Irwin Allen's "City Beneath the Sea" Unaired Pilot

[bhjvd01]

that is the flying sub from voyage to the bottom of the sea

[spacemouse1]

This was supposed a television series that didn't sell to the network. It's too bad because it would have been awesome !!

[etrax2000]

I KEEP SEEING LOST IN SPAVE WITH THIS SOUND TRACK

[fromthesidelines]

Costumes, as usual, by Allen's associate producer Paul Zastupnevich.

[InCameraFX]

The music is also "Beneath 12 Mile Reef" by Bernard Hermann, some of the tracks he already owned from Johnny Williams, etc.... He could always recycle the stuff he had into other projects...

[UFOSPACE1999]

BUT...wasn't that flying thing from VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA? IRWIN knew how to REHASH those old props..AND i am sure one of these props ended up in The Towering Inferno!!!

[Spindriftful]

Man, wouldn't it have been great if this and Man from the 25th Century had sold as a TV series? These would have made Irwin Allen the undisputed king of television sci-fi.

[telestrike1701]

That was very weird......very very very 60's

[CaptainBuckRogers]

Francine York...Yummy.

[kagiso3741]

@CaptainBuckRogers Amen!

[CaptainBuckRogers]

@kagiso3741 Glad to see u agree!

[midnightcaller200]

some of the music sound affects seem to come from Lost In Space

[bojstafford]

I admit im an allen junkie, but they should have made this one! seemed very cool.

[curlymo50]

I like how the future still uses clocks with hands and springs still, big microphones with cords and in the fight scene on the platform the big pipe heads actually move when bumped! Love these old/modern movies!

[pendox99]

The guy in command is clearly intended to be a Kirk like figure..interesting idea......too bad the social trends were seen as not ready to accept this stuff. Remember that life imitates art as much as art imitates life.

[WardKendall]

@pendox99 The actor playing the "Kirk-like figure" is the same actor who played the inventor of Star Trek's warp drive in the original series - "Zephram Cochrane" (actor Glenn Corbett) Ward Kendall, author of "Hold Back This Day"

[faustbos]

I Love the Lost in space music.

[b003]

Awesome, I love stuff like this. I would never get nostalgic about Trek Next Generation. This is the stuff!

[flapdoodle64]

Well, it's better than 'Lost' anyway.

[MR1227]

The AIRED version which was a made-for-TV movie, was made independently by Irwin Allen with money from Steve Broidy (he owned Motion Pictures International Inc.). It was filmed at Twentieth Century-Fox, but with independent funding so Fox did not own the rights to CBTS, only Irwin and Broidy. Motion Pictures International Inc. was bought by Warner's in the early 70's.That's why the 1971 version is owned by Warner Bros. and they released it on DVD recently.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

In The Closing Credits It Said Color By Deluxe Copyright (C) 1967 Kent Productions Inc And Twentieth Century-Fox Television Inc All Rights Reserved This Picture Made Under The Jurresdiction Of IATSE Affilliated With AFL-CIO,National Association Of Broadcasters Seal Of Good Practice Television Code,RCA Sound Recording,AMPTP. An Irwin Allen Production In Association With Twentieth Century-Fox Television Inc.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

it had This Picture Made Under The Jurresdiction Of IATSE Affilliated With AFL-CIO,AMPTP,National Association Of Broadcasters Television Code Seal Of Good Practice,RCA Sound Recording In The Closing Credits Of City Beneath The Sea. An Irwin Allen Production In Association With Kent Productions Inc And Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

[MR1227]

OK...they use footage of the Flying Sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, but the inside of the sub is the cockpit of the Spindrift from Land of the Giants. Wierd!

[Shawnster65]

@MR1227 Allen used a lot of stock footage from other of his movies and TV series to save money.

I believe that this show, (as well as Land Of The Giants) may have been too lavish a budget for the studios, and it may have been one of the reasons LOTG ended and this pilot never became series.

You have to hand it Allen though..he went bigtime with his futuristic imagination and his visions, and what visions they were !

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Irwin Allen Had Produced Unaired Version

[silvereagle2061]

Think there's enough Lost In Space music?

[Shawnster65]

True. But this was very good music though. I esp. like the piece that plays in the first 2 minutes of the video, to around 1:30

Allen had a way of creating atmosphere like no other, and I myself have many fond memories of the Jupiter 2 hurling thru space to this particular piece of music. John Williams was a musical genius.

[silvereagle2061]

Indeed, a great connection with these two men

[Shawnster65]

Indeed! Also, I'd like to think that Allen's fantasy worlds may have inspired many young minds back in the day to pursue careers in aeronautics and high-tech industry.

The technology was light years ahead, and in it's own way showed us that there were no limits to what we could do if we put our minds to it.

