It provides a good look at carole landis, one of the eras most overlooked and ultimately tragic figures. Richardson is a caveman banished from his tribe who is taken in by a more civilised band of coastal dwellers. The transfer, color and audio are all better than reasonable, and mario nascimbenes wailing score comes across just fine. Holding this all together was director don chaffey, who cut his teeth on tvs the avengers and such films as jason and the argonauts 1963. Apart from the uncut version, theres also a censored us cut that has less violence and nudity see comparison. While not historically or scientifically accurate by any means, one million years b. It made an international sex symbol and poster pinup girl out of raquel welch, allowed animator ray harryhausen to create. Blu ray united states 1966, 1 movie, 2 cuts, 100 min. C the film stars raquel welch and john richardson, set in a fictional age of cavemen and dinosaurs. This us version is still being released on dvd by fox. Human beings and humanlike beings hominids are around 4 million years old. Apparently, fox is curently at work doing restoration on one million years bc in anticipation of a late 2002early 2003 release date, at least thats what i got from peter staddon at the last studio day event at daves in l.
This film was advertised with the slogan see raquel welch in mankinds first bikini. The film was produced by hammer film productions and seven arts, and is a remake of the 1940 american fantasy film one million b. Star ace toys ltd ray harryhausen100 year series allosaurus. Raquel welch, martine beswick, percy herbert, john richardson. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring.
Prehistoric man tumak john richardson is banished from his savage tribe and meets pretty loana raquel welch, who belongs to a gentler coastal tribe but he must fight caveman payto william lyon brown to win her favors. Contrary to the ideas presented here, back in the prehistoric era, dinosaurs did not share the planet with cavemen. As the earth wrestles with its agonising birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. It pretty much defines old hollywoods idea of a cave man picture. For their 100th release, hammer films remade the 1940 cavemen groaner one million b. Jun 18, 2009 human prehistory began with the stone age, or palaeolithic, stretching from about 2. But then again, the makers of the film never claimed it was a documentary, and whatever this spectacular adventure lacks in historical. Humans, neanderthals, homo erectus, and their direct ancestors were around 2. The software lies within games, more precisely action. Jun 19, 2010 one million years bc is a coproduction of hammer film productions, associated britishpathe and seven arts productions.
One million years bc lets go swimming official clip youtube. Location scenes were filmed on the canary islands in. C raquel welch, john richardson, percy herbert, robert brown. The film has been mastered in 1080p hd in its original 1. Release date is still tbc, but preorders will be live around 6pm uk time on sunday october 16th, so ignore the sold out button until then. Hammer bmovie classic one million years bc is getting a. While archeologists tell us humans did not live at the same time as dinosaurs, and our prehistoric ancestors probably didnt look much like ms. The creatures in the film are mostly actual dinosaurs that lived at one time and the film just has a different.
Joe bob briggs monstervision one million years bc duration. Though released by kodak in 1965, the super 8 camera is alive and well in the world of photography. And the dinosaurs died out around 65 million years ago. Us distributor kino lorber has announced the first bluray for the film to be released on february 14th, 2017. Aug 26, 2014 one of the great adventure films ever with a simple plot of what it mustve been like living way back when told with the by now antiquated. During the palaeolithic, our own species, homo sapiens. Rating is available when the video has been rented. The creatures in the film are mostly actual dinosaurs that lived at one time and the film just has a different feel with its melodramatic overtones. Loanas tribe are introduced splashing around in the sea wearing skimpy furs, a pgcertificate echo of the nudist camp films that provided british and american audiences with their only glimpses of flesh in the 1950s and early 60s. This is a story of long ago, when the world was just beginning, announces a grim authoritative voice, reminding us of traditional in the beginning lore and suggesting divine origins, intent, and sanction of what is to come. We dont have an article named main onemillionyearsbc, exactly. For fans of good oldfashioned dinosaur films and hammerstyled scifi, its a must own and its highly recommended by the bits. Tensions flare as the gang gathers for the opening night of dannys play. Even if she hadnt yet moved into buffys home dimension, what were a few million years to a being with control over temporal and spatial magic.
This leads to a confrontation between the two tribes. Filmone million years bctriviaone million years bcymmvone million years bcif you meant one of those, just click and go. After all, its human characters fight turtles the size of apartment buildings, as well as actual dinosaurs and other dinosaurlike creatures which makes it just about the perfect hammer studios release. One million years bc original theatrical trailer 1966 youtube. Sixty five million and one bc free download windows version. You cant believe everything you see in the movies, and one million years bc is no exception. Chances are youve seen footage from this movie in which lizards in fake fins and prehistoric appendages hiss and fight to the death amid a rocky. Professionalgrade movies are still shot on its film, and its vintage offerings have stood up to the test of time. Tale of prehistoric survival and love between a male and a female belonging to opposing tribes that happened to be at slightly different stages of evolution.
One million b c 1940 victor mature carole landis colorized. The british release prints of this film were printed in dye transfer technicolor. But we were all expecting to see the 100 minute english original. In the us, 20th century fox brought it to theaters but only in a shortened version approx. Nathan juran, 1958 and chaffeys jason and the argonauts 1963 had both featured harryhausens stopmotion animation creatures the dynamation process, and had been very profitable. Its hard to suggest, without laughing, that even part of a movie like one million years b. Kino presents the uncut version of one million years b. Rome and regina help delilah with a troubled sophie. Nov 09, 2015 joe bob briggs monstervision one million years bc duration. According to willows notes, the spell was a petition to eryishon, the socalled endless one, who should still be accessible even that far in the past. Ray harryhausens creatures are great, the music adds superbly to the atmosphere, the location photography looks just right just ignore the occasional obvious set, and there has never been a betterlooking cavegirl than raquel welch.
Cosmic sequence tumak meets luana in the domain of the shell people eruption of the volcano 08. In the survivalofthefittest mentality of the rock tribe, the strongest receive the best of everything, while the scraps are left for the weak. Featuring raquel welch, john richardson, martine beswick, john richardson and others. So there would be no giant dinosaurs in one million bc. Boy meets girl prehistoric style, in this classic of mans battle to survive against the terrors of the prehistoric world. Hal roachhal roach jr, 1940, which in turn had been inspired by mans genesis us, d. One million years bc is a very basic tale, and certainly does little to stimulate the old grey matter.
One million years bc original theatrical trailer 1966. Carole landis starred in several hal roach productions including road show 1941 and topper returns 1941 but never had a bona fide box office hit of her. The actual developer of the free program is bouncing fox productions. But as a visual feast looking great on bluray, and as a film that is simply downright fun for a lot of the running time, this one hits the spot pretty nicely. Established in 1934, hammer is one of the oldest and arguably the most wellknown film brand in the uk. Raquel welch, john richardson, percy herbert, martine beswick. Zavvi are bringing us a great looking new steelbook release of the hammer movie one million years bc. Prehistoric man tumak john richardson is banished from his. The most frequent installation filename for the software is.
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