Oh my God the memories of watching this movie and being amazed by it when I was 5. I still love this movie to this day, even with all the terrible effects.
No. It was a song entitled The Last Dinosaur. I was 12 when I saw this. There's the song playing now. But for some reason, I always equated Rise with marching mastodons.
Me too ! I was a boy and I used to watch this movie like Crazy !!! I remember watching it on channel 7 KABC right after the News ! ... My parents went to bed and I kept the volume low and I kept looking over my shoulder to see if my Dad was coming down the hall way . I'm 52 now and seeing this brings back a lot of great memories . Rest in Peace Daddy .
I watched this when it came out on TV.. I was 7 years old... I thought it was the coolest movie ever, lol...Brings back memories, especially the music...
A sequel was probably in the making, but Richard Boone did not live long enough for that to even be considered. It would have been interesting to see what the story line would have been.
@@leroyquintana3692 he's right. Ending is unclear. Maston stays and the dinosaur is still alive. We don't know which one kills the other or if they both survive for a while. Not many movies end this way. No closure
the thing is, the last dinosaur isn't the T-rex, its Thrust himself. He was a man who outlived his era, who outlived his way of life and was stuck in a world that had changed beyond what he was used to. The movie was never about the T-rex, it was always about Thrust. Thats why he stayed in the end instead of returning to the surface, he had finally found his true home.
I like how he left the slut at the airport after getting what he wanted from her at the beginning of the movie. She was so sure that she was about to be the wife or at least the kept woman of a billionaire. :D
Yeah...I definitely loved this movie when it premiered on ABC in 1977. I was seven, going on eight, and so happy to see a T Rex kicking all kinds of ass and, as near as we can tell, surviving the movie! But three months later, this movie, and my fascination with dinosaurs, would completely evaporate when a quaint little George Lucas film premiered, completely changing the world of entertainment.
@@grosskopf2779 I'd say mostly the writing and dialogue. It was almost as if it was written by a Japanese person who lacked the nuances of western culture.
Got a cool story about this movie. I remember it came on t.v. on a Saturday or sunday night. I was 8 years old and so looking forward to seeing it. About half way through, my mom and dad said "We better get to the grocery store before they close". I was like "WHAT THE HELL BRO"?!?!? So i missed the rest of the movie! Now here it is 35 years later and iam watching this again. A joy still to this day. and you have to understand, "Star Wars" came out the same year. So yeah, at the time it was cool.
At 5:16 .. As a kid, I used to record audio off tv with my cassette recorder. I can still recall my best friend's laugh when the boulder dents the t-rex's head. Good times immortalized on tape and now seared into my brain!
Yeah they weren't too brght.the brains and Brawn of the team was masten and bunta.those guys kick butt and are cool.the losers and idiots of the team is crazy lady and the ding don't! Need I say more?
@@suzannewillis817 The elderly Japanese scientist was not all that bright, either. I mean, he never even heard the dinosaur sneaking up on him while he was admiring whatever he was looking at, and gets knocked off early in the movie.
@@nassauguy48 I think he was looking at some type of mushroom.my guess he was just so excited and thrilled with the new discovery he was not aware of the t rex at the time.what gets me is the t rex is so big and heavy and very noisy as it walks,why he didn't hear it walking close to him,I mean when it walks it's a loud stomping sound I could hear that so easily. The only thing I can come up with the doctor was really off his game that day when it came to his awareness, he was really having a bad day.and I think the bad luck charms that cause all of this mess in the first place was Frankie and chuck.the t rex would never came to the camp if Frankie had shut her trap and not yelled and made masten miss his shot.those guys were in the right to defend themselves, it would take a lot of shots to drop that dinosaur but they would had got it done.than you had to listen to Chuck whining and crying like a little girl as if someone had ate his candy bar!he caused this mess as much as the crazy lady did.if the two bozos had shut their fat lips and let masten and bunta got rid of the t rex it would not had went in the camp ,the doctor would had been alright and the polar borer would still be sitting in the water.
Classic dinosaur film from my childhood. Warner released this on dvd as part of their "Archive Collection". Love it!!! Richard Boone and Joan Van Ark were great in this film.
I for years tried to search for this movie since I was a kid and never remembered the name of the movie now I can rest in peace damn it. I remember the rock on the head so vividly thank you for posting it
Man I loved this as a kid. Actually on the whole this movie is worth watching if you can find it, has great acting from Richard Boone (FYI he's the voice of another Rankin/Bass character. Maybe you've heard of him, name's Smaug!) and the story is pretty compelling, although a clear parallel to Moby Dick is hard to miss.
