Sendit.com are running a new Irwin Allen DVD competition for UK residents with a bumper DVD prize including the Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Time Tunnel Complete DVD box sets plus a Time Tunnel T Shirt and a signed Land of the Giants poster.
Kyle Allen takes us on an out-of-this-world tour of the Land of the Giants sub-orbital spaceship, The Spindrift.
Prominent Irwin Allen television guest, Warren Stevens, has sadly passed away at the age of 92 (27th March 2012). He guest starred Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants, as well as The Return of Captain Nemo. Unusually, we’ve struggled to find any obituaries in the mainstream British media. Here are some tributes in the US press:
Win a Complete Series DVD box-set of Irwin Allen’s Land of the Giants at the What’s On TV website. There will also be a second competition later this month for the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Complete DVD set. This competition is open to UK residents only (Region 2, PAL DVDs).
Just days away is the UK release of the complete set of Land of the Giants episodes on DVD featuring a new exclusive set of collectible postcards.
Sad news this weekend. Actor, writer, director and producer Zalman King died on Friday 3rd February 2012. To the Irwin Allen universe, he is best known for his role as the feisty young man, Nick, in the Land of the Giants episode The Lost Ones.
Revelation Films are putting together a Land of the Giants complete collection DVD set for the UK (PAL, Region 2) with both seasons and a new limited edition set of four collectible art cards. The set is due to be released on Monday 5th March 2012.
Box art is courtesy of Revelation Films
Also in the pipeline for later in the month, 26th March 2012, is a UK complete four season collection box set for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea featuring a new booklet about the show.
Not only does the Land of the Giants theme feature in the Boxing Day airing of the new Stephen Fry and Christopher Eccleston version of The Borrowers, but we’ve also spotted recent television commercials using the giant and little people concept.
Alan Carr’s New Year Spectacular for Channel 4 this year is being promoted in advance with a giant Alan Carr standing by Big Ben.
You can also see the little people theme being used in quit smoking campaign commercials.
Land of the Giants just got a mention on the BBC Breakfast Show during a discussion on the new adaptation of The Borrowers, 7.30pm on Monday 26 December on BBC1. The 90 minute movie stars Stephen Fry and the effects look excellent and the little people proportions and ideas are very reminiscent of Land of the Giants.
They have definitely “borrowed” some ideas from Land of the Giants, see picture in following article:
FabGearUSA have very kindly donated six prizes for the IANN Christmas 2011 competition. Click here or on the image below to enter the competition. Entries must reach us by Sunday 11th December 2011.
