The Last Dinosaur (1977)
July 7, 1977Release Date
The Last Dinosaur (1977)
July 7, 1977Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Richard Boone
Masten Thrust Jr.
Joan Van Ark
Francesca 'Frankie' Banks
Steven Keats
Chuck Wade
Luther Rackley
Bunta
Masumi Sekiya
Hazel
William Ross
Hal - Mother 1 Chief Technician
William Ross
Hal - Mother 1 Chief Technician
Carl Hansen
Barney
Tetsu Nakamura
Dr. Kawamoto
Nancy Magsig
Thrust's Girl on Plane
Vanessa Cristina
Reporter
Don Maloney
Mother 1 Captain
Alexander Grasshoff
Director
Shunsuke Kariya
Caveman Leader
Tsugunobu Kotani
Director
Toru Kawai
Tyrannosaurus
William Overgard
Writer
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Triceratops
Jules Bass
Producer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Producer
Kazuo Sagawa
Special Effects
Shohei Tôjô
Second Unit
Maury Laws
Composer
Shôji Ueda
Cinematographer
Kazuhiko Fujiwara
Art Direction
Minoru Kozono
Editor
Moriake Uematsu
Special Effects
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Kazuo Ohashi
Special Effects Coordinator
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Tetsuzô Ôsawa
Special Effects
Michihisa Miyashige
Visual Effects
Noboru Tsuburaya
Producer
Yoshiyuki Yoshimura
Special Effects Coordinator
Yuji Hiyoshi
Sound Editor
Yasuo Kitazawa
Visual Effects
Minoru Nakano
Visual Effects
Minoru Kurita
Production Director
Hisaaki Yoneyama
Lighting Technician
Sadao Sato
Visual Effects
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 Tsununobu 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.