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I had forgotten this gem

posted 15 years ago by gnome-5
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Recently I saw the cover artwork for the Goodtimes Video, and it triggered some long dormant memories. I'm pretty sure I watched this on TV growing up in the Detroit area, but I don't recall what show it was on.

So I watched it again. I was dinosaur crazy as a kid, so the scenes that really brought it back for me involved the dinos. Particularly that shot of the four boys looking across the river as the T Rex and Stegosaurus fought. And them examining the fallen dinosaur's carcass. Great stuff.

[–] carlsez_1 14 years ago

Question - does this movie have the following scene:

One of the boys strays off and stumbles upon a large carnivorous bird feeding on a carcass. The boy freezes, but the bird notices him and gives chase. He just manages to escape, I think by making it to one of the rafts and rowing away.

I don't know why I can't remember much more as I was also "dinosaur crazy". But I would love to see this movie again if it is the one I remember.

[–] gnome-5 14 years ago

I don't know if I would describe it as a carnivorous bird, but yes, there is a scene with a dino that chases a boy back to the river.

[–] scallenger 14 years ago

Yes, the scene is from this film, and yes, it is a giant terror bird. It's actually one of the creepiest parts of the entire movie, even today. One of my favorite parts.

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[–] anzsubz 14 years ago

Thanks to an article in a local magazine about "Ranger Hal," a kid's program that 50-something boomers in my town watched back in the very late 50s and into the 60s, I stumbled on the title "Journey to the Beginning of Time." I knew that it had to be the program of which I had vague memories of seeing on TV as a little girl.

For years I would ask people if they remembered some story about boys in a museum and falling through a hole and going to prehistoric times. Clearly I meshed the dino footprints in the museum with the one boy falling into the animal trap/hole. I couldn't get to the internet fast enough and watched it on YouTube this morning.

Really glad to have had a way to see it again! Nice that the boys weren't a bunch of one-liner smart-aleck kids that are portrayed in today's shows. (Yikes! Channelling my inner old-lady.)

[–] onnanob2 13 years ago

I actually saw this at the theater when I was a boy! It must have been a matinee re-release, some time between 1970 and 1972.

[–] milliedil 12 years ago

My four brothers and I watched this every morning as we got ready for grade school. It was shown on a local kid's show in 5 or 10 minute installments for what felt like months, circa 1962. Never forgot it, and now I get to watch it all at once on youtube. Can't wait!

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[–] dfisli 10 years ago

I watched this as a child, in serialized form, on the Garfield Goose show in Chicago Illinois, USA. It is such a wonderful movie - had me on the edge of my chair most times - and DINOSAURS!

I did not forget. Two scenes in particular stuck in my head: The fight between the T Rex and the Stegosaurus, and the part where the boys finally reach the ocean (the "beginning of time"). The ocean's hushed but continuous roar - I hear it still, even now.

I am 58 years old - I probably was 10 years old at the time. How about that for memory? d8^D

[–] gary10093 10 years ago

I, too, watched as a boy on WGN's Garfield Goose -- Doc's line "The farther you go back in time, the simpler life becomes" always stuck with me, and I appreciate it more as the years pass on. Great memories - glad it's available on Youtube for another generation to enjoy.