At the Earth's Core (film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Connor |
| Produced by | John Dark Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
| Written by | Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel) Milton Subotsky |
| Starring | Peter Cushing Doug McClure Caroline Munro |
| Music by | Mike Vickers |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
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| Distributed by | American International Pictures British Lion Films (UK) (Sony Pictures Entertainment) |
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July 1976 |
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89 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
At the Earth's Core is a 1976 fantasy-science fiction film produced by Britain's Amicus Productions.[3]
It was directed by Kevin Connor and starred Doug McClure, Peter Cushing and Caroline Munro.[4] It was filmed in Technicolor. It was 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. The original music score was composed by Mike Vickers.
Plot summary
Dr. Abner Perry, a British Victorian period scientist (Cushing), and his US financier David Innes (McClure) make a test run of their Iron Mole drilling machine in a Welsh mountain, but end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic flying reptiles, the Mahars, and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen. They are captured by the Mahars, who keep primitive humans as their slaves through mind control. David falls for the beautiful slave girl Princess Dia (Munro) but when she is chosen as a sacrificial victim in the Mahar city, David and Perry must rally the surviving human slaves to rebel and not only save her but also win their freedom.
Cast
- Peter Cushing as Dr. Abner Perry
- Doug McClure as David Innes
- Caroline Munro as Princess Dia
- Cy Grant as Ra
- Godfrey James as Ghak
- Keith Barron as Dowsett
- Sean Lynch as Hoojah
Production
The film was made following the success of The Land That Time Forgot.[5]
Reception
The movie was popular, becoming the 18th most profitable British film of 1976.[5]
See also
- The People That Time Forgot (disambiguation)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Asylum film) – A direct-to-DVD American film sharing similarities with this film
References
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- ↑ Brian Trenchard-Smith on At the Earth's Core at Trailers from Hell
- ↑ Gary A. Smith, The American International Pictures Video Guide, McFarland 2009 p 16
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 150
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