LAND OF THE GIANTS
A warm welcome to the Irwin Allen News Network pages for the classic television series Land of the Giants
HIGHLIGHTS AND LATEST ADDITIONS
SPINDRIFT MINIATURE PROP - JULIEN'S AUCTIONS
A very special lot (#330) comes up for auction at Julien's Auctions on 6th September 2023 and that is the original "hero" Spindrift Miniature Prop from Land of the Giants which many of you may have seen on display at the Seattle Science Fiction Museum.
Spindrift Supersonic Miniature Prop at Julien's Auctions
Spindrift Miniature Prop Auction Gallery with more Auction Details
LAND OF THE GIANTS COLLECTION PRESS RELEASE
Carmody McKnight Estate Winery Announces
Land of the Giants Collection
Land of the Giants Launch Party on August 26
at Le Vigne Winery in Paso Robles
(Paso Robles, CA)--Carmody McKnight Estate Winery has announced the release of their new Land of the Giants collection. The initial release includes the 2019 Estate Colossal Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2019 Estate Colossal Cuvee. A five-course dinner created by Le Vigne Executive Chef Walter Filippini celebrating the release was held on August 26 in Paso Robles.
Originating from Carmody McKnight's legendary volcanic West Paso Robles vineyard, the special series of Bordeaux varietal wines are hand-crafted by Winemaker Anthony Gallegos. Gallegos continues the Carmody McKnight tradition of long barrel aging with minimal intervention. The 2019 Estate Colossal Cabernet and Cuvee both show off the incredible vintage of the nutrient rich volcanic West Paso Robles vineyard. These are serious complex, fruit-forward, giant Bordeaux wines to be enjoyed now and for decades. The Colossal Cuvee blends Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Star of the cult science fiction TV series, Land of the Giants , Gary Carmody Conway is, along with his wife, former Miss America Marian McKnight Conway, the proprietor of Carmody McKnight Estate Winery. The Irwin Allen (Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) series is one of the most popular TV series on a worldwide basis ever, airing on hundreds of stations internationally.
Attending the dinner and available to mingle with guests were original cast members Gary Conway (Captain Steve Burton) and Heather Young (Betty Hamilton). Unfortunately, Stefan Arngrim (Barry Lockridge) was unable to participate.
The Land of the Giants Cabernet Sauvignon will be paired with the second course of Red Wine Cavatelli with Pancetta & Asiago. The Colossal Cuvee is featured in the third course alongside Captain Burton's Braised Bison Short Ribs.
Also poured at the launch dinner alongside the first course of Betty's Beet Carpaccio with Balsamic Glaze and Fried Capers will be Carmody McKnight's 2019 Forever Miss America Cabernet Franc. From the sale of every bottle from the Forever Miss America collection, the winery bestows a gift to the Forever Miss America Scholarship Fund. This fund has provided decades of commitment to the economic and social advancement of all women through education opportunities and career resourcing.
The dinner opens and closes with courses paired with wines made by the Conway's daughter Kathleen. Little People Appetizers will be served with K Estate Sparkling, and the dessert, Very Barry Semifreddo, is matched with her K Estate Port.
The Land of the Giants wine collection labels are designed by renowned comic book artist John Peter Britton who specializes in producing artwork for fantasy and science fiction genre television. They depict Gary Conway's character, Captain Steve Burton, being held captive in the hand of a giant.
The Land of the Giants release dinner was held on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Le Vigne winery located at 5115 Buena Vista Drive, Paso Robles, California, 93446. The dinner began at 6:30 pm and here are the event details.
