Silver Screen Science - The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

About this episode

This episode explores the intersection of cowboys and dinosaurs in the film The Valley of Gwangi.

Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore science on the big screen and beyond. This year, we’re taking a tour through cinematic history with Old School Dinosaurs! This episode, we’re wrapping things up with a tale of cowboys and dinosaurs in The Valley of Gwangi! Check out our website for blog posts and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

People in this episode

Host: Common Descent

Topics covered

• dinosaurs
• cinema
• cowboys
• science
• film analysis

Keywords

• Silver Screen Science
• Old School Dinosaurs
• The Valley of Gwangi
• cowboys
• dinosaurs
• cinematic history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Valley of Gwangi

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