The Valley Of Gwangi
1969
Set during the era of the Wild West, VALLEY OF GWANGI (1968), sees cowboys from a Wild West Show trying to capture an Allosaurus, known locally as Gwangi ("The Terrible One"), so they can exhibit it. Although they capture the beast, it soon escapes and starts to terrorise the local population. Desperately they seek a way to .. Read more
| Starring | James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson |
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| Director | Jim O'Connolly |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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The Valley Of Gwangi
Set during the era of the Wild West, VALLEY OF GWANGI (1968), sees cowboys from a Wild West Show trying to capture an Allosaurus, known locally as Gwangi ("The Terrible One"), so they can exhibit it. Although they capture the beast, it soon escapes and starts to terrorise the local population. Desperately they seek a way to deal with the monster once and for all. This western contains amazing (for the time) effects from the master of stop motion animation, Ray Harryhausen.
| Starring | James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson |
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| Director | Jim O'Connolly |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 26 Jan 2004 Production year: 1969 |
| Format | DVD |
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An unsuccessful touring circus encounters a forbidden valley full of prehistoric animals, and captures its massive allosaurus leader. Guess what — it escapes to terrorise the cast. A very watchable fantasy adventure, though as with other films Ray Harryhausen had a hand in, the stop-motion special effects put the flat characters and routine plot in the shade.
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A Charles Schneer/Ray Harryhausen fantasy for Dynamation special effects fans only: a reworking of the King Kong... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Not the best Harryhausen Offering, but...
Worth a rent if you like classic dynamation cinema. The story does take a little while to get to full momentum but when it does it's sure to please. What i found a shame was gwangi's colour tint change (purple at some points). The aweful elephant cries as it gets attacked by gwangi in the arena does sadly sound very poor (horn sound). Interestingly enough, the sequence where the cowboys try to capture gwangi in the forbidden zone actually took 6 months to perfect. Very impressive stuff when you consider when this film was made (1969). What a shame the film was a flop when released. Recommended for fans only!
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Not the best Harryhausen Offering, but...
Worth a rent if you like classic dynamation cinema. The story does take a little while to get to full momentum but when it does it's sure to please. What i found a shame was gwangi's colour tint change (purple at some points). The aweful elephant cries as it gets attacked by gwangi in the arena does sadly sound very poor (horn sound). Interestingly enough, the sequence where the cowboys try to capture gwangi in the forbidden zone actually took 6 months to perfect. Very impressive stuff when you consider when this film was made (1969). What a shame the film was a flop when released. Recommended for fans only!
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Set during the era of the Wild West, VALLEY OF GWANGI (1968), sees cowboys from a Wild West Show trying to capture an Allosaurus, known locally as Gwangi ("The Terrible One"), so they can exhibit it. ... -