The Last Dinosaur
The Last Dinosaur is a JapaneseAmerican tokusatsu coproduction, codirected by Alexander Grasshoff and Shusei Kotani, billed as Tom Kotani, and coproduced by Japans Tsuburaya Productions, and American interests for RankinBass Productions. This Bmovie first aired in the United States as a television movie in 1977 and shortly afterwards was released in Japan as a theatrical feature. The film stars Richard Boone and Joan Van Ark. The score was composed, as was most of the music for all RankinBass specials and series, by Maury Laws, while the title song, with lyrics by Jules Bass, was sung by Nancy Wilson, and arranged and conducted by Bernard Hoffer.
Upon arriving at the isolated valley using the Polar Borer, the group notices flying Pteranodons. Once they raft to shore, they are almost killed by a ceratopsian though in reality, it is not actually a dinosaur but resembles the lesserknown extinct mammal Uintatherium. After setting up camp, Maston, Chuck, Bunta, and Frankie go out looking for the T. rex while Kawamoto remains at the camp. The party encounters the T. rex and narrowly escape from it. Afterwards, the T. rex comes across the camp, destroying it and killing Kawamoto. It then attacks the Polar Borer and throws it into a canyon containing a bone field. While he continues his attack on the Polar Borer, a Triceratops unearths itself from the canyon and the two clash. After a fierce battle, the T. rex kills the Triceratops.The group returns to the destroyed camp and notice Kawamoto is gone, as well as the Borer, which they mistakenly believe was sunk. Enraged, Thrust vows to kill the dinosaur. After a few months pass, the group is now living in a cave and has a number of encounters with cavemen in the area, but are able to turn them away with a handmade crossbow. They also befriend a cavewoman Masumi Sekiya, which they name Hazel. While Hazel helps Frankie wash her hair, the T. rex returns. Frankie is able to flee to a cave, with the T. rex trying to get in. Thrust, Bunta, and Wade are able to turn it away with a large boulder tied to its tail. Thrust decides to kill the T. rex once and for all with a catapult. ........
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