The Valley of Gwangi: Difference between revisions

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[[Cool Versus Awesome|Cowboys versus dinosaurs!]]

 

 

The idea had already been done years earlier in the movie "The Beast of Hollow Mountain" but "Gwangi" is the better known of the two. 'Gwangi' was originally conceived by Willis O'Brien, the man who did the special effects for the original [[King Kong]] movie.

 

Eventually Gwangi, Tuck, T.J and a Mexican boy named Lope end up in a cathedral which catches on fire. They (the humans, that is) manage to escape and lock the door behind them, trapping Gwangi in the burning building which then crumbles around it. The movie ends as everyone watches Gwangi die.

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* [[Buffalo Bill]]: Tuck supposedly worked on his show.

* [[California Doubling]]/ [[Spexico]]: The movie was shot in Cuenca, Spain.

* [[Covers Always Lie]]: See that poster up there? The one with the green dinosaur? Yeah, Gwangi is [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife|bright purple]].

* [[Roma]]: As typical of the times, presented as superstitious, sinister, and [[Too Dumb to Live]].

* [[Rule of Cool]]: The whole point of the movie.

** Allosaur versus Elephant!

* [[Redubbing]]: The actress playing T.J. had such a tick Israeli accent she had to be redubbed.

** Or this was based on something that [[Reality Is Unrealistic|happens with real-world predators]], Gwangi saw the movement of prey animals constantly, all around him, so he kept attacking out of confusion and fear. "Didn't I kill you already?"

* [[Stock Dinosaurs]]: Allosaurus, Ornithomimus, Styracosaurus and Pteranodon are all stock.

** [[Rule of Cool|Does anyone really care about finding that out?]]

* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]: Though billed as an Allosaurus, Gwangi doesn't really look like one.

 

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