The Last Dinosaur (1977)
July 7, 1977Release Date
The Last Dinosaur (1977)
July 7, 1977Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Boone
Masten Thrust Jr.
Joan Van Ark
Francesca Banks
Steven Keats
Chuck Wade
Luther Rackley
Bunta
Masumi Sekiya
Hazel
William Ross
Hal - Mother 1 Technician
Carl Hansen
Barney
Nancy Magsig
Thrusts' Girl on Plane
Don Maloney
Mother 1 Captain
Vanessa Cristina
Reporter
Tetsu Nakamura
Dr. Kawamoto
Shunsuke Kariya
Caveman Leader
Toru Kawai
Tyrannosaurus
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Triceratops
Yasuo Kitazawa
Visual Effects
Minoru Kozono
Editor
Shohei Tôjô
Second Unit
Tsugunobu Kotani
Director
Yuji Hiyoshi
Sound Editor
William Overgard
Writer
Minoru Kurita
Production Director
Alexander Grasshoff
Director
Tetsuzô Ôsawa
Special Effects
Kazuo Ohashi
Special Effects Coordinator
Kazuhiko Fujiwara
Art Direction
Moriake Uematsu
Special Effects
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Jules Bass
Producer / Lyricist
Kazuo Sagawa
Special Effects
Yoshiyuki Yoshimura
Special Effects Coordinator
Michihisa Miyashige
Visual Effects
Noboru Tsuburaya
Producer
Hisaaki Yoneyama
Lighting Technician
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Producer
Minoru Nakano
Visual Effects
Sadao Sato
Visual Effects
Maury Laws
Original Music Composer / Songs
Kazuyoshi Kasai
Associate Producer
Benni Korzen
Associate Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 7, 1977
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Genres
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The Last Dinosaur (Japanese: 極底探険船ポーラーボーラ, Hepburn: Kyokutei Tankensen Pōrābōra, lit. 'Polar Probe Ship: Polar Borer') is a 1977 Japanese/American tokusatsu co-production, co-directed by Alexander Grasshoff and Tsugunobu Kotani (the latter billed as Tom Kotani), and co-produced by Japan's Tsuburaya Productions and Rankin/Bass Productions. The picture was filmed at Tsuburaya Studios in Tokyo and on location in the Japanese Alps. The film was intended for a U.S. theatrical release, but failed to find a distributor and ended up as a television film, airing on ABC on February 11, 1977 in an edited 92-minute run time. The film was eventually picked up for overseas markets by Cinema International Corporation, where it was released in the unedited 106-minute version as a double feature in the U.K. with the edited version of Sorcerer (the latter considered a remake of The Wages of Fear). Toho also picked up distribution rights to The Last Dinosaur in Japan for a theatrical release utilizing the unedited 106-minute version in English with Japanese subtitles, and later the film debuted on Japanese television dubbed in Japanese.
The film stars Richard Boone and Joan Van Ark. William Overgard wrote the screenplay. The score was composed, as was most of the music for all Rankin/Bass specials and series, by Maury Laws, while the title song "He's the Last Dinosaur", with lyrics by Jules Bass, was sung by Nancy Wilson, and arranged and conducted by Bernard Hoffer.