Masten was constantly robbed through out the movie .crazy lady uses him,cheats on him and stabs him in the back .both Frankie and Chuck are to blame for getting everyone stuck out there in the first place. And they cause both of masten' s friends to GET killed.i mean do you want to sit inside the polar borer knowing those two idiots cause all of this trouble. No I don't think so.maybe we got lucky Frankie and Chuck sunk in the polar borer!!!!
Loved this as a kid, still remember it. Recognized Richard Boone in everything after. I was 5 years old and Mr. Boone was the guy from The Last Dinosaur for many years after.
@@nassauguy48 - I see him in old John Wayne movies, and recognize him from The Last Dinosaur. Later, I discovered Have Gun Will Travel. One of the all time greats, he played the hero and villain equally well.
That song though. I will always remember it. This movie, the original Snowbeast, Grizzly, plus a couple I remember the content but not the movie title. It was a dual feature on TV, and only saw them once. There was one about some people visiting an island only to discover a mud golem that could only be destroyed by salt. The other move after that was about a giant turtle and also a woman who begged for help while drowning, and the Devil turned into her into a horrible sea monster. The good ol' days.
Something about the T-rex suit that give me the jeebies. I used to live in an apartment with woods in the back. I some reason picture that Rex in the woods walking slowly chasing just to eat me, That roar and that eerie score with it. It was a dream though and the woods actually a block worth. haha
Was shown on on my eighth birthday the T-Rex looked freaky and the stegosaurus caught me by surprise hiding in the mountain which in reality it would never do 😊
Actually, one of the producers later stated that he became sort of a problem in that he would at times show up drunk on the set. It was obvious that he was a bit tipsy in some of the scenes. By this time in his life, he also needed the money.
Nope. There are ones much worse than this. Older than this, but truly awful for what they offer. Check out one with Cesar Romero and Hugh Beaumont. Dinosaurs look like kids toys with jelly for blood.
In my mind there should be a cookie monster thrash metal version of that song made somewhere. Where the female singer breaks into a dino roar after croaking out "He is the last dinosaur."
I think this is the movie I've been trying to find on the internet that I saw as a child in the 80s. when, they first popped up out of the lake did a rhino looking Dino charge at them out of the forest? I vividly remember a scene like that. I also remember the triceratops battle. ahh the memories!
I was a kid when I first saw this on TV. The theme song made me cry. I hated that the mean hunter refused to go home so that he could stay and find a way to kill the dinosaur. I cried my eyes out.
Love how at 3:24 the pteranodon bites the end of the spear off after it hits the tyrannosaur. Yeah because the spear looked yummy enough for it to fly at the chest of a huge carnivorous dinosaur!
I thought that music sounded like the holiday Rankin Bass programs. Jules Bass co-produced this thing. And Steve Keats, the intense young man, killed himself at 50. I always wondered what happened to him. Rather disappointed in that fact.
The rock denting the thing's hollow rubber head at 5:14 is a scene that will live on in memory from my early childhood forever.
Oh my God the memories of watching this movie and being amazed by it when I was 5. I still love this movie to this day, even with all the terrible effects.
Hey muchacho
Saw this when I was 5 as well! “You ding-dong!” Best insult ever!
I saw it when I was 5. For some reason I relate the song Rise, by Herb Alpert with the ending credits. Was it the song at the end?
No. It was a song entitled The Last Dinosaur. I was 12 when I saw this. There's the song playing now.
But for some reason, I always equated Rise with marching mastodons.
Me too ! I was a boy and I used to watch this movie like Crazy !!!
I remember watching it on channel 7 KABC right after the News ! ... My parents went to bed and I kept the volume low and I kept looking over my shoulder to see if my Dad was coming down the hall way .
I'm 52 now and seeing this brings back a lot of great memories .
Rest in Peace Daddy .
I watched this when it came out on TV.. I was 7 years old... I thought it was the coolest movie ever, lol...Brings back memories, especially the music...
As cheesy as the film is, it was a childhood favorite. I loved that the ending is left so ambiguous.
A sequel was probably in the making, but Richard Boone did not live long enough for that to even be considered. It would have been interesting to see what the story line would have been.
@@nassauguy48
Ambiguous? What are you talking about?
Definitely a classic
@@leroyquintana3692 he's right. Ending is unclear. Maston stays and the dinosaur is still alive. We don't know which one kills the other or if they both survive for a while. Not many movies end this way. No closure
the thing is, the last dinosaur isn't the T-rex, its Thrust himself. He was a man who outlived his era, who outlived his way of life and was stuck in a world that had changed beyond what he was used to. The movie was never about the T-rex, it was always about Thrust. Thats why he stayed in the end instead of returning to the surface, he had finally found his true home.
