The Legend of Bigfoot (1976)

Director:

Harry Winer

Writers:

Paula Labrot (writer)
Harry Winer (writer)

Release Date:

January 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Startling new motion picture footage of the elusive creature

Plot:

A documentary about the legendary creature, Bigfoot, with emphasis on him being the missing link. |

Plot Keywords:

Alaska | Wildlife | Caribou | Wyoming | Native American

Cast

Ivan Marx	...	Himself (uncredited)
Peggy Marx	...	Herself (uncredited)

Directed by
Harry Winer		(as Harry Stuart Winer)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Paula Labrot		writer
Harry Winer		writer (as Harry Stuart Winer)

Produced by
Ivan Marx	....	executive producer
Don Reese	....	executive producer
Stephen Houston Smith	....	producer

Original Music by
Don Peake

Cinematography by
Ivan Marx
Peggy Marx

Film Editing by
Paula Labrot

Sound Department
Jay M. Harding	....	sound mixer (as Jay Harding)
Ross Taylor	....	sound effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack M. Guberman	....	grip (as Jack Guberman)

Editorial Department
Beau Blue	....	assistant editor
Susanne Gervay	....	negative cutter
Lady Kid	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Ken Johnson	....	music editor

Other crew
Randal Kleiser	....	cpi (as Randel Kleiser)
George Labrot	....	naturalist
Dan Perri	....	title designer

Thanks
Barrett Cooper	....	grateful acknowledgment

Distributors

• BijouFlix Releasing (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Palladium Productions
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (video)
• Reel Media International (2005) (worldwide) (TV)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (on "Bigfoot Terror")

Runtime:

76 min | USA:92 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG (DVD) | USA:G

Myth and fact

I got this movie in a blister pack for a dollar with another movie. Being a armchair detective about Sasquatch, Yowie and Alma I was interested in what this was about. I never heard of Marx, but I did see once the footage of the "limping" or sometimes pegged "waltzing" bigfoot. Even then I thought it was odd. It did in fact looked like someone in a cheesy gorilla suit waltzing about.

Most of the footage in the film was dull and as everyone else here has posted "way off course of the topic." But one has to remember that when you are hunting something that is hard to find Nature is going to come with it. In some respects this reminded me of "Legend of Boggy Creek." Thank god there was not crooner singing "Hey Travis Crabtree......." But again lets remember if the movie used strictly his footage, the movie would be only about 20 minutes long.

The last bit of footage has me raising an eyebrow with some interest. Having seen not 1 but 4 of these beings and a hell of a lot closer than probably Marx would have wanted, I always get a cold chill when I look at filmed footage or listen to its cries. While the supposed young one does nothing at all for me, the supposed older bigfoot gave me some severe cold chills. The younger one looked too thin and his acts too rehearsed or fact. The older one was massive in size. so I am at odds that the footage of the younger bigfoot maybe fake along with the waltzing bigfoot. If the waltzing/limping bigfoot film is real then one need to consider: 1) Could such a creature so lame survive? And if so how much more or less elusive can he be compared to a healthy creature? Sure such a lame creature would not find it easy to get away from hunters and others.

2) That the creature is not JUST lame but deformed, as his one arm was always on his chest and looked stiff and his one leg looks like its stiff all the way up to the hip.

My last statement is directed to Marx' comment about Sasquatch eating habits. Front evidence collected all over North America, it seems these creature have a huge diet and many rancher and farmers have found cattle, goats, pigs, chickens, fish, dogs, deer and other animals half eaten. Remember in the film, it all starts off with the killing of cattle and a bear???? Oh yeah in one report a roaming bigfoot was even treated to peanut-butter sandwiches which it seemed to enjoy.

Not a bad film. A lot better than Boggy Creek if you ask me.