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Whistle Stopper - Quest for Fire
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Matt Birman, Frank Olivier Bonnet, Joy Boushel, George Buza, Bibi Caspari
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543068464
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-03-04
Running Time: 100
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
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Summary: A worthy quest
Comment: If you're looking for a movie with words then this isn't for you. If you're looking for a movie with a lot of action then, again, this isn't for you. But if you're looking for a movie that explores what early man may have lived through, but with realism then this movie is right up your alley.
In Quest for Fire the director shows his vision with amazing clarity. The costumes are also really good. They look exactly what I would expect early man to look like. No well groomed cave men in this movie.
It is slow though for a modern audience. The movie kind of slides along at a gentle pace. It may bore a few people, but it's not really boring enough to want to turn it off. Cavemen didn't spend all their time running from animals trying to eat them.
It's light on action, blood, and sex. The actual sex parts are handled very tastefully, and more in a cultural context than just to be there.
It's apparently a classic and I can see why it is.
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Summary: a love story
Comment: boy meet girl ,girl wants to go home to mom runs off, boy gets mad and heads home but wants girl ,goes back to the last place their were together,goes after girl
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Summary: pretty good
Comment: this is your average caveman movie. it was good enough to keep me interested i kind of liked it.
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Summary: interesting comentary
Comment: This is a unique motion picture - amazing how much can be said with no dialogue! (as we know it today). The movie is filmed with very few or no special effects. This makes for a realistic movie, but it sounds like the actors (and maybe some animals)were somewhat abused in the process. Watch the comentaries. I don't think anyone would be able to make a movie in this fashion today. The acting is very good and the story is entertaining - a fairly realistic portrayal of what life was like for early man, athough I doubt there would have been so many different species of humans living in the same area at the same time.
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Summary: Talk about a blast from the past...
Comment: This one is pretty far in the past--80,000 years ago, to be precise.
Everyone has primitive languages and they grunt a lot, but somehow we understand what they mean. Fire is what everyone wants but only a few know how to make. The tribe that Naoh, Amoukar and Gaw belong to lose their flame and send the aforementioned three men on a quest to find it again. Along the way they encounter hostile tribes, wild animals, and a young woman who knows the secret of making fire. She even teaches the men how to laugh.
I have to hand it to the actors; they must have been willing to endure bare skin showing, dirt and grime, funky teeth, lots of hair, greasy pelts, and being out in the elements. The only thing that seems a bit out of place is some of the music, which sounds a bit too modern to my ears. Still, the rest of the film is strong enough to overcome this factor.
This is so far superior to the more recent 10KBC movie that I can't even compare them.
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Editorial Reviews:
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A colossal adventure odyssey that turns back the hands of time to the very beginning of man's existence. 80,000 years ago, when man roamed the earth, he was exposed to the many harsh elements of nature. Against the perilous atmosphere of rugged terrain, rival tribes and savage beasts, Quest for Fire examines a peaceful tribe's search for that all important element fire, and the knowledge to create it. Focusing on human dream as well as realistic insights into pre-historic man, the constant struggle for survival is vividly recreated in this sensational production.
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