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''The Last Dinosaur'' is a Japanese/American tokusatsu co-production, co-directed by Alexander Grasshoff and Shusei Kotani, billed as Tom Kotani, and co-produced by Japan's Tsuburaya Productions, and American interests for Rankin/Bass Productions. This B-movie first aired in the United States as a television movie in 1977 and shortly afterwards was released in Japan as a theatrical feature. The film stars Richard Boone and Joan Van Ark. The score was composed, as was most of the music for all Rankin/Bass specials and series, by Maury Laws, while the title song, with lyrics by Jules Bass, was sung by Nancy Wilson, and arranged and conducted by Bernard Hoffer. this movie features a giant muppet ==Plot== Wealthy big-game hunter Maston Thrust (Richard Boone) has a multimillion-dollar company, "Thrust INC.", which successfully drills for oil under the polar caps with a manned laser drill, called the "Polar Borer". When only one man returns from a Bore Expedition, Thurst calls a press conference. It appears that the borer was going through a routine check in the icecaps when it suddenly surfaced in a valley which was super-heated by a volcano. The crew, all except for geologist Chuck Wade (Steven Keats), get out of the Polar Borer and explore the strange area. Once ashore, they end up being eaten by a giant prehistoric ''Tyrannosaurus Rex''. Chuck is able to make it back to tell their tale and Thrust decides to go there himself to study the creature. Along with Thrust and Chuck, there will be three others: Bunta (Luther Rackley), a Maasai tracker; Dr. Kawamoto (Tetsu Nakamura); and Frankie Banks (Joan Van Ark) a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer selected by the Press Pool. Maston, being his sexist self, goes on about how he's never taken a woman on his journeys and that he's not going to change now. But with some clever persuasion at a dinner for the crew, Frankie manages to convince Thrust to allow her on the expedition. Upon arriving at the isolated valley, they notice flying ''Pteranodon''s. Once they raft to shore, the group is almost stampeded by a "ceratopsian" (though in reality, the beast in question in not actually a dinosaur but resembles the lesser-known extinct mammal Uintatherium). After setting up camp, Maston, Chuck, Bunta, and Frankie go out looking for the dinosaur while Dr. Kawamoto remains back at the camp. The party locates the ''Tyrannosaurus'', and after they're chased, Thrust tries to shoot it, but his gun jams. Bunta spears it and is able to turn it away. Afterward, the ''Tyrannosaurus'' is fishing in a stream, and comes across the camp. He destroys the camp and kills Dr. Kawamoto by crushing him under his (overly) enormous foot. Then he attacks the Polar Borer and throws it ashore to a canyon containing a bone field. While he continues his attack on the Polar Borer, a ''Triceratops'' unearths in the canyon and the two clash. After a fierce battle, the ''Tyrannosaurus'' is able to kill the ''Triceratops'' by biting an ugly gash in its neck. The group returns to their destroyed camp and notice Dr. Kawamoto is gone, as well as the Borer. They mistakenly assume the borer was sunk. Enraged, Thrust vows to kill the dinosaur. After a few months, the group is now living in a cave. Thrust creates a crossbow out of Dr. Kawamoto's items and uses tent pegs for arrows. They have a number of encounters with some cavemen in the area, but are able to turn them away with the crossbow. They also befriend a cavewoman (Masumi Sekiya) who has held onto Frankie's purse (she lost after the ceratopsian attack) and Thrust's scope from his broken rifle. While Hazel (the name they give the cavewoman) helps Frankie wash her hair, the ''T. rex'' returns. Frankie is able to make it to a cave, with the ''Tyrannosaurus'' trying to get in. Thrust, Bunta, and Wade are able to turn the animal with a large rock tied to its tail. Thrust decides to kill the dinosaur once and for all with a catapult. Once built, they wait for the dinosaur. Out hunting, Chuck finds the Borer and says it is still operable. However, Thrust doesn't want to leave until they kill the ''Tyrannosaurus''. Nevertheless, Chuck and Frankie leave camp to get the Borer fixed and leave, while Thrust and Bunta remain. Once it is launched back in the water, Frankie goes back to convince the others to leave with them one last time. While tracking the dinosaur, Bunta is eaten. Frankie and Thrust use the catapult on it, and although the boulder hits the dinosaur square on the head, it only knocks it over temporarily, without killing it. It then rampages and destroys their catapult. Finally, Chuck arrives and says they have to leave now or they'll be stuck there forever. Frankie pleads with Thrust to go with them and to leave the dinosaur, as it is the "last one." Thrust replies "So am I..." and so they leave without him. Now it is just Thrust (and Hazel) in this primeval world with "The Last Dinosaur." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Last Dinosaur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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