I wish they hadn't spelled it out at the end. It would have had a little more meat if they just let us figure it out.
steve4nj _"He forgot, that man is a feeling creature..."_
I like how he left the slut at the airport after getting what he wanted from her at the beginning of the movie. She was so sure that she was about to be the wife or at least the kept woman of a billionaire. :D
steve4nj I was thinking the samething.
just listen to the song. ding dong!
Its sad how younger people rip on this movie and its affects...it was perfect for the time and for kids who watched it way back when. Still love it.
Well it was all right. I remember seeing it on ABC. But really it wasn't the effects it was the acting and possibly some writing
Yeah...I definitely loved this movie when it premiered on ABC in 1977. I was seven, going on eight, and so happy to see a T Rex kicking all kinds of ass and, as near as we can tell, surviving the movie!
But three months later, this movie, and my fascination with dinosaurs, would completely evaporate when a quaint little George Lucas film premiered, completely changing the world of entertainment.
@@grosskopf2779 I'd say mostly the writing and dialogue. It was almost as if it was written by a Japanese person who lacked the nuances of western culture.
Still, it worked wonders on the kids who saw it late night
@@Clock_70 Yeah, 'cuz, at the end of the day, who cares about that other crap when you got a T-Rex running amuck in a lost world??
This movie was amazing to me in '77. I was seven years old. It was epic
7 years old, too.
Definitely brings back memories as a kid watching over an over im 34 an no one my age has never even heard of this movie it seams lol.
It's a classic, and most people for some reason never experienced the fun of this movie as a kid!
Maston Thrust is pretty much the manliest man to ever grace our lives.
MASTEN:" MASTEN THRUST IS AWESOME!!!!!!"
That song has lived rent free in my head for 30 years.
I really love the cinematography of these old movies, especially the scale shots from far away. You just don't see that anymore.
Got a cool story about this movie. I remember it came on t.v. on a Saturday or sunday night. I was 8 years old and so looking forward to seeing it. About half way through, my mom and dad said "We better get to the grocery store before they close". I was like "WHAT THE HELL BRO"?!?!? So i missed the rest of the movie! Now here it is 35 years later and iam watching this again. A joy still to this day. and you have to understand, "Star Wars" came out the same year. So yeah, at the time it was cool.
At 5:16 .. As a kid, I used to record audio off tv with my cassette recorder. I can still recall my best friend's laugh when the boulder dents the t-rex's head. Good times immortalized on tape and now seared into my brain!
LOL -- I used to record movies on audio cassette too! Only thing I had before VHS video recording.
I loved this movie. remember seeing it on Saturday afternoons on the monster mash hosted by grampa munster!
The press reacts to Bunta like he's a dinosaur? Like they haven't seen a tall Black man before?
Yeah they weren't too brght.the brains and Brawn of the team was masten and bunta.those guys kick butt and are cool.the losers and idiots of the team is crazy lady and the ding don't! Need I say more?
@@suzannewillis817 The elderly Japanese scientist was not all that bright, either. I mean, he never even heard the dinosaur sneaking up on him while he was admiring whatever he was looking at, and gets knocked off early in the movie.
@@nassauguy48 I think he was looking at some type of mushroom.my guess he was just so excited and thrilled with the new discovery he was not aware of the t rex at the time.what gets me is the t rex is so big and heavy and very noisy as it walks,why he didn't hear it walking close to him,I mean when it walks it's a loud stomping sound I could hear that so easily. The only thing I can come up with the doctor was really off his game that day when it came to his awareness, he was really having a bad day.and I think the bad luck charms that cause all of this mess in the first place was Frankie and chuck.the t rex would never came to the camp if Frankie had shut her trap and not yelled and made masten miss his shot.those guys were in the right to defend themselves, it would take a lot of shots to drop that dinosaur but they would had got it done.than you had to listen to Chuck whining and crying like a little girl as if someone had ate his candy bar!he caused this mess as much as the crazy lady did.if the two bozos had shut their fat lips and let masten and bunta got rid of the t rex it would not had went in the camp ,the doctor would had been alright and the polar borer would still be sitting in the water.
I know right? The Gods MUST be Crazy
Well this was the 1970s after all.
Watching these clips reminds me of what we had back then! Some good some bad!
