When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
| When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Directed by | Val Guest |
| Produced by | Aida Young |
| Written by |
Screenplay: Val Guest Treatment: J.G. Ballard |
| Music by | Mario Nascimbene |
| Cinematography | Dick Bush |
|
Production
company |
|
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
|
Release date
|
October 25, 1970 (UK) |
|
Running time
|
96 min. (USA) 100 min. (UK) |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | Aboriginal / English |
| Budget | £566,000 |
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a 1970 British prehistoric monster horror film from Hammer Film Productions, produced by Aida Young, written and directed by Val Guest, that stars Victoria Vetri. Guest's screenplay was based on a treatment by J. G. Ballard (author of Empire of the Sun), and nominated for an Oscar for its visual effects.[1] This was the third in Hammer's "Cave Girl" series, preceded by One Million Years B.C. (1966) and Slave Girls (1967). It was followed by Creatures the World Forgot (1971).
The film's characters talk in a language that was specially constructed for the film, albeit of only a dozen words or so, a frequent one being "neekro", which means "kill".
Like Hammer's other prehistoric films, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth anachronistically portrays dinosaurs and humans living alongside each other in the time of cavemen.
The special effects are considered a benchmark in realistic stop-motion animation, and the film is referenced in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park. The stop-motion creature effects were created by Jim Danforth, assisted by David W. Allen and Roger Dickens.
The landscapes of Earth during the Quaternary period were filmed in Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). Locations included Maspalomas beach, Ansite Mountain, Amurga, and Caldera de Tejeda.
...
Wikipedia