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The Valley (1976 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Valley' is a 1976 short film made by a then fifteen-year-old Peter Jackson with his friends. It was strongly influenced by the films of Ray Harryhausen. It was filmed silent on a Super 8 camera and was shown on the children's television show 'Spot On'.
Plot
'The Valley' is about four prospectors who walk into a valley and unwittingly enter a rift in the time/space continuum. As they journey down the valley, one of the prospectors (Ian Middleton) gets taken away by a harpy. Another prospector (Peter Jackson) falls off a cliff. The two remaining (Ken Hammon and Andrew Neal) have to fight and destroy a cyclops. They build a raft, float across a lake, and see a building in ruins. This ruin, unbeknownst to them, is the Beehive building of Wellington city they have not travelled back in time but ahead into a post-apocalyptic world taken over by mythical beasts.
Cast
*Andrew Neal as Prospector #1
*Ken Hammon as Prospector #2
*Ian Middleton as Prospector #3
*Peter Jackson as Prospector #4
*Pete O'Herne stars in an unidentified role
References
*'Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings' by Ian Pryor
*'Good Taste Made Bad Taste' (Documentary) by Tony Hiles
*'Recreating the Eighth Wonder: Making King Kong' (Documentary) by Michael Pellerin
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