Holy shit this movie used to give me nightmares but I loved it, I was probably 5 or 6 completely obsessed with dinosaurs
Classic dinosaur film from my childhood. Warner released this on dvd as part of their "Archive Collection". Love it!!! Richard Boone and Joan Van Ark were great in this film.
I for years tried to search for this movie since I was a kid and never remembered the name of the movie now I can rest in peace damn it. I remember the rock on the head so vividly thank you for posting it
A remake of this would really be great!
Used to get off work at 4 am and these kind of movies were ALL that tv had to offer then. Kind of miss them.
I love this film to death. Long live the Last Dinosaur!
Man I loved this as a kid. Actually on the whole this movie is worth watching if you can find it, has great acting from Richard Boone (FYI he's the voice of another Rankin/Bass character. Maybe you've heard of him, name's Smaug!) and the story is pretty compelling, although a clear parallel to Moby Dick is hard to miss.
Yeah, toward the end, Richard was taking just about any part offered to him.
Heart felt I found this movie..7 yrs old when first watched!!
I love how when Maston introduces Bunta at the press conference, the press acts as if they've never seen a tall, black dude in their lives.
Crazy right ?
I remember watching this movie. Times were simpler.
Indeed, they were.
"You Ding Dong!"... kinda' says it all.
Omg finally found this childhood first. Brings back the memories.
A true classic.. oh wow.I miss Friday nights at the movies. I haven't seen this in years
Yes! With all the modern technology of today, the just don"t make em like this anymore!
Ah, yes! ABC Friday Night Movies. I was around 8 yrs old. I clearly remember this one!
Think I was 12 when this came on TV. I loved it !
I was 8 the first time I watched this. I thought this was amazing back then!
for some reason that song at the end makes me want to cry...
Masten was constantly robbed through out the movie .crazy lady uses him,cheats on him and stabs him in the back .both Frankie and Chuck are to blame for getting everyone stuck out there in the first place. And they cause both of masten' s friends to GET killed.i mean do you want to sit inside the polar borer knowing those two idiots cause all of this trouble. No I don't think so.maybe we got lucky Frankie and Chuck sunk in the polar borer!!!!
Love the theme song.
I remember watching this on TV as a kid, then going to school and talking about it in science class.
ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE.
It is 😁
I saw this movies one time when I was 12 and I like it, would love too see it now 35 years later....better yet they need too re-make it
It would be a great re-make. With good special effects and fixed writing, I think it would be a hit!
The last dinosaur favorite clásic ,
0:10 that sound used to creep me out as a kid when I watched this
Gave me nightmares
What happens when the people responsible for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Ultraman team up to make a dinosaur movie.
I remember this when I was a kid. Probably 2ond grade. Fun times.
This movie would be perfect for a re-make -- with good effects and better writing, I think it would be awesome!
I'm working on it, I'll try to get it out in the 2030s, I have a different ending in mind though
@@AbrasiousProductions How will it end?
I see this in too my life
hehe
For it's time this was an awesome movie. Great entertainment
This movie terrified me as a 6 year old child. I just knew a dinosaur was going to come and eat my house with me in in it!
Loved this as a kid, still remember it. Recognized Richard Boone in everything after. I was 5 years old and Mr. Boone was the guy from The Last Dinosaur for many years after.
To my knowledge, this was his last performance. He died not long after.
@@nassauguy48 - I see him in old John Wayne movies, and recognize him from The Last Dinosaur. Later, I discovered Have Gun Will Travel. One of the all time greats, he played the hero and villain equally well.
Great movie , I love the story
Wow! Saw this back then. Amazing what you'll tolerate when you're a kid!
Loved it growing up entertaining an early Jurassic Park Hollywood loves dinosaurs
All I remembered from my childhood was the song.....Yup, wishing I'd have never looked this one up on youtube...
I loved this movie as a kid...don't remember the T Rex looking like a hunch back?! Haha wow
That song though. I will always remember it. This movie, the original Snowbeast, Grizzly, plus a couple I remember the content but not the movie title. It was a dual feature on TV, and only saw them once. There was one about some people visiting an island only to discover a mud golem that could only be destroyed by salt. The other move after that was about a giant turtle and also a woman who begged for help while drowning, and the Devil turned into her into a horrible sea monster.
The good ol' days.
this was the first film I reviewed on Streed Reviews
can you imagine if your claim to fame was that you were in the band that wrote and performed the theme song?
That echoing trumpet 🎺!!!!
@@matthewschiavi7353 that sound creeped me out so much when I was a kid watching this
@@MrAitraining Lol, the same here!
