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• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Studio: Warner
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001DF9BIS
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars About the DVD, July 31, 2008

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Winston Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) / Moon Zero Two (1969) (DVD)

This is a retailer-exclusive DVD, single-sided, (both films are on same side of disc) with no extras. Films are presented letter-boxed and hilariously, "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" includes English subtitles even though all the dialogue in the film is nonsense caveman talk!

Rear disc sleeve states films are rated G, however, "When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth" includes brief shots of nudity in sexual situations that would clearly disqualify it for a G-rating. It is possible the foreign (UK) cut of the film was mistakenly placed on this disc rather than the G-rated American cut.

The picture quality, color, sharpness is quite good.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Undala! La nikta! Neecro! Wandi? Just a Review of the Dinosaur Film., December 18, 2008

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David Baltazar (SAN JOSE, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) / Moon Zero Two (1969) (DVD)

This review is for; When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) / Moon Zero Two (1969)

The film "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" is an enjoyable film to watch, but at times difficult to watch because you have to guess on your own interpretations of the exclusive language spoken by the primitive tribe. The DVD has subtitles, but the subtitles don't translate what the primitive tribe is saying. The subtitles just show exactly what they are saying. "Undala! Neecro! N'ato! Wandi?" are just a few of the phrases. You can make out the names such as the beautiful blonde, Sanna, but the rest of the dialogue is a quest in itself to find out what they mean. Thankfully, the strangely-worded dialogue is repetitive enough and the film actions are very visual so that you can make your own interpretations.

The woman in this film are very beautiful and sexy. They look like lingerie models dressed in fur bikinis which is a good thing! The blonde actress playing the role of Sanna is Victoria Vetri who was the 1968 Playboy Playmate of the year (good choice Hef!). The men are slender, but not very muscular. The special effects are very good considering the vintage age of this film. The dinosaurs are stop-motion models and there are a couple of scenes where real, live lizards are used to look like giants.

This double feature DVD was released earlier this year. However, controversy came with this DVD as it was released with rated G packaging, but the film "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" was clearly the unrated British version complete with a couple of topless cavewoman scenes (the two nude scenes add only about two to four minutes). Some people would call "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" the unrated version of "One Million BC", the classic film with Racquel Welch. Unfortunately the DVD became discontinued by the manufacturer and the limited copies released that are currently available are very expensive copies on Amazon or Ebay (currently $35 or more instead of the original $16.99 retail price). Hopefully for future purchasers, this title can be re-released in the appropriate packaging at a more reasonable price by simply changing the DVD's slip-cover print to "unrated" instead of rated G!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get this for When DInosaurs Ruled the Earth, January 12, 2009

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D. Steigman "Movie fan from silents to now" (SF, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) / Moon Zero Two (1969) (DVD)

This is a halfway cool double feature from Warner - I wont give it 5 stars because the other feature Moon Zero Two is just a tedious dull science fiction space odyssey which is why it wound up as an MST3K experiment from Season 1. This was a Hammer production on top of everything else. The movie really is bad.
On the flip side, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a very good follow up to One Million Years BC. You have your monsters (Jim Danforth effects are superb here) and your cavemen and cave women with makeup and nice hairdos. This is the international cut of the movie meaning you see some nudity - Victoria Vetri's ( & other cavegirls' breasts basically). I know that the G rating was a HUGE mistake. I doubt it will be replaced. I for one am happy to have the uncut version of the movie(and it is letterboxed), the way it was intended to be seen. It is the complete version. I never felt this movie was really a children's movie per se even though it has dinosaurs and stuff. This was pulled off shelves just like Swamp Thing from years ago, now Out of Print & will cost $$ to get. Still its worth it for the dinosaur movie.