Post by tomishereagain on Apr 1, 2016 14:39:42 GMT -6
At the Earth's Core (1976)
PG | 1h 29min | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy | July 1976 (USA)
A Victorian scientist and his young American backer set off in their new earth-boring machine with a short test on a Welsh mountain. Unfortunately the thing is rather more powerful than expected and they end up in an enormous cavern at the centre of the earth. Here they find a race of humans enslaved to evil oversized prehistoric birds with extra-sensory abilities. The travellers decide they can be some help, the more so as at least one of the slaves is very eye-catching.
PG | 1h 29min | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy | July 1976 (USA)
A Victorian scientist and his young American backer set off in their new earth-boring machine with a short test on a Welsh mountain. Unfortunately the thing is rather more powerful than expected and they end up in an enormous cavern at the centre of the earth. Here they find a race of humans enslaved to evil oversized prehistoric birds with extra-sensory abilities. The travellers decide they can be some help, the more so as at least one of the slaves is very eye-catching.
It was directed by Kevin Connor and starred Doug McClure, Peter Cushing and Caroline Munro. 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.
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Things I Learned From This Movie:
*Some of the worst offenses against humanity were committed by Victorian fashion designers.
*The center of the Earth is a solid block of ice.
*Light in underground caverns is provided by lava flowing across the ceiling, held in place by centrifugal force. (Hey, you try explaining it.)
*Rhinoceroses were made with four legs for a reason.
*Prehistoric humans did not have surnames, but everyone received a descriptive phrase attachment.
*Having excitable pig-men around is bad, but it is worse when they have whips and spears.
*Reeds can be quickly converted into arrows and are capable of killing large animals.
*Big guys carry big maces.
*Explorers always pack an extra set of fine clothes for joyous departures.
*Some of the worst offenses against humanity were committed by Victorian fashion designers.
*The center of the Earth is a solid block of ice.
*Light in underground caverns is provided by lava flowing across the ceiling, held in place by centrifugal force. (Hey, you try explaining it.)
*Rhinoceroses were made with four legs for a reason.
*Prehistoric humans did not have surnames, but everyone received a descriptive phrase attachment.
*Having excitable pig-men around is bad, but it is worse when they have whips and spears.
*Reeds can be quickly converted into arrows and are capable of killing large animals.
*Big guys carry big maces.
*Explorers always pack an extra set of fine clothes for joyous departures.
Stuff To Watch For:
7 mins - Your drilling machine is a long tube, of course it can't turn on a dime.
15 mins - I think Polly wants to bite your head off.
30 mins - Molten lava was pouring over the bridge moments ago and now it's cool?
40 mins - That looks like a carnivorous plant.
41 mins - Hey guys, the plant is trying to eat you.
42 mins - David! Ra! Man-eating plant! Oh, now you see it.
57 mins - Conclusive proof that Barney's ancestors were viscous predators.
64 mins - Giant fire toad out of nowhere!
68 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FOLIAGE!
73 mins - Great battle plan David, you must have been Alexander the Great in a previous life...
7 mins - Your drilling machine is a long tube, of course it can't turn on a dime.
15 mins - I think Polly wants to bite your head off.
30 mins - Molten lava was pouring over the bridge moments ago and now it's cool?
40 mins - That looks like a carnivorous plant.
41 mins - Hey guys, the plant is trying to eat you.
42 mins - David! Ra! Man-eating plant! Oh, now you see it.
57 mins - Conclusive proof that Barney's ancestors were viscous predators.
64 mins - Giant fire toad out of nowhere!
68 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FOLIAGE!
73 mins - Great battle plan David, you must have been Alexander the Great in a previous life...