Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961) - Theatrical Trailer - © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Film: Atlantis, the Lost Continent.


Starring: Anthony Hall, Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor and John Dall.


Directed by: George Pal.


Story written by: Daniel Mainwaring.


Screenplay & Dialogues written by: Gerald Hargreaves.


Distributed by: © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.


Theatrical Release Date: May 3, 1961 (USA)


Niceties by: http://www.youtube.com/IAmOnlyLove



Synopsis!
"Atlantis, the Lost Continent" is a 1961 science fiction film, directed by George Pal and starring Anthony Hall aka: Sal Ponti, about the destruction of Atlantis during the time of Ancient Greece.

Plot!
A Greek fisherman named Demetrios (Sal Ponti, under the screen name of Anthony Hall) and his father rescue Princess Antillia (Joyce Taylor) from a shipwreck without knowing that in fact she is from the technologically advanced civilization of Atlantis. Upon returning her to her civilization, Demetrios is placed into slavery. It turns out that the King Cronus (Edgar Stehli) is being manipulated by an ambitious usurper, Zaren (John Dall), using an evil sorcerer (Frank DeKova) who wishes to use the resources of Atlantis to take over the world. The slaves of Atlantis have been mining crystals which absorb the sun's rays and can then be used to fire heat rays. Through the help of a kind, spiritual high priest named Azar (Edward Platt), Demetrios is able to rescue the princess from the wicked spells of the sorcerer and his malicious pretender to the throne, and escape from the spectacular destruction of Atlantis in the climactic finale.

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[crownah]

This sounds like the USA

[Rollman1]

Its about time a new remake of this with good special E/F and good acting i hope

[amaxamon]

@Rollman1 that wd *completely* ruin what's fun abt this movie! and the fx aren't all bad -- the matte paintings are gorgeous.

[SerbianPolice]

@crownah ooooooooooooo yeah

[SerbianPolice]

looks nice...

[TheDejael]

This classic film was made by George Pal to show Edgar Cayce's fabulous concepts of Atlantis, based on works by Daniel Mainwaring and Sir Gerald Hargreaves, who based their work on Edgar Cayce. Unfortunately, he used too much stock footage from MGM's 1951 epic QUO VADIS, and made Atlantis' art and architecture look Graeco-Roman, when it is actually proto-Mayan and Aztec. Still, it's one of my favorite fantasy films, along with those of Ray Harryhausen.

[mrmadkow]

@MrAlienscribe they have already alongggg time ago too, message me for it

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! Pretty exciting! Since it's an MGM movie I hope to see it on TCM one of these days. I'm a big fan of the late great John Dall, whose last movie this was. He's best known for the film noir classic "Gun Crazy". Character actor Barry Kroeger can be seen in this trailer; he was also in "Gun Crazy"! Also in this trailer I saw the late Ed Platt...beloved by millions for his role as the chief in the cult classic 60's TV comedy "Get Smart". THANKS for posting this! CHEERS!

[weenyone]

Look its the chief from Get Smart

[DarkXenAlpha]

It is on DVD, Go to Amazon.