"Land of the Lost" (1974) TV series 1974-1977

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

7 September 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A family is thrown back in time and must survive in a dinosaur dominated land.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Time Travel | Stop Motion | Chroma Key | Virtual Set

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Wesley Eure	...	Will Marshall (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Kathy Coleman	...	Holly Marshall (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Philip Paley	...	Cha-Ka (42 episodes, 1974-1976)
Spencer Milligan	...	Park Ranger Rick Marshall (30 episodes, 1974-1975)

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Series Directed by
Bob Lally		(12 episodes, 1974-1975)
Dennis Steinmetz		(11 episodes, 1974)
Gordon Wiles		(8 episodes, 1975)
Joseph L. Scanlan		(7 episodes, 1976)
Rick Bennewitz		(6 episodes, 1976)

Series Writing credits
Dick Morgan		(9 episodes, 1974-1975)
David Gerrold		(5 episodes, 1974)
Jon Kubichan		(5 episodes, 1976)
Larry Niven		(3 episodes, 1974)
Tom Swale		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
William J. Keenan		(3 episodes, 1975)
Samuel Roeca		(3 episodes, 1976)
Margaret Armen		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Joyce Perry		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Produced by
Marty Krofft	....	producer / executive producer (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Sid Krofft	....	producer / executive producer (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Albert J. Tenzer	....	executive producer (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Gene Warren	....	associate producer (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Dennis Steinmetz	....	producer (17 episodes, 1974)
Tom Swale	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1975)
Jon Kubichan	....	producer (13 episodes, 1976)
Jim Washburn	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1976)

Series Original Music by
Jimmie Haskell		(30 episodes, 1974-1976)
Michael Lloyd		(13 episodes, 1975)

Series Cinematography by
Stephen H. Burum		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Bill Breshears		(unknown episodes)
Jimmy B. Frazier		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Herman F. Zimmerman		(30 episodes, 1974-1976)
Elayne Barbara Ceder		(13 episodes, 1975)

Series Makeup Department
Maurice Stein	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 1976)
Michael Westmore	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
John Braislin	....	executive in charge of production (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Barth	....	associate director (2 episodes, 1974-1976)

Series Art Department
Mentor Huebner	....	designer (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Kirk Axtell	....	assistant art director / associate art director (17 episodes, 1974)
Max Pittman	....	head props / property master (2 episodes, 1974-1976)

Series Sound Department
Gordon Klimuck	....	audio (1 episode, 1976)

Series Special Effects by
Ken Speed	....	special effects assistant (1 episode, 1974)
Gene Warren	....	stop motion director (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Gene Warren Jr.	....	animator (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Pete Kleinow	....	animator (30 episodes, 1974-1976)
Wah Chang	....	dinosaur character design (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Harry Walton	....	animator (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
John Huneck	....	animator (13 episodes, 1975)
Janet Riley	....	animation supervisor (13 episodes, 1975)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Hall	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1976)
Parker Roe	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1976)

Series Casting Department
Ruth Conforte	....	casting (1 episode, 1976)

Series Other crew
Caroljane Rapp	....	associate director / assistant to producer / ... (18 episodes, 1974-1976)
David Gerrold	....	story editor (17 episodes, 1974)
Tom Swale	....	production coordinator (17 episodes, 1974)
Dick Morgan	....	story editor (13 episodes, 1975)
Samuel Roeca	....	story editor (13 episodes, 1976)
Victoria Fromkin	....	linguistics consultant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1974-1977) (1978) (USA) (TV)
• Rhino Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Rhino Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Rhino Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Rhino Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• Rhino Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)

Special Effects

• Excelsior! Animated Moving Pictures
• A&A Special Effects (1976) (as AA Special Effects)

Runtime:

30 min (43 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:G (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Trivia:

Former Cleveland Cavs and Detroit Pistons center Bill Laimbeer was a Sleestak during the show's first season.

Quotes:

Will Marshall: It's funny - I've walked this way hundreds of times and I've never seen this pylon.
Enik: Nor I, Will Marshall. And I have been in this valley many times longer than you.
Cha-Ka: Cha-Ka think it's *new* pylon!
Will Marshall: Either that, Cha-Ka, or it's been invisible all this time.
Enik: That is not logical.
Will Marshall: Now, Enik, if you've been in the Land of the Lost that much longer than we have, you ought to know by now that not everything here is logical.
Enik: That is logical.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: And Down the Stretch Comes Murder (#2.5)" (2007)

Available on Netflix

We ordered this on Netflix for our 8 year old who loves dinosaurs. He loved it just as much as we did, back in the day. My nine year old daughter liked it too. Tried doing a lookup on the main character actors - doesn't seem they did much in the way of movies or TV after the show. Can't believe we made our parents watch this - love the special effects now ... how the three of them are in a raft and the size of the river looks to be about 8 inches across, and the bricks slam down on it, then they're in the same jungle scene time after time, and its always dusty ... :D Didn't know that Walter Koenig wrote an episode - his commentary is on the Disc 1 features - kind of funny to here him without a Slovak accent. Brings back some nice memories.