The People That Time Forgot (film)

The People That Time Forgot
US theatrical poster
Directed by	Kevin Connor
Written by	Patrick Tilley, from the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by	Max Rosenberg
Starring	Patrick Wayne Doug McClure Sarah Douglas Dana Gillespie Thorley Walters Shane Rimmer David Prowse
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Edited by	John Ireland Barry Peters
Music by	John Scott
Production company	Amicus Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	27 August 1977 (1977-08-27)
Running time	90 min
Country	Template:Film UK
Language	English

The People That Time Forgot is a 1977 fantasy/adventure film based on the novel The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was produced by Britain's Amicus Productions and directed by Kevin Connor. Like the other two titles, the film was distributed in the United States by American International Pictures.

The film is a direct sequel to The Land That Time Forgot that initiated the series in 1975. The story follows a rescue expedition, led by Patrick Wayne in search of his friend, played by Doug McClure, who had vanished many years before. The expedition ends up in the same fantastic prehistoric land where dinosaurs and barbarian tribes of men coexist.

Changes

The film makes some notable changes from the book:

• The lost world is a "polar continent" rather than the interior of a polar island.
• Bowen dies in the movie and Lisa (Lys in the novels) is already dead during the events of the film while they both survive in the novel.
• In the book, the ship's crew scale the mountains to come to the rescue.
• The book ends with two marriages; the film, none.

Synopsis

Major Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne) organises a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend (Doug McClure) who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's party: Norfolk (Thorley Walters), Hogan (Shane Rimmer) and Lady Charlotte 'Charlie' Cunningham (Sarah Douglas) find themselves in a world populated by primitive warriors and terrifying prehistoric creatures, all of whom they must evade in order to get back safely to their ship and they meet a race of samurai like warriors called the Nargas.

Creatures

• Ceratosaurus

• Stegosaurus

• Scutosaurus

• Megalania

• Pterodactyl

External links

• The People That Time Forgot at IMDb
• Eccentric Cinema - Review