The bermuda depths is not bad, and there are some nice shots of bermuda in itnot to mention an aura thats eerie and ultimately downbeat. And a giant sea turtle that leaves death in its wake. Five pop culture memories of the bermuda triangle craze of. The answer involves a beauty connie sellecca who has sold her soul for eternal youth. The bermuda depths is a japanese american coproduction 1978 fantasy film originally broadcast as a madefortv movie. What secret lurks 20,000 feet below the waves in the paranormal realm called the bermuda triangle. Inspired by the amazing website kindertraumawhich is right up my alleyim compiling all of my childhood and some adult terrors. The bermuda depths all the tropes wiki fandom powered. It was coproduced by rankin bass and tsuburaya productions. The bermuda depths tv movie 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Maury laws served as musical director for almost all of the animated films. Can you name the 1978 film that made audiences believe a man could fly. Overview of bermuda depths, the, 1978, directed by tom kotani, with burl ives, leigh mccloskey, carl weathers, at turner classic movies. For better or worse, star wars changed how movies are filmed, released and promoted forever.
When you think supernatural monster movie you dont normally think rankin bass, the production company that gave us such classic animated holiday specials as. Nobody on the island believes that jennie really exists. Department of afroamerican research arts culture 12,403. Even with its illconceived and dull sequences, the bermuda depths adroitly captures a certain dreamlike, ephemeral quality, and just once or twice i really felt somehow. Most of which all revolve around the strange relationship shared by both magnus and jennie. The bermuda depths on dvd from the warner archive collection. The movie first aired in the united states january 27, 1978 on abc, and was later released to theaters in japan. Produced by saturday morning tv veterans rankinbass, the bermuda depths 1978 was a supernatural giant turtle movie starring an incredibly beautiful connie sellecca, budding occultist leigh mccloskey, carl apollo creed weathers and burl ives, the wilford brimley of his generation. Cast and crew credits for bermuda depths, the, 1978, directed by tom kotani, with burl ives, leigh mccloskey, carl weathers, at turner classic movies.
While he stays there he reunites with a lady, jennie haniver, who he remembers he use to play with when he was a child. Is it too much to suggest that the secret reason for the existence of the internet itself is so that these chosen people could track down a bootleg copy of their gospel. I never would have remembered the title or looked for it though running in to it here is awesome. Eerie and hypnotic, the bermuda depths was produced by arthur rankin, jr and jules bass the year without a santa claus, who meld their imaginative fantasy style with the liveaction horror genre. The bermuda depths it came up from the depths movie. The bermuda depths is a movie most appreciated by those of us who saw it first as children. This only adds to tragic romance aspect of the film while slowly building up. How does one go about trying to describe the supernatural allure of the bermuda depths, a 1978 madefortelevision film that has cast a lingering hypnotic spell upon anyone fortuitous enough to stumble across it. So, i have a coworker who apparently wants to hit people that look like me with her car, and she told me about this movie which has carl weathers and burl ives hunting after a giant turtle that attacks helicopters. The bermuda depths is a japanese american coproduction 1978 fantasy film originally broadcast as a madefortv movie written by arthur rankin jr. I remember seeing bits and pieces of this made for tv film as i.
Not rated 1h 38min adventure, fantasy, scifi tv movie 27 january 1978. Indeed, the fact that bermuda depths was one of the first releases under the warners archive. Country united states director tsugunobu kotani screenwriter. Traumatized, orphaned college dropout magnus dens returns to bermuda to find the cause of his fathers mysterious death years before. Often sought out as the giant turtle movie or that movie with the girl with glowing green eyes by and ebay searchers who cannot remember. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Scientists investigating the briny deep are threatened by a giant turtle and the spirit of a young brunette swimmer in the bermuda triangle. The bermuda depths is another film written by arthur rankin jr. When something that could have been so banal aims for the mystical, it may reach that banality anyway, yet while the bermuda depths was as dramatically flat as it was visually ambitious there was an undoubted quality which made you think, yeah, i can see why this stayed with so many people, even if it was, as you may suspect, best left as an. The bermuda depths 1978 letterboxd your life in film.
