The People That Time Forgot (film)

Infobox Film
name = The People That Time Forgot

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caption = US poster of "The People That Time Forgot"
director = Kevin Connor
producer = Max Rosenberg
writer = Patrick Tilley, from the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
starring = Patrick Wayne
Doug McClure
Sarah Douglas
Dana Gillespie
Thorley Walters
Shane Rimmer
music = John Scott
cinematography = Alan Hume
editing = John Ireland
Barry Peters
distributor = American International Pictures
released = 1977
runtime = 90 min
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0076535
preceded_by = The Land That Time Forgot (film) 1975

"The People That Time Forgot" is a 1977 fantasy/adventure film based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the third and final film in a series of Burroughs adaptations produced by Britain's Amicus Productions, all directed by Kevin Connor. Like the other two titles, the film was distributed in the United States by American International Pictures.

The film is a direct sequel to "The Land That Time Forgot", the surprise sleeper hit that initiated the series in 1975. The story follows a rescue expedition, led by Patrick Wayne in search of his friend, played by Doug McClure, who had vanished many years before. The expedition ends up in the same fantastic prehistoric land where dinosaurs and barbarian tribes of men coexist.

The film makes many notable changes from the book:
* The lost world is a "polar continent" rather than the interior of a tropical island.
* Two of the book's main characters die in the movie.
* In the book, the ship's crew scale the mountains to come to the rescue.
* The book ends with two marriages; the film, none.

External links

*imdb title|id=0076535|title=The People That Time Forgot
* [http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/pttf.htm Eccentric Cinema - Review]