Village of the Giants

IMDb RATING

3.7/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.

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Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.

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IMDb RATING

3.7/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Genius
(as Ronny Howard)

Joy Harmon

Merrie

Robert Random

Rick
(as Bob Random)

Tisha Sterling

Jean

Charla Doherty

Nancy

Tim Rooney

Pete

Kevin O'Neal

Harry

Gail Gilmore

Elsa

Toni Basil

Hank Jones

Chuck

Jim Begg

Fatso

Vicki London

Georgette

Joe Turkel

Sheriff
(as Joseph Turkel)

The Beau Brummels

The Beau Brummels

Ron Elliott

Ron Elliott -Beau Brummel

Director
- Bert I. Gordon
Writers
All cast & crew
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Dethcharm

"Dig That Nitty-Gritty!"...

After the grooviest opening credits ever filmed, complete with dancing, VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS begins... with dancing! Mud dancing in fact! Within seconds, junior scientist, "Genius" (Ron Howard) invents a formula that turns the family cat into an elephantine feline! Aided by his big sister and her boyfriend, Mike (Tommy Kirk), other animals are soon enlarged. More dancing breaks out! Whew! Giant ducks cut a rug!

Oh no!

Local bad boy, Fred (Beau Bridges) and his cadre of dancing delinquents decide to abscond with the formula for their own purposes. Hilarity ensues.

VILLAGE is another Bert I. Gordon production, loosely based of FOOD OF THE GODS by H.G. Wells. A lighthearted film, best enjoyed after one's cranium has been emptied of its content...

StuOz

The Silly Side Of A Land Of Giants

A group of teenagers become giant sized.

Before this film, we had other "giant movies", such as The Incredible Shrinking Man, but a recent YouTube viewing of Village Of The Giants has made me wonder if "Village" is the best of the lot. It has a sense of B-Grade fun that is hard to capture on film...without looking too stupid that is. The dance scene alone, with the little boy grabbing the giant girl, makes the film a winner. And note the music for the dance scene.

Story elements, character names (Genius) and Ron Howard were all shifted into a Land Of The Giants (1968,ABC) episode called...Genius At Work.

Attention Hollywood: Don't remake this film today, "Village" is a product of the 1960s, it is about the 1960s mentality and 1960s music!

The film is a wonderfully casted and wonderfully scored knockout!

4ChuckStraub

Poorly directed, poor acting, low budget, but fun.

If you want to watch a well made movie, this isn't it. 'Village of the Giants' seems to be a B movie that was intended to attract young kids and the teen audience of the early 1960s. What you will find here is a poorly directed, low budget, movie with bad acting, cheap special effects, and a plot that goes no where. You'll see a lot of bikini clad teenagers, go go dancing to some mild, early rock and roll music played by the Beau Brummels. The camera does show a lot of cleavage shots and wiggling butts that surely was and is one of the movies main attractions. This movie was most likely considered a little racy for it's day. Quite a bit of this movie brings up the anti authority, good teen versus bad teen issue. This is all very mild by today's standards. Actually this makes it humorous in today's world and it can be mildly entertaining if not taken too seriously. It is nice to see Ron Howard as a child actor in this movie playing the part of 'Genius'. You'll also find a couple of ex Mickey Mouse Club members in the cast. 'Village of the Giants' could be considered one of those 'it's so bad it's good' movies. You have to view this as a fun, but stupid movie and by no means look at it with a critical eye. Under the harsh light of criticism,'Village of the Giants' will disintegrate into the smallest piece of dust.

3claudio_carvalho

Silly and Lame

When the boy Genius (Ronny Howard) accidentally discovers a formula to increase the size of animals such as ducks and dog, his sister Nancy (Charla Doherty) and her boyfriend Mike (Tommy Kirk) believe that they will be rich with Genius' discovery. However, a group of rebellious teenagers led by Fred (Beau Bridges), see the ducks and decide to rob the substance. Then they take over the control of the village. What will happen next?

"Village of the Giants" is a silly and lame film directed by Bert I. Gordon. The plot is awful and watching this film is a waste of time. Good only to see how Beau Bridges and Ron Howard started their careers. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "A Cidade dos Gigantes" ("The Village of the Giants")

6funkyfry

Good drive-in fare

Goofy, fun mid 60s has goo in the plot and on the brain. Teenagers go giant with a potion cooked up somehow by little Ron Howard. These giants love to go-go in sexy harem outfits that somehow grow to fit them. Tommy Kirk is, as usual, excellent and amusing -- I think he had real potention to become one of the best actors of his generation. This movie is a bit too cheezy to be exciting or scary, but it's worth a good laugh.

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Trivia
Vicki London was originally cast in the lead female role, but it was given to Joy Harmon after London refused to show her boobs to the director. She said in an interview "During the wardrobe fittings, Bert Gordon wanted us [Joy Harmon, Tisha Sterling, Gail Gilmore] to take off our shirts and show him our breasts, because he wanted the girl with the biggest ones to play the lead and be featured in the movie poster. I refused and Tisha did too. They still gave Tisha a very nice part but it was down hill after this for me. They made an issue out of me not willing to show my breasts, so they threatened that if I didn't do it they were going to cut me out of everything and they did." Gail Gilmore remembered this incident and said, "They wanted us to show us popping out of our clothes and asked if we minded being nude for it during filming though we would cover our breasts with our arms. I never had any qualms with nudity so I readily said yes. Joy did too, but Vicki refused." Joy Harmon said that while she would never agree to being nude onscreen in a movie, she had no problem being nude on set for any role that called for it as long as the camera didn't see anything. She wasn't shy so it didn't bother her if actors or production crew saw her body. So when Gordon asked to see her breasts, it made sense why he was doing it and she wanted the bigger role, so she took off her top and let him look at her topless.

Goofs
The size of the giants is not consistent throughout the film, along with some of the miniature props they handle.

Quotes
Genius: This time I was sure I had it. It's a very elusive formula.
Elsa: Had what, kiddo?
Genius: Kiddo? I prefer to be called Genius, if you don't mind.
Elsa: Okay, Genius, no offence. What formula?
Genius: For the Goo. There's not much of it, and they want me to make some more. But it's not easy.
Elsa: Why don't we go for a walk, Genius? I'll buy you an ice cream cone.
Genius: I never touch it. It's high in cholesterol. But I'll go for a walk with you.
Elsa: Okay.