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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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252:Running time
229:Release date
208:Astral Films
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2609:Headhunters
2284:The Pianist
2135:(1984, tie)
1713:Works cited
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950:Best Makeup
835:Gene Siskel
830:Roger Ebert
734:Lake Magadi
666:Neanderthal
654:of the Cree
616:George Buza
601:Joy Boushel
547:Ron Perlman
387:BAFTA Award
372:J.-H. Rosny
346:Ron Perlman
324:prehistoric
256:100 minutes
114:Ron Perlman
88:John Kemeny
76:Produced by
70:J.-H. Rosny
39:Directed by
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2717:Categories
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2356:The Artist
2220:Wild Reeds
2118:La Balance
2078:Providence
1949:Wolf Totem
1939:Black Gold
1700:1 December
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1295:References
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682:red-haired
632:Production
549:as Amoukar
469:steal the
296:Box office
240:1981-12-16
168:Ciné Trail
155:Production
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2539:Mad Max 2
2340:A Prophet
2332:SĂ©raphine
1889:The Lover
1387:Greenland
1208:John Hay
1187:Don White
1016:Best Film
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787:Reception
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520:weapons.
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459:cannibals
401:. At the
395:Best Film
261:Countries
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2589:Monsters
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2236:Ridicule
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1879:The Bear
1483:June 20,
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1247:See also
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781:volcano
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720:Filming
690:jewelry
670:cavemen
668:-style
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543:as Naoh
514:atlatls
439:cavemen
360:of the
327:fantasy
238: (
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