CINEMA RETRO ISSUE 27 : UNPUBLISHED PETER CUSHING INTERVIEW AND AMICUS FEATURE

Heads Up! The very classy magazine, CINEMA RETRO current issue 27, features John Exshaw's UNPUBLISHED interview with Peter Cushing plus a very nice in-depth feature of the Amicus Edgar Rice Burroughs film adaptations The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core and The People That Time Forgot. If you've never purchased a copy of Cinema Retro, it's well worth every cent of your hard earned lolly. Every issue is packed with well researched features and illustrated with more often than not, with photographs of the 'not-often-seen' kind. They are shipping the issue now! http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php

CLASSIC PETER CUSHING LINES : AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1975)

CAST:

Doug McClure (David Innes), Peter Cushing (Dr Abner Perry), Caroline Munro (Princess Dia), Cy Grant (Ra), Sean Lynch (Hoojah), Godfrey James (Ghak)

PRODUCTION:

Director – Kevin Connor, Screenplay – Milton Subotsky, Based on the Novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Producer – John Dark, Photography – Alan Hume, Music – Mike Vickers, Process Photography – Charles Staffell, Special Effects Supervisor – Ian Wingrove, Production Design – Maurice Carter. Production Company – Amicus/Lion International.

SYNOPSIS:
England around the turn of the 20th Century. Dr Abner Perry unveils his invention – The Iron Mole, a giant vehicle designed for exploring the centre of the Earth by drilling through the ground. He and engineer David Innes take the Mole on its maiden voyage but it goes out of control and they lose consciousness. When they come around, they find that the Mole has ended up in a strange prehistoric land at the Earth’s core, which they later learn is called Pellucidar. They are captured by The Mahars, intelligent, telepathic flying reptiles that keep primitive humans as their slaves via mind control. David falls for the beautiful slave girl Dia. When Dia is chosen as a sacrificial victim in the Mahar city, David must inspire the humans to rebellion in order to save her.