The Land That Time Forgot (2009 film)
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Directed by | C. Thomas Howell |
Screenplay by | Darren Dalton |
Based on | The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Produced by | David Michael Latt |
Starring | C. Thomas Howell Timothy Bottoms Stephen Blackehart Lindsey McKeon Anya Benton Patrick Gorman |
Cinematography | Mark Atkins |
Edited by | Brian Brinkman |
Music by | Chris Cano Chris Ridenhour |
Distributed by | The Asylum |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English German |
Budget | $600,000 |
The Land That Time Forgot (promotionally titled Edgar Rice Burrough's The Land That Time Forgot, release in other countries as Dinosaur Island) is a 2009 science fiction film by independent American film studio The Asylum, directed by and starring C. Thomas Howell. The film is an adaptation of the 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, and a remake of the 1975 film starring Doug McClure.
Plot[]
The film takes place in the present, when two newlywed couples are enjoying a charter boat cruise through the Caribbean. Passing through a bizarre storm, they emerge off the shore of the mysterious island of Caprona.
The island, which seems to exist within a time void inside the Bermuda Triangle, is full of anachronistic inhabitants, including dinosaurs and the crew of a stranded German U-boat. The newlyweds, along with the charter boat's captain and the Germans, must battle a variety of obstacles to escape from the island and get back to their own time.
At first the plan is to rescue a woman named Karen from the Germans and then take their boat away, but their guides Jude and Conrad betray them and steal the boat, leaving them to the Germans. Eventually, the captain convinces the Germans to work together to get off the island. They are able to free the U-boat and make diesel fuel from oil on the island. Unfortunately, Frost is left behind as he can't get to the sub in time and his wife Karen joins him on the island again. The sub gets away, but it is unclear if it ever returned to civilization. Frost writes down his story and puts in a thermos and throws it in the ocean. He and Karen have found a life on the island and Karen is pregnant.
Cast[]
- C. Thomas Howell as Frost Michaels
- Timothy Bottoms as Captain Burroughs
- Darren Dalton as Cole Stevens
- Stephen Blackehart as Lonzo
- Lindsey McKeon as Lindsey Stevens
- Anya Benton as Karen Michaels
- Christopher Showerman as Stack
- Patrick Gorman as Conrad
- Scott Subiono as Zander
- David Stevens as Jude
- Lew Knopp as Cooper
- Christian Stoehr as Lukas
- Jonathan Sanders as Oliver
See also[]
- The Land That Time Forgot - A 1975 film starring Doug McClure
- The Land That Time Forgot - The 1918 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Princess of Mars - another film by The Asylum based on books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, released in the same year.
- War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave - Another Asylum film starring and directed by C. Thomas Howell, who also appeared in the previous film H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
- The Day the Earth Stopped another science fiction film by The Asylum starring and directed by C. Thomas Howell
References[]
External links[]
- The Land That Time Forgot announcement at The Asylum
- The Land That Time Forgot main listing at The Asylum
- The Land That Time Forgot at IMDb
- 2009 films
- Films directed by C. Thomas Howell
- Caspak trilogy
- 2000s science fiction films
- 2000s fantasy films
- 2009 independent films
- American science fiction films
- American films
- The Asylum films
- Mockbuster films
- Films about dinosaurs
- Direct-to-video science fiction films
- English-language films
- American remakes of British films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on fantasy novels
- Films based on science fiction novels
- Films based on works by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Films set in the Bermuda Triangle
- Films set on fictional islands
- Lost world films