At the Earth's Core (film)

At the Earth's Core
Theatrical poster
Year	1976
Directed by	Kevin Connor
Produced by	John Dark Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky
Written by	Milton Subotsky Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel)
Music by	Mike Vickers
Studio	American International Pictures Amicus Productions
Cast	Peter Cushing Doug McClure Caroline Munro
Run time	89 minutes
Riffed in	Episode #1114

“	I'll just get my umbrella. The weather seems so changeable...	”
	- Dr. Abner Perry

For the episode, see MST3K 1114 - At the Earth's Core.

At the Earth's Core is a 1976 science fantasy film produced by Britain's Amicus Productions. It was directed by Kevin Connor.

Plot

A British Inventor and his daring American protégé use an elaborate vehicle to drill from Victorian England to the center of the Earth. They encounter a lost world of prehistoric beasts and primitive warriors.

Cast

• Doug McClure - David Innes
• Peter Cushing - Dr. Abner Perry
• Caroline Munro - Dia
• Cy Grant - Ra
• Godfrey James - Ghak
• Sean Lynch - Hoojah
• Keith Barron - Dowsett
• Bobby Parr - Sagoth Chief

Notes

• Based on the 1914 serialized fantasy story At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series.
• A subsequent story by Burroughs had his popular character Tarzan travel to Pellucidar and interact with David Innes.
• Director Kevin Connor and actor Doug McClure had previously worked together on 1974's The Land That Time Forgot, which was used in Episode #1107. Some of the supporting cast from that earlier film also appear in At the Earth's Core. Connor and McClure would reunite in 1977 for The People That Time Forgot.

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MST3K Connections

• Director Kevin Connor was also director for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Source material writer Edgar Rice Burroughs was also source material writer for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Writer and producer Milton Subotsky was also producer for The Deadly Bees and The Land That Time Forgot.
• Doug McClure also portrayed Hank Fairbanks in SST- Death Flight and Bowen Tyler in The Land That Time Forgot.
• Cy Grant also voiced Lt. Green in Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
• Caroline Munro also portrayed Stella Star in Starcrash.
• Godfrey James also portrayed Borg in The Land That Time Forgot.
• Keith Barron also portrayed Bradley in The Land That Time Forgot.
• Bobby Parr also portrayed Ahm in The Land That Time Forgot.
• Executive producer Samuel Z. Arkoff was also executive producer for The Amazing Colossal Man, It Conquered the World, Earth vs the Spider, Teenage Cave Man, The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, War of the Colossal Beast, Gunslinger, The Incredible Melting Man, Day the World Ended, Terror from the Year 5000, The She-Creature, and Squirm, as well as producer for Bride of the Monster, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Reptilicus, The Time Travelers, The Land That Time Forgot, and Circus of Horrors.
• Producer John Dark was also producer for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Producer Max Rosenberg was also executive producer for The Incredible Melting Man and producer for The Deadly Bees and The Land That Time Forgot.
• Cinematographer Alan Hume was also cinematographer for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Production designer Maurice Carter was also production designer for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Chief makeup artist Robin Grantham was also assistant makeup artist for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Sound mixer George Stephenson was also sound mixer for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Process photographer Charles Staffell also did process photography for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Stunt arranger Joe Powell was also stuntman for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Camera operator Derek V. Browne was also camera operator for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Camera focus Mike Frift was also camera focus for The Land That Time Forgot.
• Wardrobe supervisor Rosemary Burrows was also wardrobe supervisor for Phase IV.
• Continuity supervisor Doreen Soan was also continuity supervisor for Cosmic Princess and The Land That Time Forgot.

Critical Responses

• Leonard Maltin wrote: "Two-and-a-half stars ... Colorful fantasy-adventure based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel ... Competent special effects make this yarn palatable."
• Michael Weldon in The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film wrote: "A childish version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventure, with Peter Cushing and his iron mole machine drilling into earth and arriving at Pellucidar... With lots of odd man-in-suit monsters that look like Toho rejects."
• Roger Ebert picked this movie as his Dog of the Month on the December 21, 1976 episode of the TV movie review show Opening Soon (a precursor of Sneak Previews).