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depicted as having "a village culture that would have been likely 10,000 years ago." However, recent theory has moved more towards the ideas of the film with a picture of coexisting types of human who interacted and mated. "Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans".
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awarded three stars out of four, stating that "you may be tempted, as I was, to shout wisecracks at the screen. But then the basic appeal of the story begins to work, and every so often we find ourselves asking ourselves, 'I wonder if that's the way it did happen?' And when that happens, 'Quest for
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wrote, "It's almost impossible to guess what the tone of this ape-man love story (based on a French novel, by J. H. Rosny, Sr.) is intended to be. Are we meant to laugh at the gaminess? At the men's werewolf foreheads? (Thick hair sprouts about an inch above their eyebrows.) The director,
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gave the film three and a half stars out of four, writing that he saw it as a "borderline comedy" in the opening scenes, but "then these characters and their quest began to grow on me, and by the time the movie was over I cared very much about how their lives would turn out."
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in 1981, including Best
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become terrified when their fire is accidentally put out while seeking refuge in a marsh. Since the tribe does not know how to create fire themselves, the tribal elder decides to send three men, Naoh, Amoukar, and Gaw, on a quest to find fire.
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240:Release date
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2620:Headhunters
2295:The Pianist
2146:(1984, tie)
1724:Works cited
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961:Best Makeup
846:Gene Siskel
841:Roger Ebert
745:Lake Magadi
677:Neanderthal
665:of the Cree
627:George Buza
612:Joy Boushel
558:Ron Perlman
398:BAFTA Award
383:J.-H. Rosny
357:Ron Perlman
335:prehistoric
267:100 minutes
125:Ron Perlman
99:John Kemeny
87:Produced by
81:J.-H. Rosny
50:Directed by
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2367:The Artist
2231:Wild Reeds
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1950:Black Gold
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1306:References
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693:red-haired
643:Production
560:as Amoukar
480:steal the
307:Box office
251:1981-12-16
179:Ciné Trail
166:Production
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1900:The Lover
1398:Greenland
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1890:The Bear
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