kevin Connor's excessively fake and slipshod saga, a First World War submarine discovers an uncharted haven for dinosaurs, cavemen and volcanos. Doug McClure is out of his depth as the heroic lead, and the puppet monsters — a phoney amalgam of prop heads and men in rubber suits dangling on wires — are just as weak.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • The combination of a script co-written by Michael Moorcock, the largest budget Amicus has ever utilised, and director... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    The Land That Time Forgot

    Forget CGI and SFX, enjoy a simple story some not bad acting that does not need swearing and naked flesh for publicity. Someone else says in a review it was only made a couple of years before starwars..... so what. ignore that the dinosaurs look like men in suits at times, its a film you can watch with the kids and not have to worry about love scenes going over the top and every other word being four letter.

      • A customer from up my own passage
      • Posted 19 Aug 2005 unknown

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Good to see it again!

    I wanted to see this mainly for nostalgia reasons and although the effects can be too 'rubbery', it was good to see this movie again after all these years. One of the poorest examples of 'scale' with the dinosaurs is the first dino that the crew come across. First it kills a member of the crew near the sub then killed but it's head is so small there is no way a human could fit in its mouth. Still, having said that, the ham acting was ignored and really did deliver a fun family adventure.

      • A customer from Peterborough, Uk
      • Posted 07 Jun 2005 14:11

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    Howell to revisit the Land That Time Forgot

    • 27 Mar 2009

    C. Thomas Howell is to direct and star in a new film version of dinosaur adventure The Land That Time Forgot. The Gettysburg star will be joined by Timothy Bottoms in the project, based on Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventure story - according to MovieHole.net. The tale was originally turned into a movie in 1975 and starred Doug McClure and Susan Penhaligan. Read more

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