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Synopsis

Cast

• Anna Morrison: Crystal Holland | bio

  This is her first starring role as washed up on a prehistoric island with Alex.

• Buddy the Gorilla, son of the giant ape, Supersimian.: Yancey Hendrieth | bio

  He has been a standup comic, live stage and film actor. His first live stage starring role was of the spiraling down hill antics of "Theo" in the Hawaii Performing Arts Company Production of Lonne Elder's Tony Award Winner, "Ceremonies In Dark Old Men". Hendrieth's next live stage performance as an actor was a co-starring role as the "street wise hustler" in the critically acclaimed Leeward Community College Production of "Hotel Street". His most noted standup comic routines were performed live at the "Blaisdale Garden Cafe & Pub" of the "Fort Street Mall" in Honolulu, Hawaii, available on DVD. His first co-starring film role is as the comical and heroic "Buddy the Gorilla" in "Lost on Adventure Island". Hendrieth remains a member of the Screen Actors Guild since 1976. He has appeared in such television series as "Starsky and Hutch", "Hawaii-Five-0", "Magnum PI" and "Murder She Wrote".

• Alex: Chaz St. Peters | bio

  This is his first co-starring role as washed up on a prehistoric island with Anna. He has appeared in "Hawaii-Five-0", "Magnum PI" and countless television series, too numerous to mention.

• Mrs. Morrison: Dee Hendrieth | bio

  She plays a duel role. She co-stars as the mother of Anna Morrison and she plays the Commander of the Warrior Horsewomen, who on horseback capture Alex and Anna. Dee Hendrieth made her film debut in the title role as a drug addict and drug pusher in a drug abuse drama, "Shades of Grey", that will shock you. This drug abuse drama is not recommended for younger audiences. The language is equivalent to an R-rating by the Motion Picuture Association of America.

Crew

• Director: Yancey Hendrieth | bio

  As a film student at Hawaii Loa College, he made his directorial debut with a 16mm film, "Shades of Grey",
  a drug abuse drama. He learned early in his career to direct live actors on location for them to be combined with stop-motion animation in post production.

• Screenplay: Yancey Hendrieth | bio

  He wrote these produced screenplays, "Lost on Adventure Island" (Sci-Fi Dark Horror Spoof) about a female KING KONG size gorilla, who captures a guy and not Fay Wray and "Shades of Grey" (Drama), about drug abuse that will shocked you. He co-wrote this critically acclaimed produced stageplay "Hotel Street" (A Musical Comedy) about Honolulu's red light district and brothels.

  Hollywood Producers and Agents can read his most recent screenplays:
  (1) "Lomov’s Revenge" (Psychological Thriller), about a presidential covert operation supporting the Bosnian War in violation of the UN Arms Embargo.
  (2) "Afrostein" (Dark Horror Comedy), Frankenstein's soul brother, the First Black Frankenstein Monster.
  (3) "Centaur" (Sci-Fi Fantasy), A crazed U.S. Army Major's plan for the army's secret weapon, an elite fighting force of Centaurs and he murders to get them.

• Producer: Yancey Hendrieth | bio

  He produced "Lost on Adventure Island" and "Shades of Grey" and edited for Television "Supersimian Island".

• Executive Producer: Yancey Hendrieth | bio

  He financied "Lost on Adventure Island" This movie was his brain child. It sprang from his appreciation for the stop-motion animation classics of the Academy Award Winner, Willis O'Brien (King Kong, The Son of Kong, Mighty Joe Young, The Lost World, The Valley of Gwang, and Creation) and the stop-motion animation classics of the Academy Award Winner, Ray Harryhausen (Mighty Joe Young, One Million Years B.C., The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, the trilogy of the Sinbad Movies, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Sinbad and The Eye of the Tigar and other countless "classics").

• Special Effects: L. B. Carvelo | bio

  A dinosaur movie of course needs dinosaurs. Carvelo spearheaded an impressive quintent of creatures, a Plesiosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and the giant ape, "Supersimian". He is a life long fan of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animation. Carvelo also supervised the construction of the giant mechanical gorilla hand. In reviews, Carvelo's stop-motion animation is compared to the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen.

• Set Designer: David Kawika Dane | bio

  The miniature sets were either built or detailed by Dane, not only the "Easter Island Heads", but also the miniature cannibal village set, the Amazon Warrior Horsewomen's Temple overlooking the ocean, the model battleship and sailboat, and the gated arch through which the Tyrannosaurus Rex is released by the Warrior Horsewomen.

• Copyright: Yancey Hendrieth | bio

  He is the Owner of the Exclusive Copyrights.

• Director of Photography: L. B. Carvelo | bio

  He shot the live action of the actors on location and the stop-motion animation in the special effects studio.

• Stunt Coordinator: Robert Fuzzy Moody | bio

  He has worked extensively with Universal Studios in Hawaii and Hollywood. He was the stunt double for Chaz St. Peters and provided the stunt double Jeanmarie Kruse for Crystal Holland.

Bonus Features

• Theatrical Trailers

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