Atlantis, the Lost Continent
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| Atlantis, the Lost Continent | |
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| Directed by | George Pal |
| Produced by | George Pal |
| Written by | Daniel Mainwaring Gerald Hargreaves (play) |
| Starring | Anthony Hall Joyce Taylor John Dall William Smith Edward Platt |
| Music by | Russell Garcia |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | May 3, 1961 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | English |
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Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961) was a science fiction film about the destruction of Atlantis during the time of Ancient Greece. It was produced and directed by George Pal.
A Greek fisherman named Demetrios (Anthony Hall) and his father rescue Princess Antillia (Joyce Taylor) from a shipwreck without knowing that in fact she is from the technologically advanced civilisation of Atlantis. The film's prologue describing the legend of Atlantis features Pal's stop motion special effects. John Dall ("Marcus Glabrus," Spartacus) appears as the sinister first minister Zaren, and Edward Platt (Chief of CONTROL on Get Smart) as the high priest Azor.
The film was reviewed poorly by film critic Leonard Maltin, who wrote in his 2002 Movie & Video Guide that it was "Pal's worst film," that it had "poor effects" and that it was "Occasionally funny - but not on purpose."
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