January of 1975, you may insist it is one of the most terrifying films youve ever seen, particularly owing to the film s twist endingwhich i wont spoil here. The finale is a wild ride and to be sure, this isnt your typical made for television movie. However, the story isnt supercompelling, and the dated special effects might make this flick worthy of the mystery science. Im another member of the i saw this movie as a little kid and the memory has haunted me club. Way, way back in the late 1970s cbs aired a very strange movie of the week, indeed. Bermuda depths, the this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc.
Stronge that i strongly remember this too mostly from the giant turtle i think. There was an unnerving quality to the film and what i most strongly remember is that there was a strong sense of sad tragedy with a man in love with a mysterious, beautiful woman who lived in the sea and kept slipping through his fingers and then he died drowning as he was pulled down into the bermuda depths by a giant archelon a huge. I could not have completed this project without the help of a ballard and. A drifter named magnus returns to his home in bermuda which he left after his father was mysteriously killed years. Broadcasted on friday, january 27, 1978 on the abc friday night movie, the bermuda depths is an american madefortv movie that was released theatrically in some foreign countries soon afterwards. Rankinbasss stopmotion features are recognizable by their visual style of dolllike characters with spheroid body parts, and ubiquitous. But theres something lurking in the depths of bermuda. It was coproduced by rankin bass and tsuburaya productions of ultraman fame. Their completing mftvm innovation was the nbc mystery movie. In 1978, the abc friday night movie aired the bermuda depths. Can you name the martial arts epic that was bruce lees final completed film appearance before his death. Five pop culture memories of the bermuda triangle craze of the 1970s. Magnus dens returns to bermuda to find out the truth of his fathers death. I often get asked about what influences my work as a writer.
On the craziness side, there is a strong fantasy vibe in the bermuda depths, so it veers into some odd, colorful waters, not to mention the overly dramatic dialogue. Who is the beautiful, phantomlike girl who suddenly appears out of the ocean. The bermuda depths 1978, starring carl weathers duration. The film stars leigh mccloskey, carl weathers and connie sellecca and follows scientists investigating the briny deep when they are threatened by a giant squid. The bermuda depths tv is a film directed by tsugunobu kotani with leigh mccloskey, carl weathers, connie sellecca, julie woodson, year. The long awaited sequel to famous cult classic film the bermuda depths 1978 originally produced by rankin bass. Why were a young boys parents murdered 20 years ago. Department of afroamerican research arts culture 12,073 views. The bermuda depths is a 1978 horror movie that manages to combine giant monsters and supernatural romance. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others. The 1978 cult classic the bermuda depths one of three movies produced by the american studio rankinbass in association with tsuburaya productions in japan is now available on dvd from the warner archive collection. The bermuda depths tv year 1978 running time 98 min. Thats the question a scientist, his student and a young man haunted by nightmarish memories of his bermuda childhood ask themselves. The bermuda depths is an obscure 1970s horror movie that manages to combine giant monsters and supernatural romance.
Review of this film, many from folks excitedly seeing it for the first time since it was broadcast, dot the interwebs. Jenny haniver returns in this epic to sever a pack she had made 300 years ago. It was billed, in the original tv guide full page ad, as. A drifter named magnus leigh mccloskey returns to his home in bermuda which he left after his father was. If you watched the bermuda depths first in 1978, when it was a madefortv movie, you wont be disappointed with this dvd, since it is the best copy of this movie out there. Special effects and creature elements were handled by tsuburaya productions, most famous for the ultraman franchise. That film focused more on the monster elements of the script while the bermuda depths 1978 focuses far more emphasis on the doomed romance angle and subtle fantasy than relying solely on the giant creature angle. The bermuda depths 1978 directed by tsugunobu kotani, u. The bermuda depths 1978 changes the movie database.
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