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 enlarge | Director: Jim O'connolly
Actors: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith, Freda Jackson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 22754
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.5
MPN: WARD27519D
ISBN: 0790779293
UPC: 085392751921
EAN: 9780790779294
ASIN: B0000B1OGD
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray! March 19, 2006
Roger Morgan (baal, california)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
James Fransicus can't act. He tries hard though and that's a good thing. It's fun watching him try and try. But he doesn't matter, just like a preacher matters not in church during the rapture... there is no preacher at that point, is there? And the rapture in the case of Valley of the Gwangi is the last half of the movie when all the cowboys, Fransiscus one of them, gets chased by Harryhausen's dinosaurs. The meanest of these prehistoric nasties is a big purple T-Rex. He's related to Barney, perhaps; I haven't seen that many other purple dinosaurs... But this is no Barney... He's a mean motorscooter and it's just amazing seeing this Rex battle cowboys and one scene in particular that's very, very nice is when the cowboys actually pull off lassoing this big purple brute, sticking him in a cage, and bringing him back "home". Then they take him to town and display him in front of many people (in a bull ring) and he gets mad and breaks free and reeks havoc ala King Kong. Mean Purple Dino even battles a Harryhausen elephant that looks fantastic. There's also a small horse in the film that's the size of a toy, and it's a little corny, but it doesn't matter because of Ray Harryhausen and his awesome stop-motion effects, making this flawed film into one heck of a masterpiece... as Ray does so well.
Interesting Mix of Cowboys And Dinosaurs With Spectacular Ray Harryhausen Animation January 19, 2006
Simon Davis
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
At first glance you would be possibly right to think that a film like "The Valley of Gwangi", just wouldn't work. Prehistoric dinosaurs mixed up in a western does not appear a very promising combination however this effort set sometime in 19th Century Mexico actually creates a very exciting story that in some ways has shades of "King Kong", to it. It most memorable qualities however are the truly spectacular dinosaur creations of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen. Again as in so many previous classic films such as "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad", Harryhausen creates some wonderful stop animation monsters with his unforgettable stop motion Allosaurus (long before computer generated monsters on "Jurassic Park"), truly stealing the whole movie once it makes its appearance roughly half way through the feature. The film's highly original western setting I found very interesting that helped give "The Valley of Gwangi", its own distinct look and character. However in common with these types of features "Gwangi", of course includes an exciting and very fiery climax which will also stay in your mind for a long time with its stunning special effects involving the rampaging Allosaurus becoming trapped in a burning Cathedral which will have you on the edge of your seat right up to the finale.
Cowboys and dinosaurs. Need I say more? December 13, 2005
Mojo Jojo
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
A terrific minor classic, Valley of Gwangi holds up remarkably well today. Like King Kong, the original Godzilla, and Clash of the Titans, it's a fun film that has stood the test of time.
The special effects are solid. I love CGI monsters, but the stop-motion dinos are top-notch and really cool to watch. The scene where our heroes rope and wrangle a dinosaur is still great fun. This film deserves a place on any monster movie fans shelf.
One question though. Were there really such a thing as Mexican Gypsies? Seriously. I'd really like to know.
Gwangi! November 2, 2005
creature king (Dark jungles were creatures roam)
In the movie its about a bunch of cowboys from mexico who run a cheap circus,a girl named Tj has a x boyfriend named tuck who comes along.The first thing they do is go to a gypsy ground and they the valley has a curse but like in king kong they go to the forbiddan valley and encounter a ptertactle,stragosaurs,and gwangi a fercious allosaur.gwangi eats the other dinosaurs and is lassoed but it doesnt work so gwangi gets knocked out by rocks and is captured.
 About Gila Golan in VOG October 24, 2005
Mr. Honest
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Gila was a knockout! Due to Franciscus's part in both this and Beneath The Planet of The Apes comparisons have been made of Golan to Linda Harrison (Nova in BTPOTA). I read another found Harrison more attractive but I say Golan is Linda Harrison's physical equal. Golan is also a good actress. Her genuine warmth she demonstrates with the hyracotherium (mini ancient horse) is touching and this and in other ways in the film she shows to be a very fine actress.
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