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Entries Tagged as 'American International Pictures'

The People That Time Forgot (1977, Kevin Connor)

April 28th, 2006 No Comments

Apparently, all Kevin Connor needs–besides a decently concocted screenplay–is location shooting and a good score.
The People That Time Forgot–around the halfway point–became a movie I found myself enjoying too much. I got self-conscious about it, questioning its quality even more than usual, just because it seemed so good. It’s an adventure film, one told almost […]

At the Earth’s Core (1976, Kevin Connor)

April 27th, 2006 No Comments

Pinewood Studios has housed some rather impressive sets and some great films have been shot there. Reading At the Earth’s Core’s end credits and seeing it too was shot at Pinewood… well, my respect for the studio has plummeted.
At the Earth’s Core is the second of four films directed by Kevin Connor, produced by John […]

The Land That Time Forgot (1975, Kevin Connor)

April 26th, 2006 No Comments

The Land That Time Forgot never achieved any sort of cult notoriety (though I’m not sure any film with dinosaurs ever has), but as a child, any video box cover promising submarines, aquatic dinosaurs, octopuses, and ape-men was golden. The film does not feature any octopuses. While I did see Land That Time Forgot as […]