AboutBarbara L. Baker Expertise I am a professor of communication at a midwest university, with expertise in film. I can answer most questions on the original "Star Wars" trilogy, and some on the newer trilogy. I also have expertise in general science-fiction film (both history and theory), especially in the United States. I can probably answer questions related to genres, mythic implications of science-fiction films, as well as questions on hybrids (especially comic science fiction) and cult science fiction films (such as "Repo Man" and "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," etc.). For movie titles, noting significant plot details and characters are better than minor plot events, and it is even better if you can recall the time period when the film was made, an actor or director's name, and if it is a film or TV movie. I am less able to answer the following, although I will do my best to track down an answer for you--recent SF films, episodes of TV shows, and horror/SF hybrids. I cannot answer questions about anime/manga or about film collectables. Nor will I answer obvious homework (although I will point you to resources to help answer the question, if asked). I also can't help you find movie stars, movie memorabilia, or tell you how to break into the business.
Experience
Past/Present clients My students at UCM, I suppose.
Expert: Barbara L. Baker Date: 4/17/2008 Subject: looking for a movie name
Question Im looking for a name of a movie, There is a small grp of travelers that use a "drill" to get the center of the Earth. One character I rememeber well is a rough,brown haired man that used to play in Westerns. In this movie, he plays a big game hunter. I know for sure its not the "Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth". The movie im thinking of is made somewhere about the 1970's. They come across Dino's and other critters. I hope ya can help me out. Thanks for any input or direction you can give me. Dave
Answer Well, Dave, if this isn't one of the many versions of Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (one of which was made in the 1970s), then it probably is "At the Earth's Core," a 1976 film starring Doug McClure and Peter Cushing, as Victorian explorers that use a mole-type drill to get to a prehistoric cavern (it is based on a Burroughs' story). The plot description isn't exactly as you describe it, but this was the closest film I was able to locate from the specified time period.
I hope this is the title you are looking for. If not, then I'm sorry I wasn't able to find it.
