The Valley of Gwangi

The Valley of Gwangi came out in 1969 and could be described simply as "cowboys and dinosaurs." When I finally saw it many years later on TV, I enjoyed it but was under the impression that it was a much older film. Maybe it was because of the Ray Harryhausen stop-motion. After all, in 1969 we also got Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and we already had 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Valley of Gwangi didn't have the production values it should have, since all the money and effort went into the special effects. The plot was rather recognizable as that of King Kong. The movie didn't do well in theaters because it had no promotion at all. But its popularity grew in the years afterward, and it has become a cult classic.