Product Details

• Actors: Timothy Bottoms, C. Thomas Howell, Lindsey McKeon, Stephen Blackehart, Darren Dalton
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Asylum Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: July 28, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0028R1MAU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,989 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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LAND THAT TIME FORGOT - DVD Movie

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The title's misleading, August 28, 2009

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new yorker "drealyea" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Land That Time Forgot (DVD)

I'm giving this four stars because as Asylum Movies go it's one of their best.


However it is not an updated take on the novel The Land That Time Forgot: A Tale of Fort Dinosaur which was disappointing. Whether read as one complete novel or in it's trilogy release As The Land That Time Forgot, The People That Time Forgot and Out of Times Abyss The story of Caprona contains an evolution based mystery and a love story. It is not about time traveling via the Bermuda triangle. This screenplay isn't even loosly based on the previous movies The Land That Time Forgot/The People That Time Forgot which contained FX of mediocre laughable quality. Those however in hindsight at least made an attempt to use the source material. This resembles a low budget attempt at something like Time Spike more than anything in the ERB book.

If you liked what Asylum's Take on Journey to the Center of the Earth , which ironically contained an earth driller right out of Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core (Pellucidar Series) (Bk. 1) , you'll enjoy this.
However their T-Rex is becoming almost as overused as their dragon
Also of note , pun intended, the set up for a The People That Time Forgot sequel using the note in a bottle is appropriate.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice surprise, January 2, 2010

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Music Lover in Omaha (Omaha, Ne) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Land That Time Forgot (DVD)

Yup, this is a low budget movie with cheesy special effects, but you know what? For a low budget movie with cheesy special effects, it really isn't too bad. Sure some of the stuff that happens is unrealistic, but this movie does not take itself too seriously and is kind of fun. The monsters look fake compared to other movies like Jurassic Park and that mess that Will Farrell put out, but who cares? Just enjoy it. And wow, Timothy Bottoms looks so much like George W. Bush in this movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kudos to Howell for Acting and Directing., June 9, 2011

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Ray Riddle (Winter Haven, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Land That Time Forgot (DVD)

I'm a big Edgar Rice Burroughs fan and don't usually like movies that change things from the book. My thought is, if the book was good enough for you to want to make a movie of it, why are you changing things? However, though this definitely changed things from the E.R.B. book, I loved it!

It had elements from the book. The Nazi's and their U-boat were there, but it was more just an island in the Bermuda Triangle with dinosaurs on it. Even so, the story was good. The acting was good and for a low-budget movie the special effects were really good. I have to give kudos to C. Thomas Howell for great directing.

It begins on a small boat in a storm. There are two couples, plus the captain and his mate. The next morning, when the storm is gone, they have no idea where they are. They spot an island and decide to head for it. They drop anchor and all but one head for shore. They soon discover pterodactyls and a t-rex, and upon finding the beach once more, discover the boat is gone. Not long afterwards, they discover they aren't the only people on the island, some of which include Nazi's and a U-boat, stranded during WWII, which for them has only been a year or so..

The only options available on the DVD are "Play" and "Chapters" which is slightly disappointing as I would have loved to see a "Making of". Ah, well. I'm not going to complain about what is there. For the price, it's well worth it.

I rate this four-and-a-half stars out of five, but as that option isn't available, I had to click on five stars. No biggie. This could use a boost to it's rating.