VHS : Atlantis, the Lost Continent
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starring: Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, William Smith, Edward Plattdirected by: George Pal
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302804751
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302804752
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 3712
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: May 03, 1961
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I Want My Wide Screen
This is a wounderful movie and still holds up after all these years. Why one star? Well it isnt the movie, its fantastic!....Alot of people complain about the Special Effects. ....It dosent need any. The origional movie was filmed in "Super Panivision" 1:35:1 aspect ratio, and has been reduced to 1:33 VHS. watching this version, will at best give you a headace. Can you imagine driving thru the Red Woods wearing horse blinders, your view would be drastically altered. The special effects ... Read More
Rating:  - Highly Entertaining Saturday Matinee Offering From Legendary Producer/Director, George Pal
I've long been fascinated by the story of Atlantis, the mythical kingdom that was far in advance of anything of its time and because of its wickness ended by sinking into the sea. It was a story guaranteed to thrill the heart of a young boy such as myself during my growing up years. Because of this fascination I've always wanted to see George Pal's 1961 version of this legendary story and thanks to a close friend I recently saw it for the first time and was very impressed. Of course when the name ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty Good Science Fiction
The first and only time I saw this movie, I was but a child, and movies like this make one a child all over again. Hey, this is the stuff that dreams are made of. Boy saves damsel in distress, boy falls in love with damsel. Boy rescues damsel once again, and puts an end to the evil that seeks to take over the world.
Only thing is will this movie ever make it to DVD? As I remember the color was brillant, and the special effects were wonderful for the day.
If you are a ... Read More
Rating:  - 5 Stars for THIS??
OK, so it ISN'T "Citizen Kane"!
"Atlantis the Lost Continent" is STILL more fun than sleds FULL of rosebuds!!!!
Any movie with despotic/hammy actor leaders, people being turned into animals, crystal/laser death ray machines running amok,huge tidal waves, and portentous voice-overs is AOK with me, BIG TIME!!(did I say this isn't a documentary?)
I can't WAIT for this to show up on DVD!! MAJOR FUN!!
Rating: - When is the widescreen DVD coming?
I would love to see this film either on widescreen DVD or at a revival house screening somewhere. Anybody who knows this movie is probably familiar with its production background: George Pal wanted to make a larger scale movie about Atlantis but MGM didn't give him the budget he needed; leftover footage from "Quo Vadis" was used in the final scenes when Atlantis is destroyed; Anthony Hall (actually singer Sal Ponti) and Joyce Taylor apparently weren't strong enough actors to avoid being somewhat ... Read More
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