Planet of Dinosaurs
A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet. The crew have to survive until they hopefully are found and rescued.
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"I gave this sci-fi outing a 5 because of the incredible special effects. A stranded space crew must fend for itself on a primitive planet full of dinosaurs and the like. The dinosaurs are classic stop motion creatures, most probably by Jim Danforth, a student of Ray Harryhausen's and best known for his work on "The Outer Limits" and "Jack the Giant Killer." Danforth, if it was indeed he who worked on this film, obviously learned well from the master, not just the quality of the stop motion work but the blending of live and animated footage, employing a technique invent..."
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On 6/24/2011 the Portland (OR) composers and musicians collective Filmusik gave this film its full treatment, screening it at the Hollywood Theater in Portland with the sound turned off, while the local progressive jazz band Blue Cranes performed a new, original musical soundtrack live, and voice actors from the Willamette Radio Workshop recreated the dialogue with live Foley. [Jim Aupperle], co-writer, associate producer and head of special visual effects for the original film, was on hand for the show and said later " . . . I don't think I ever enjoyed our film as much as I did that evening."
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A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet. The crew have to survive until they hopefully are found and rescued.