It starred jock mahoney and shirley patterson and was directed by. Three men and a woman crash land in a deep crater in antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world. All told, this bluray of the land unknown is a decent, if not exactly perfect hidef effort. Featuring unbelievable special effects, the land unknown is a frightening adventure from the golden age of science fiction. Trust the 1950s scifi movies to educate the viewer. Behind a barrier of antarctic icea paradise of hidden terrors. Vogel and starring jock mahoney, william reynolds, henry brandon, douglas kennedy, phil. Former stuntman jock mahoney stars and does his own stunts. Generous portions of, the 1948 documentary on the byrd antarctic expedition, were worked into the action of the land unknown. The sets are fantastic, the compositing is really good for a movie of. Navy commander hal roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to little america in antartica to investigate reports of a mysterious warm water inland lake discovered a decade earlier. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
The land unknown will never win any awards for greatest movie of all time arguably, not even for the top 50 best scifi flicks. Universals bwing produced a rather major effort for a b movie, with the land unknown lu. There is no earthly way that any rational case can be made for universals the land unknown 1957. If you like 50s scifi, this is a good one for its time. The land unknown showtimes lost and terrorized in prehistoric time. The film is notable for its lowbudget special effects, which include men in dinosaur suits. Sure, some flaws come through but just as many things look better. Jock mahoney and william reynolds play hal and jack, leaders of an expedition to the south pole. Generous portions of the secret land, the 1948 documentary on the byrd antarctic expedition, were worked into the action of the land unknown. It is odd that such a film was released in 1957, when science fiction seemed to be changing somewhat the land unknown seems like a film that might have been produced ten years earlier. Navy commander hal roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to little america in antartica to investigate. Test dvd loasis des tempetes the land unknown 1957 cinefaniac dvd z2 universal pictures.
Three men and a woman crashland in a deep crater in antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world. The film, produced by joel silver, leonard goldberg and andrew rona, is based on the 2003 french novel by didier van cauwelaert published in english as out of my head which was adapted as the films screenplay by oliver. But in the 50s, any movie about dinosaurs without ray harryhaysens golden stop motion effects had severe limits. Honesty, i had never heard of this movie before and up to this point, i thought i had covered all the unknown islandcontinentworld fantasy movies. The story was allegedly inspired by the discovery of unusually warm water in antarctica in 1947. On a naval expedition to antarctica, three men and reporter maggie hathaway crashland in a crater m below sea level. The land unknown 1957 stream and watch online moviefone.
The land unknown 1957 a navy scientist jock mahoney, a newswoman shawn smith and a helicopter pilot william reynolds find dinosaurs and humidity at the south pole. Overview of the land unknown, 1957, directed by virgil vogel, with jock mahoney, shawn smith, william reynolds, at turner classic movies. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the land unknown near you. Universalinternational laid out a pretty penny to film this elaborate spin on.
The land unknown was one of the very first times i saw a letterboxed movie on tv. Test dvd loasis des tempetes the land unknown 1957. A navy expedition sent to explore a mysterious warmwater region shrouded in. Three men and a woman crashland in a deep crater in antarctica, where they find a. As with the others, some undiscovered spot on the earth. With jock mahoney, shirley patterson, william reynolds, henry brandon. I would imagine that to a kid in 1957 that it was probably pretty darn cool. It being a movie from the 50s, there are little scenes of scientific briefings at the beginning of the film, and even a little science film within the film. But those who are fans of 1950s scifi, especially the subgenre known as lost world films, will still get a. His helicopter and its small party, including beautiful reporter maggie hathaway, is forced down into a volcanic crater. Gallery of 22 movie poster and cover images for the land unknown 1957. One thing it does have in its favor is that it dispenses with child characters which has been the bane of many a dino movie dinosaurus, beast of hollow mountain, gorgo come to mind. Rent the land unknown the deadly mantis 1957 starring jock mahoney and shirley patterson on dvd and bluray. It was yet another iteration of the lost world subgenre.
Its based on the story by charles palmer and is written by laszlo gorog and william n. His helicopter and its small party, including beautiful reporter maggie hathaway, is forced down into a volcanic crater by a fierce storm. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Large, elaborate jungle sets dominate, including one vast miniature set for its dinosaurs to clomp around in. While not the best of the lot, it was not the worst either. The film is notable for its lowbudget special effects, which include men in dinosaur. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book.
Make no mistake about it, the land unknown is one bad film. The land unknown is helmed by longtime tv director virgil w. It and the incredible shrinking man must have been expensive films for universal in 1957. It ran as part of amcs monsterfest for halloween in 1995. A navy expedition led by commander hal roberts jock mahoney is sent to explore a mysterious warmwater region shrouded in the ice of antarctica. But what it does, it does exceptionally well, despite being stocked with actors who are about as enigmatic as four sticks of drywrought kindling. It may have been made with good intentions and had a place on tv and at driveins around the country, but its aged horribly and. The land unknown 1957 page 12 classic horror film board. We usually only have distribution rights to the films in the u. The film is entertaining and it seems that in 1947 was discovered warm water in antarctica.
The film is notable for its lowbudget special effects, which include men in dinosaur suits, puppets and monitor lizards standing in for dinosaurs. I really would like to see the whole movie otherwise its a waste of my time. Along for the ride is girl reporter maggie shawn smith, over whose affections hal and jack constantly battle. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Island of terror full hd movies for free flick vault duration. The dinosaurs are a mix of puppetsprops, men in suits, and live action footage of monitor lizards. It was also the first time i got to compare the pan and scan process against the letterbox, as they ran that version for prime time and the letterboxed version reran overnight. The land unknown is a 1957 science fiction cinemascope adventure film about a naval expedition trapped in an antarctic jungle. I happen to like land unknown for a bunch of reasons but character development sure isnt one of them nor is the acting. It looks much better than the 2007 dvd, simply because the added resolution gives us a better look at the special effects. John mahoney shirley patterson william reynolds henry brandon douglas kennedy phil harvey. Along for the ride is girl reporter maggie shawn smith, over whose affections hal and jack constantly battle making a forced landing in the antarctic. Would like to see more movies like this from that time period. The land unknown is not particularly well remembered, but its a film everyone wants to see.
The land unknown is a 1957 film about three men and a woman who crashland in a deep crater in antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world directed by virgil w. Sound effects tyrannosaurus rex the land unknown this is a sound effect that has been used for king kong, the main villain of the movie series of the same name. Land unknown is a lost world type movie, this one from the 1950s. If you are a fan of horrorscifi movies of the 50s and early 60s, this is a must see movie.
The land unknown 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Released 1957, the land unknown stars jock mahoney, shirley patterson, william reynolds, henry brandon the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The good guys are military, still a reflex of the wwii, and the lead. There are flaws in this movie but thats how it was back then. Unknown is a 2011 action thriller film directed by jaume colletserra and starring liam neeson, diane kruger, january jones, aidan quinn, bruno ganz, and frank langella. View the land unknown, 1957, directed by virgil vogel, with jock mahoney, shawn smith, william reynolds, in its original aspect ratio. When a fierce storm drives them into a cloud bank, their helicopter is disabled and they encounter a hot, tropical landscape.
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