LAND OF THE GIANTS PRESENTATION REEL

Land of the Giants Promotional Reel

In 1967, Irwin Allen prepared an 8 minute presentation reel for Land of the Giants to present to the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

Cast

Host - Don Matheson
Narrator - Dick Tufeld

Characters

Tim Burton
Dan Erickson
Betty Ann Hamilton
Mark Wilson
Joan Templeton
Barry Lockridge
Peter Linglehopper

Flight 703 escapes the clutches of the giant boy

Storyline

The Land of the Giants presentation reel begins with segments from each of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), Lost in Space (1965) and Time Tunnel (1966). Then, narrator Dick Tufeld introduces "1967, the year of the giants. The newest concept in incredible entertainment."

Preliminary drawing boards were drawn up to work out the flow of the presentation reel and 36 pieces of beautiful colour artwork were painted to depict key scenes from the Land of the Giants story concept, most of which followed through into the pilot episode:

1	Flight 703, an intra-space sub-orbital passenger flight from LA to London in 45 minutes
2	Tim Burton and Dan Erickson in cockpit
3	Passenger Cabin
4	Close-up of Mark
5	External view of Barry looking out of window
6	Close-up of Linglehopper
7	Second view of Tim and Dan in the cockpit
8	Linglehopper looking out the window
9	Close-up of Joan
10	Mark by window
11	Close-up of Barry
12	Crash landing
13	Rope ladder down curb with car running by
14	Close-up of Dan Erickson with open mouth
15	Running back into ship, giant boy standing over
16	Giant boy picks up spaceship
17	Giant boy holds ship
18	Crew see the giant boy's face through the cockpit window
19	Spaceship escapes
20	Linglehopper runs away from the ship
21	Linglehopper hides behind tree with Barry
22	Linglehopper picking up money with cat in background
23	Chased by cat, claw outstretched
24	Tim and Joan below giant bottle
25	Tim and Joan climb in bottle
26	Bottle picked up by bearded giant
27	The giant
28	Giant looking at Tim and Joan in bottle
29	Giant drops Joan into jar
30	Female scientist examines Tim and Joan taped to microscope slides
31	Fish tank
32	Final escape
33	Little people jump down into water drain
34	Little people sail to safety in a giant egg crate
35	Rested egg crate
36	Giants

Dick Tufeld narrates the story as a slide show of the colour paintings is dramatically presented, intermingled with clips of the Jupiter II and atmospheric Lost in Space music.

Host Don Matheson appears at the end, holding a script and introduces Irwin Allen's story for the first episode of the new series for the American Broadcasting Company, Land of the Giants.

Trivia

The sub-orbital spaceship shown is a clip of the Jupiter II from Lost in Space. The spaceship did not yet have its eventual name, the Spindrift.
Note that in the painting shown above, there is a second giant boy to the right side. This boy is not actually shown in the presentation reel (frame 19).
We're not sure if frames 26 and 27 are separate pieces of art or from the same painting. If anyone has the original piece(s) of artwork, please let us know.
You can watch the full presentation which appears as one of the extras on the DVDs for both Land of the Giants and The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen.