Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
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Directed by | Bill L. Norton |
Produced by | Jonathan T. Taplin Roger Spottiswood |
Written by | Clifford Green Ellen Green |
Based on | The storybook by David Lee Miller |
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Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
Cinematography | John Alcott |
Edited by | David Bretherton Howard Smith |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $14,972,297[1] |
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend is a 1985 American adventure fantasy film directed by Bill L. Norton and starring William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, and Julian Fellowes. The story is based on rumors about dinosaur-like creatures called Mokele-mbembe purported to exist in Africa. Produced by Disney's Touchstone Films unit, it was first released on March 22, 1985.
Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. George Loomis (William Katt) and his wife Dr. Susan Matthews-Loomis (Sean Young) find a family of Mokele-mbembe (referred to as Brontosaurs) in Central Africa and they struggle to protect them from a greedy scientist named Dr. Eric Kiviat (Patrick McGoohan) and the military.
Cast
- William Katt as George Loomis
- Sean Young as Dr. Susan Matthews-Loomis
- Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Eric Kiviat
- Julian Fellowes as Nigel Jenkins
- Kyalo Mativo as Cephu
- Hugh Quarshie as Kenge Obe
- Olu Jacobs as Col. Nsogbu
- Eddie Tagoe as Sgt. Gwambe
- Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Pierre Dubois
Production
The dinosaur effects are all animatronic, since the CGI technology of the time was not sophisticated enough to convincingly portray living creatures such as dinosaurs (it would be another 8 years before that hurdle was cleared in Jurassic Park).
A recut version aired on television in 1989 under the title Dinosaur...Secret of the Lost Legend as part of the Wonderful World of Disney.[2]
Reception
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend received generally negative reviews; the film currently holds a 15% 'rotten' rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews.[3] For the British theatrical run, Tim Burton's Frankenweenie was screened.[clarification needed]
Soundtrack
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Film score by Jerry Goldsmith | |
Released | April 8, 2008 |
Recorded | 1985 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 53:08 |
The score to Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, a hybrid of orchestral and synthetic elements, was composed and conducted by veteran composer Jerry Goldsmith. Goldsmith recalled the experience with such fondness that he insisted it be included in an industry tribute album featuring highlights from his scores in 1993. A limited extended soundtrack was released 8 April 2008 through Intrada Records and features sixteen tracks of score at a running time just over fifty-three minutes.[4]
- "The Sketch" (0:44)
- "No Problem" (0:44)
- "The Visitors" (2:27)
- "New Friends #1" (1:17)
- "New Friends #2" (0:33)
- "The Family" (4:04)
- "Dad" (7:10)
- "Tears" (1:25)
- "The Tent" (2:53)
- "Dragon Breath" (6:48)
- "The Search" (3:09)
- "The Jump" (4:31)
- "The Captives" (2:01)
- "Base Camp Assault" (4:15)
- "The Rescue" (3:37)
- "Just a Legend" (7:31)
References
- ↑ Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend at Box Office Mojo
- ↑ Wonderful World of Disney Television
- ↑ Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend at Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend soundtrack review at Filmtracks.com. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
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