The first time i have ever scene this film i wss 8 and i luv it but i think they should have did a reboot of this film
@john leguilasangna that sounds awesome😀😀😀😀😀😀
Something about the T-rex suit that give me the jeebies. I used to live in an apartment with woods in the back. I some reason picture that Rex in the woods walking slowly chasing just to eat me, That roar and that eerie score with it. It was a dream though and the woods actually a block worth. haha
70S MUSIC RULES
Was shown on on my eighth birthday the T-Rex looked freaky and the stegosaurus caught me by surprise hiding in the mountain which in reality it would never do 😊
This is classic! Long live "Mares leg"
''You ding=dong!!''
I like it.
Maston Thrust, a man who's sunglasses don't fit right on his face. Heck, his face doesn't fit his face.
and that's definitely a porn star kind of name
@@7judas77 Damn. Okay, he was a billionaire, but he still was getting all the pretty chicks?
@@nassauguy48 money talks my friend
Boone must have been drunk when he acted in this.
Actually, one of the producers later stated that he became sort of a problem in that he would at times show up drunk on the set. It was obvious that he was a bit tipsy in some of the scenes. By this time in his life, he also needed the money.
3:44 Gojira! Gojira! Gojiraaaaaaaaah!
I remember reading that the actor playing Chuck killed himself yrs ago
2:35 was EXACTLY when a 4.0 earthquake hit Saint Louis MO on September 20 1978
I saw that one on tv when it came out...
I've probably commented before...what great cheesy 70s film nostalgia for this old gen x'er...
Reading all these comments in the future from you guys in the past is amazing.
Quite possibly one of the worst dinosaur movies I've ever seen in my life, but I love the hell out of for the music and symbolism.
the worst and the best
Nope. There are ones much worse than this. Older than this, but truly awful for what they offer. Check out one with Cesar Romero and Hugh Beaumont. Dinosaurs look like kids toys with jelly for blood.
It's an excellent movie. The FX just didn't measure up.
In my mind there should be a cookie monster thrash metal version of that song made somewhere. Where the female singer breaks into a dino roar after croaking out "He is the last dinosaur."
Love the song so so good
Best music ever..... You ding dong!
I remember this. Weird movie.
That t rex was about nearly the same height as Kong 1976, would definitely have a fight between these two
brings back memories
The lifelike animation is something Spielberg should aspire to!
😂😂😂😂
T,rex is just mad cuz he cant hug anyone.
He told him to stand still as big as he is 😊
This was a super T-Rex, bulletproof, Fallproof , stab-proof, bashed to the head proof. I'm surprised it doesn't fly
Richard Boone (not Pat ) had one of the all-time great voices.
" bunta !!!!"
I loved the bowl of cheese when I was a kid.
I like this movie. Can you upload the whole thing? I wouldn't mind watching Richard Boone fight the T-Rex again!!!.
It's available on DVD now.
THIS Movie needs a Remake!
i mean it cant get any worse ;D
I think this is the movie I've been trying to find on the internet that I saw as a child in the 80s. when, they first popped up out of the lake did a rhino looking Dino charge at them out of the forest? I vividly remember a scene like that. I also remember the triceratops battle. ahh the memories!
I was a kid when I first saw this on TV. The theme song made me cry. I hated that the mean hunter refused to go home so that he could stay and find a way to kill the dinosaur. I cried my eyes out.
It is a sad song, isnt it?
RIP Nancy Wilson.
GOLD! Pure gold!
I think I just found a gem
"If times get really tough you can bite on it" goddamn he just basically told her to kill herself, Masten is ruthless
The rock scene was the best!
Love how at 3:24 the pteranodon bites the end of the spear off after it hits the tyrannosaur. Yeah because the spear looked yummy enough for it to fly at the chest of a huge carnivorous dinosaur!
You DING DONG! That was the Rex!!
Bolt action rifle that you wouldn't use against an elephant or even a bear?
Sweet, anti-dinosaur scope system view at 2:53!
AND.....they wrote a "serious" Bond-like song called, what else? - The Last Dinosaur. Classic.
Who sings that ending song..damn they don't write songs like this...good tv movie.. Love it.
I thought that music sounded like the holiday Rankin Bass programs. Jules Bass co-produced this thing.
And Steve Keats, the intense young man, killed himself at 50. I always wondered what happened to him. Rather disappointed in that fact.
When times get rough , you can bite on it!
Entertaining to say the least. Not a bad movie for it's time
But which one of them was the real 'last dinosaur' the grizzled old war vet or the T-Rex...think about it, won't you?
i rememeber watching a long time ago and when i was looking up something a come a crossed this lol
These clips rule
u DING-DONG!!!