COLOSSAL WINE RELEASE MENU
Welcome Reception 6:30
Little People Appetizers
Wine Pairing: Kathleen Conway's K Estate Sparkling
First Course
Betty's Beet Carpaccio with Tuscan Volcanic EVOO, Balsamic Glaze and Fried Capers
Wine Pairing: 2019 Carmody McKnight Estate Forever Miss America Cabernet Franc
Second Course
Red Wine Cavatelli with Pancetta & Asiago
Wine Pairing: 2019 Estate Colossal Cabernet Sauvignon
Third Course
Captain Burton's Braised Bison Short Ribs Accompanied By Creamy Potatoes and Rustic, Caramelized Carrots
Wine Pairing: 2019 Estate Colossal Cuvee
Fourth Course
Very Barry Semifreddo
Wine Pairing: Kathleen Conway's K Estate Port
About Carmody McKnight Estate Winery
Established in 1968 by former Miss America Marian McKnight Conway and actor/artist Gary Conway, Paso Robles-based Carmody McKnight is credited for pioneering the West Paso Robles AVA - Adelaida subdistrict now recognized as a premium viticultural region for Bordeaux and other noble varietals. Located seven miles from the Pacific Ocean and climatically protected by the Santa Lucia Mountains, the legendary estate vineyard, with its three volcanoes, possesses the rarest of viticulturally rich soils making it the epitome of sustainability. The region is also known for its perfect Mediterranean temperature range and climate conditions. Carmody McKnight produces award-winning, limited release Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc varietal wines. Allocation list members enjoy exclusive access to limited release collector series wines including Land of the Giants and Forever Miss America wines that support women's educational scholarships.
CARMODY MCKNIGHT ESTATE WINE TRIBUTE
A Carmody McKnight Estate Wine tribute to Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS - THE IRWIN ALLEN COLLECTION 29 JULY 2023
Coming up at the end of July 2023 is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime, opportunity to bid on a vast collection of original Irwin Allen props, paintings, drawings, and collectibles. The Heritage Auctions - Irwin Allen Collection auction takes place in session 5 of the 3 day Hollywood/Entertainment Signature® Auction #7351 from 27 to 29 July 2023. Click here to read the press release from Heritage Auctions (HA.com).
The Irwin Allen Collection Auction Gallery (images courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com)
HERITAGE AUCTIONS - ORIGINAL LAND OF THE GIANTS PAINTINGS
Included in the upcoming Hollywood/Entertainment Signature® Auction #7351 are 22 lots featuring original Land of the Giants concept art paintings, several of which appeared in the Land of the Giants Presentation Reel.
Land of the Giants Presentation Reel Frames
Original Paintings from the Land of the Giants Presentation Reel
Original Land of the Giants Paintings
Original Land of the Giants Concept Art Lots at Heritage Auctions
Irwin Allen Collection - Land of the Giants Auction Gallery (courtesy HA.com)
INFINITY #63 JULY 2023 - HEATHER YOUNG INTERVIEW
The July 2023 issue of Infinity (#63) sci-fi magazine features a six page interview with Land of the Giants star Heather Young in conversation with Karen Myatt. It also features a 2 page Land of the Giants poster. Available in magazine stores and also from the Infinity website.
GARY CARMODY CONWAY - MOUNTAIN MOODS
Dear friends, I carry on in a painter's paradise. The color explosions and keen vistas always taunt the artist. It was this rare experience attracting me to Paso Robles in the first place. My Big Sur paintings revisit the numerous decades gazing out from the hills of vines and forests to the Big Sur mountains and the exquisite Pacific. I share those intense feelings. Gary Conway
Below is a piece of art that Gary has shared with us from this collection.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS 2-4 JUNE 2023
An exciting range of costumes and props from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, and Land of the Giants went up for auction at the The Comisar Collection Platinum Signature Auction on 2-4 June 2023. These items included crew costumes from both Voyage and Giants and the giant screwdriver and Flying Sub miniature props. The Irwin Allen related item which sold for the highest price was the Flying Sub miniature (sold for $100,000 including the 25% buyer's premium).
GARY CARMODY CONWAY - BIG SUR COLLECTION
THE BIG SUR BY GARY CONWAY
Among his many talents, Gary Conway is a superb artist and you can find many of his art pieces on Gary's website. Below is a piece of art that Gary has shared with us from his latest Big Sur collection.