And his shows were downright fascinating and entertaining just for that very reason..they were light years ahead of their day.

[silvereagle2061]

The General played Zefrin Cochran in ST TOS

[locoparrandero2007]

HEY! This is the minisub of Voyage to the bottom the sea, hahaha!

[silvereagle2061]

@locoparrandero2007 flying sub

[loganq]

You can purchase original props from City Beneath the Sea at logantradingco online.

[Shawnster65]

Oh MAN, was there NOTHING Irwin Allen didn't think of? This looked fantastic!!!

I grew up with reruns of Lost In Space and his other shows, and his "disaster" films of the 70's.

If he were still alive today, I'm sure he'd have gone on to make some truly great stuff, and do it HIS way, with no CGI fillers or preservatives added.

Sadly though, I think the fact that his shows were so lavish in props was a reason they couldn't afford to make them.

What a visionary he was!

[garytvfan]

The opening sequence of the first "Land of the Giants" uses June 12th as well, and the flight # on that show was 612.  (It's easy for me to remember...June 12th is my anniversary). I wonder if this number meant something to Irwin Allen.

[Lookinland]

Irwin Allens' birthday

[brabon1]

i share irwin's bday

cool beans

[reticulan5]

I didn't know Irwin shot this.I knew of the 1970

version.I love all Irwin Allen shows but yeah seeing the same old props and computers really bugged me even as a kid.I'd like to get this on DVD just for the nostagia.Irwin allen rules.

[MR1227]

For some reason Irwin used the cockpit of the Spindrift from "Land of the Giants" for the interior of Gen. Mathews mini-sub (aka Flying Sub).

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

it had this picture made under the jurresdiction Of IATSE affilliated with AFL-CIO,AMPTP,national association of broadcasters Television Code Seal Of Good Practice,RCA Sound Recording, 20th century-fox produce this TV Series did irwin allen produce this TV series George E.Swink worked for Irwin, NBC Intended for Fall 1968 Series. an unaired pilot.

[the60sKid]

Didn't know James Brolin did this. Just like his Planet of the Apes test.

[starconqueror]

Hey the one dude looks like Mr Spock without the ears..................and thank god with the regular movie they went with short skirts for the ladies, made for much more interesting viewing.

[the60sKid]

That's Lawrence Montaigne, who played the Vulcan Stonn in Star Trek episode "Amok Time."

[silvereagle2061]

@the60sKid yes he is cool

[the60sKid]

He was also one of allied prisoners in the Great Escape with Steven McQueen too.

[youtub3k]

So, in 60 years salad bowls will become futuristic gray painted speaker enclosures, eh? (0:50).

[MR1227]

This demo film was shot almost simutaneously with another Irwin Allen demo called "Man from the 25th Century". Both series were rejected. Sets from this film were basically spray-painted different colors and re-used in the other demo.

[scotpens]

3:39 -- "As an amphibian, my physical attributes might differ from yours, but my mental processes are just as clear and logical."

Hey, lighten up, fish-dude! He wasn't questioning your mental ability. Geez, these amphibians can get so touchy.

Cecile Ozorio as "Choo Choo Kino"? Sounds like an old-fashioned stripper!

[BerenTol]

LOL...I'm sure as an amphibian he's had to endure so much bias and racism that he swims around with a big chip on his shoulder.

[scotpens]

Note the presence of two actors who had guest roles on Star Trek -- Glenn Corbett, who played Zefram Cochrane in "Metamorphosis," and Lawrence Montaigne, who played Stonn in "Amok Time."

[fromthesidelines]

This was a "demo reel", produced by Allen for consideration for NBC's fall '68 schedule. A complete "second pilot", virtually recast, was filmed two years later and shown as a "World Prmeiere" movie on NBC in 1971. Both versions were rejected...again, Allen uses some of Bernard Herrmann's theatrical "stock cues" here (as he did in the original "LOST IN SPACE" pilot)- the "theme" is a passage from "Beneath the 12-Mile Reef" (1953). Also heard are some of John Williams' cues from "LOST IN SPACE"..

[youtub3k]

That "Beneath the 12-Mile Reef" piece was used on Lost in Space, as the jet pack theme in season one. One time I pieced together bits of it (without dialog) on tape to make a two and a half minute theme. Not knowing its film origin, back then.

[etrax2000]

irwin allen king of the recycled sci fi adventure but we love him lets try to get a U s stmp in his honor thats what usually killed off many of his projects, he used the same people, the same sets ,the same costumes ,the same electronic gadgets over and over again.when the stories all started to look the same thats what did him in

[caressers]

Futuristic show with a 1960s ringtone.. love it.

[scotpens]

Back in the '60s, phones didn't have "ringtones." They just rang. With actual acoustic BELLS, no less.