At the Earth's Core (film)
| At the Earth's Core | |
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| Directed by | Kevin Connor |
| Produced by |
John Dark Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
| Screenplay by | Milton Subotsky |
| Based on |
At the Earth's Core 1922 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Starring |
Peter Cushing Doug McClure Caroline Munro |
| Music by | Mike Vickers |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by |
John Ireland Barry Peters |
Production company | |
| Distributed by |
American International Pictures British Lion Films (UK) (Sony Pictures Entertainment) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country |
United Kingdom United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
At the Earth's Core is a 1976 fantasy-science fiction film produced by Britain's Amicus Productions.[3]
It was directed by Kevin Connor and starred Doug McClure, Peter Cushing and Caroline Munro.[4] It was filmed in Technicolor, and based on the fantasy novel At the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series, in token of which the film is also known as Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core. The original music score was composed by Mike Vickers.
Plot
Dr. Abner Perry (Peter Cushing), a British Victorian period scientist, and his US financier David Innes (Doug McClure) make a test run of their Iron Mole drilling machine in a Welsh mountain, but end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic flying reptiles, the Mahars, and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.
They are captured by the Mahars, who keep primitive humans as their slaves through mind control. David falls for the beautiful slave girl Princess Dia (Caroline Munro) but when she is chosen as a sacrificial victim in the Mahar city, David and Perry must rally the surviving human slaves to rebel and not only save her but also win their freedom.
Cast
- Peter Cushing as Dr. Abner Perry
- Doug McClure as David Innes
- Caroline Munro as Dia The Beautiful one
- Cy Grant as Ja
- Godfrey James as Gaak The Hairy One
- Keith Barron as Dowsett
- Sean Lynch as Hoojah
- Helen Gill as Maisie
- Anthony Verner as Gadsby
- Robert Gillespie as Photographer
- Michael Crane as Jubal
- Bobby Parr as Sagoth Chief
- Andee Cromarty as Girl Slave
Production
The film was made following the success of The Land That Time Forgot.[5]
Reception
The movie was popular, becoming the 18th most profitable British film of 1976.[5]
See also
- The People That Time Forgot (disambiguation)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Asylum film) – A direct-to-DVD American film sharing similarities with this film
References
- ↑ "At the Earth's Core". American Film Institute. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ↑ Brian Trenchard-Smith on At the Earth's Core at Trailers from Hell
- ↑ Gary A. Smith, The American International Pictures Video Guide, McFarland 2009 p 16
- ↑ "At the Earth's Core (1976)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- 1 2 Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 150
External links
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- MGM – Official Site
- At the Earth's Core at the Internet Movie Database
- At the Earth's Core at the TCM Movie Database
- At the Earth's Core at AllMovie
- At the Earth's Core at the American Film Institute Catalog
- At the Earth's Core at BFI Screenonline