

According to Gregory Pflugfelder, "For many Russian viewers, this was a rare glimpse into everyday life in a capitalist economy. The first Japanese monster movie to be released in the Soviet Union, it recorded 48,700,000 admissions, the 17th-most for a foreign film at the time, and became something of a cult film. Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds was released theatrically in the USSR in 1979, with a Russian-language dub commissioned by the studio Mosfilm and a shortened 80 minute runtime. Ī 2007 DVD release by Tokyo Shock included both the film's English dub and the original Japanese audio with English subtitles. On May 28, 1989, The "Legend of Dinosaurs" was featured as the final episode of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 during its original broadcast on the Minneapolis-area station KTMA. Strangely, the cover art featured photos of two Futabasaurus props from the otherwise unrelated 1978-1979 series Dinosaur Corps Koseidon. In 1987, Frank sold the film, now titled The "Legend of Dinosaurs", in a television syndication package through King Features Entertainment with other Japanese productions he'd licensed Celebrity Home Entertainment released the film to VHS the same year. television and home video rights to the film from Toei. Television producer and distributor Sandy Frank acquired U.S. Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds was dubbed into English for international export by Tokyo-based Frontier Enterprises. The Monster Birds Against the Island of the Dinosaurs ( Los pajaros monstruo contra la isla de los dinosauros Mexico).

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