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The People That Time Forgot

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When a message is found from lost explorer Bowen Tyler detailing a prehistoric world at the center of the Arctic Circle, fellow adventurer Ben McBride gets a newspaper to sponsor a search. The search takes McBride to the tropical oasis Tyler wrote about, the isle of Caprona, where he meets a feisty cave girl named Ajor. She explains that Tyler has been kidnapped by a warrior tribe called the Naga. Now it's up to McBride to rescue him.
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Derek Adams Time Out 06/24/2006
A lame sequel to Connor's earlier Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation, The Land That Time Forgot, which was at least occasionally lively. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Dec 2
2.5/4
Patrick Wayne is a dull lead, and the effects are even less polished than those in the previous film -- still, there's enough of interest to make it an entertaining and undemanding time-filler. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 08/30/2020
6/10
The creature effects still resemble rubbery toys molded out of clay, with ignorance toward details of skin, bone, muscle, and realistic movement. Go to Full Review Roger Gentry Los Angeles Free Press 10/23/2019
The film is not a classic, but following the story told by Tarzan's creator almost to the letter, no one can go far wrong for an entertaining afternoon. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/01/2005
2/5
Film4 Staff Film4 07/03/2004
A 1970s childhood probably helps in appreciating the slightly shoddy charms of this unpretentious and cheery creature flick. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Mike W @MikeW269 04/18/2025 This is one of those movies that is so bad you have to keep watching. It was comical. You will never see "monsters" like this. Every actor must have been embarrassed that they participated. See more Tom W @RT99757709 11/08/2022 Truly perplexing how a movie with such poor effects, acting and final result was made the same year as Star Wars. See more 05/28/2020 The ship looks like it's floating in someone's pool, the teridactal's jaw loks like a loose hing, and when the plane crashes, the figurines look like they may fall out any moment as they wobble to and fro. I had a tough time getting through this one. If it were any lower in energy, I'd have guessed it was directed by Jeb Bush See more 02/23/2015 Normally dinosaur effects such as these would forgive bad acting. But not so much here. See more 08/11/2014 Kevin Connor directed a trio of films starring Doug McClure in the mid-1970s that I've always loved. I'm a bit of a sucker for Victorian 'Boys Own' style action with big monsters and dotty professor-types and 'At The Earth's Core', 'Warlords of Atlantis' and 'The Land That Time Forgot' fitted the bill well. Connor returned to the format with the 'People That Time Forgot', a sequel to 'Land' again based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Sadly, this is a pale shadow of the former movies and really adds very little of note to the story. It's not a great adaptation of the Burrough's novel and has only the thinnest of plots making for a rather tedious film. Even the reappearance of Doug McClure as the adventurer Tyler from the first film can't help here as his role is too brief to allow the actors natural charm and big personality to show through. My advice would be give this one a miss in favour of the other three films which, despite having badly dated effects (also part of their endearing charms) are much, much better movies. See more 04/28/2014 The movie is terrible. Cheesy effects, acting, and story. The dinosaurs are laughable even for the late seventies. See more Read all reviews
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Kevin Connor

Director

Patrick Wayne

Ben McBride

Doug McClure

Bowen Tyler

Sarah Douglas

Lady Charlotte "Charly" Cunningham

Dana Gillespie

Ajor

Thorley Walters

Norfolk

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Synopsis When a message is found from lost explorer Bowen Tyler detailing a prehistoric world at the center of the Arctic Circle, fellow adventurer Ben McBride gets a newspaper to sponsor a search. The search takes McBride to the tropical oasis Tyler wrote about, the isle of Caprona, where he meets a feisty cave girl named Ajor. She explains that Tyler has been kidnapped by a warrior tribe called the Naga. Now it's up to McBride to rescue him.
Director
Kevin Connor
Producer
John Dark
Screenwriter
Patrick Tilley
Production Co
American International Pictures (AIP)
Rating
PG
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 30m