Women of the Prehistoric Planet
| Women of the Prehistoric Planet | |
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 One-sheet for Women of the Prehistoric Planet |
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| Directed by | Arthur C. Pierce |
| Produced by | George Edwards |
| Written by | Arthur C. Pierce |
| Starring | Wendell Corey Keith Larsen John Agar Paul Gilbert Merry Anders Stuart Margolin Todd Lasswell Irene Tsu |
| Music by | Gordon Zahler |
| Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell |
| Editing by | George White |
| Release date(s) | April 15, 1966 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Women of the Prehistoric Planet is a 1966 film. It was featured in the first season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1989.
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[edit] Plot
A spacefaring crew from an advanced civilization is preparing to return home after an extended voyage. The crew includes "humans" (represented in the film by Caucasian actors and actresses) and "Centaurians" (represented in the film by Asian actors and actresses). The Centaurians have been rescued from their home planet after a (self-inflicted) devastation[clarification needed], and are being brought back with the spacefaring explorers with an expectation that they will be assimilated into their new parent culture. A theme of the film is acceptance between the "human" crew and their "Centaurian" guests.
One of the ships in the fleet is hijacked by a few of its Centaurian passengers and crash-lands on a prehistoric planet in the "Solaris" system. Countermanding HQ orders, the rest of the fleet returns to search for survivors after the crash. In the film's "twist", by the time that the rescuers (traveling at fast sublight speeds) are able to return to the planet, they are encountering the descendants of the original crash survivors - explained in a simplified version of time dilation. Linda, a Centaurian from the rescue ship, falls in love with Tang after he saves her from drowning. After fighting with the planet's indigenous species (1960s-era special effects including giant iguanas meant to represent dinosaurs), Tang and Linda are marooned on the prehistoric planet - the latter revealed to be the captain's own daughter. In the film's coda, this savage and primitive planet is revealed to be the Earth.
[edit] DVD releases
- The MST3K version of the film, accompanied by a short introduction by actress Irene Tsu (Linda), was released by Rhino Home Video as part of the 'Collection, Volume 9' box set. However, that box set is now out of print, but it is never revealed which movie is the licensing problem (although rumored that issues with the rights to this movie is the cause). Whatever the case, the DVD is no longer available on Rhino's official website, nor Mst3k's official website.
[edit] References
- Women of the Prehistoric Planet at the Internet Movie Database
- Satellite News: MST3K Season 1 Episode Guide
- MST3K Episode 104 Info
[edit] External links
- Women of the Prehistoric Planet at the Internet Movie Database
- Women of the Prehistoric Planet at AllRovi
