karen@zeus.UUCP (Karen Rising) (02/28/85)
Can any of you netters give me a pointer to this movie? When I was in grade school, a friend's mother took a carload of us to a drive-in movie. The movie was titled something like "Latitude (Longitude?) Zero". I hardly remember anything about the movie; I think it had to do with a secret project or discovery beneath the sea. What I do remember is that a woman was transformed into something like a griffin (well, she had wings and a tail), and some part of the movie was frightening enough to send my brother into hiding on the car floor. I'm a little curious to see this movie again, to see why I've retained a few images and a feeling about it through the years. I saw the movie probably about 1968. I have no idea when it was filmed. I'd appreciate any information about the proper name of the movie, and its plot. Thanks! Karen -- Karen Rising Tektronix Logic Design Systems/CAE tektronix!teklds!karen
leeper@ahutb.UUCP (m.leeper) (03/03/85)
REFERENCES: <474@zeus.UUCP> >The movie was titled something like "Latitude (Longitude?) >Zero". I hardly remember anything about the movie; I think >it had to do with a secret project or discovery beneath the >sea. What I do remember is that a woman was transformed >into something like a griffin (well, she had wings and a >tail), and some part of the movie was frightening enough to >send my brother into hiding on the car floor. Yes, it sounds like you are describing LATITUDE ZERO (1969) (originally IDO ZERO DAISAKUSEN) made by Toho (The Japanese company who makes the Godzilla films and a fair number of good Samurai films). As they often do, they put in some American actors, Joseph Cotton, Cesar Romero, and Richard Jaeckel. The plot concerns a secret base at the equator, headed by a Nemo-like superscientist who has been around immortal since before 1805. They fight villian named Malic who throws against them a griffin, giant rats, and batmen. It is one of the more rarely seen Toho films in this country but it did show up about a year ago on New York tv (it hadn't shown up in the six years before that). Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!ahutb!leeper
ck@ima.UUCP (03/04/85)
Latitude Zero, a Japanese movie made in 1970. Directed by Ishiro Hondo. Starring Joseph Cotton, Cesar Romero, Richard Jaeckel, Patricia Medina, Linda Haynes, Akira Takarada. Plot: underwater civilization of benevolent geniuses fighting Romero; he's out to control the world. Hope this helps. ck.