Below are links to PDFs that Gary has sent us to showcase some of his art. Feel free to download the PDFs and enjoy Gary's stunning artwork. To see more of his work, take a trip to Gary Conway's Website.
Gary Conway's forty-year dream-journey gazing out upon the mesmerizing mountains of the Santa Lucias.
When I first discovered the Big Sur region of Paso Robles in a crash landing it was soon realized that no place on earth possesses these purest and cleanest of colors and haunting hues surrounding the sharpest of horizons. Painting this phenomenon was inevitable – an artist's paradise! Van Gogh would have truly lost his mind here!
Gary Conway
A trip to the cosmos by way of Big Sur.
The Big Sur Recollections - Current Works
Ever since I started painting at a very early age, I thought of art as more than the pursuit of the exquisite. Art is also a statement of societal values drawing on the power of nature's beauty that ensures us a sense of life's purpose.
Gary Conway
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas 2022 from everyone at the Irwin Allen News Network and Giants Log. Here is our festive card for 2022, drawn by the talented artist G. Foulds who had done some amazing cartoons for us over the past 30+ years.
New Spindrift Build
The following video shows Mark Myers excellent 16 inch Spindrift diorama with scratch built base and Captain Steve Burton figure in an atmospheric setting. Gallery to follow.
Land of the Giants 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection
Available to order from Tuesday 27th November 2018 (at 12 noon PST) is the new limited edition soundtrack CD set from La-La Land Records, Synthesis Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Fox Music and Legendary Pictures celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants. This exciting collection runs to over 5 hours. La-La Land Records hope to have the set in stock by 8th December. Full details on this celebratory soundtrack set have been provided by La-La Land Records (click here or image below).
Order the Land of the Giants 50th Soundtrack Collection from La-La Land Records
LAND OF THE GIANTS 50TH CELEBRATION CAKE
Here is the delicious celebration cake we had made for the 50th anniversary of Land of the Giants featuring Peter Moore's celebration poster art:
And with little people standing on the cake:
LAND OF THE GIANTS PARTY GAME
We created a new party game for the Land of the Giants 50th anniversary called "Find the Little People." Here are Steve, Betty, and Dan who evaded capture despite being in plain sight the whole day:
LAND OF THE GIANTS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Land of the Giants celebrates the 50th anniversary of the premiere episode The Crash broadcast on Saturday 22nd September 2018. The original TV Guide listing from Sunday 22nd September 1968 is shown below.
ANNE DORE
As part of our Land of the Giants 50th Anniversary celebrations, we bring you an interview with guest star from The Crash Anne Dore's daughter, Tanii Carr, conducted by Gary Rose.
VALERIE IN GIANTLAND
Deanna Lund's fan organisation Friends of Deanna Lund has just updated her 1992 novel Valerie in Giantland: Valerie Ames Scott's Diary as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Land of the Giants. The revised book features a new colour cover and an epilogue chapter. Copies are available through Friends of Deanna Lund at signings and through Amazon (#ad).
16" SCRATCH BUILT SPINDRIFT MODEL
Mark Dorais has scratch built a new Spindrift model, this time a little over 16 inches long and made of cast resin, styrene plastic, metal and a vacuum formed dome.
LAND OF THE GIANTS HOLLYWOOD REUNION
Stars of Land of the GIants Gary Conway, Don Marshall and Deanna Lund will be signing at the Hollywood Show over the weekend of 8-10 January 2016 at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.
VERY.CO.UK CHRISTMAS ADVERT GIANTS THEME
In 2014, the Very Christmas advert had a delightful Land of the Giants type theme with little characters enjoying the festive gifts around the Christmas tree. Enjoy...
METALUNA MODELS SPINDRIFT CRASH SITE DIORAMA KIT
A new resin diorama kit by Metaluna Models for displaying the Moebius Models Spindrift is now available at FabGearUSA.
Paint, glue and Moebius Models #255 Spindrift not included. The Moebius Models Spindrift kit is available separately at fabgearusa.com.
Lunar Models Spindrift
Spindrift camp scene with giant cat from MarkM Models
Stefan Arngrim Interview
Stefan Arngrim discusses Land of the Giants and Irwin Allen in an interview with the British SFX magazine website:
TOPPS AND A&BC LAND OF THE GIANTS CARD NUMBERING
We have created a handy sortable table showing the different numbering systems used for the American test set of Topps cards and the British A&BC cards. Click here to view the Topps/A&BC Land of the Giants card table.
TOUR OF THE SPINDRIFT
Kyle Allen brings us a unique and fun tour of the Land of the Giants sub-orbital spaceship, The Spindrift, in Back Lot Space Port Episode 1 "Spindrift". The Spindrift tour can also be viewed in the Land of the Giants media section.
LAND OF THE GIANTS - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
The 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 is now available in many DVD and online stores. The set was released on Monday 5th March 2012.
LAND OF THE GIANTS GOES TO LAS VEGAS
Celeste Yarnall, Gary Conway and Heather Young at Hollywood Show Vegas
The cast of "Land of the Giants" attended The Hollywood Show Vegas autograph show on Saturday 19th November 2011. Attending the autograph show were series stars Gary Conway, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, Heather Young, and Stefan Arngrim, as well as guest stars Celeste Yarnall and Bruce Dern.
STEVE CAUSEY - MOEBIUS MODELS SPINDRIFT BUILD
Steve Causey's Build of the Moebius Models 1/128 Spindrift Kit
LAND OF THE GIANTS COMMENTARY
On Friday 8th April 2011, the cast of Land of the Giants gathered together in LA to create a very special treat exclusively for the UK Second Season DVD release. Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall, Deanna Lund, Gary Conway, Heather Young and Don Matheson recorded a really outstanding audio commentary which appears on the second season DVD extras. This unique event showcases the delightful camaraderie between the cast members.
The Land of the Giants cast watching The Crash on 8 April 2011
The Night Sky
Steve Causey took this shot of the night sky recently. At first we thought we were looking at a UFO.
COSTUME GALLERY
Two original Land of the Giants costumes (Steve Burton and Betty Hamilton uniforms) were auctioned at the Profiles in History Hollywood Auction 43 on 17-18 December 2010. For details, please visit this gallery or the Profiles in History Web Site.
Premiere of Night of the Cat
A little bit of Giants fun. Introducing Roscoe as "The Cat" in Land of Cat Giants episode Night of the Cat.
CAST MEMBERS
We have met up with the cast members of Land of the Giants on many occasions over the past couple of decades, most recently in England. As you browse around this web site you will find many links to the cast member web sites and convention reports.
THE SPINDRIFT
Visit the Spindrift "Hero" Miniature Gallery
CREATIVITY
The IANN site showcases of the talents of fans around the world and Irwin Allen fandom is blessed with the awesome artistic abilities of many, many exceptional fans.
FUN
One aspect of our work is to bring the fun of Irwin Allen's productions to the wider world and creative artists have generated some marvellous cartoons to share the humour.
EVENTS
Chiller Theatre
Cast members from Land of the Giants (Deanna Lund, Heather Young, Gary Conway, and Don Marshall) and Dennis Cole (Cave In!) attended the 17-19 April 2009 Chiller Theatre convention in New Jersey.
GIANTS LOG
GIANTS LOG is dedicated to Land of the Giants and with a wealth of research and material has published 31 newsletters and many one-off specials. Free memberships are available by mail.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Feel free to browse around the site and if you would like to participate with articles, photos, convention reports etc, we would welcome your input. Whenever we have a spare moment we try to add something new to the site. We think you will enjoy some of the latest additions.
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