Quest for Fire
by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Actor: Everett McGill, Gary Schwartz, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron PerlmanDirector: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Producer: Claude Nedjar
Producer: Denis H?roux
Producer: Garth Thomas
Producer: Jacques Dorfmann
Producer: John Kemeny
Writer: G?rard Brach
Writer: J.H. Rosny Sr.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Quest for Fire
DVD Review: Darwin goes ape
Summary: 3 Stars
Make no mistake about it, this is the grunt-fest of all grunt-fests. I mean this puppy makes you wish you were descended from water buffaloes or something. Just think "Animal House" in caves, wearing bear skins, and acting almost as crude with orgasmic glee. There is one dirty little beast that is pretty sexy though, and uninhibited, if you can picture that. I've known some guys who would date her without a second thought. Anyway, you better go into this one without any kind of an agenda, or you're bound to hate it for one reason or another. If they all didn't look like they just crawled out of a mammoth's dung heap, I think I could have enjoyed it more, but that's just me. Personally, I liked "One Million Years BC" a lot better. It didn't leave a funny taste in my mouth. DVD Review: Primitivos
Summary: 5 Stars
Es una pelicula en la cual no se usa ning?n lenguaje, y nos narra el inicio del uso del fuego y como una arma. Magnifica pel?culaDVD Review: Quest for Fire
Summary: 4 Stars
I had seen the movie previously so I was buying it for sharing with a friend and my children.
, conceived by the brilliant Desmond Morris, anthropologist
For a person interested in the origins of the human race this is a fine work.
A language was created for these these early humans and their struggle to survive in a brutal world with only sticks and their wits.
DVD Review: As authentic as it can get
Summary: 5 Stars
Prehistorical cavemen in search of fire.
A lot of research went into this French film. It is purely fictional, but as realistic as it could get.
The story line is good and the enthnographic understanding very interesting.
I use it in teaching to understand the origins of technology. It works very well. There is also some gratuitous sex scenes which the students love.
DVD Review: almost as good as the book, which is rare to say about adaptation in the last 30 years.
Summary: 4 Stars
Having enjoyed the book I dont find any real faults with the movie. Its a pretty clean and tight script with competent acting. At this price I plane to buy it. If you like the movie read the book, it will only take a weekend to read and you will feel as if you understand the struggle of primitive man a bit better. People who are not normally interested in primitive man find this movie fun to watch...so ill give it 4 just for that. And besides it is one of the best movies in a not often looked genre.
Description of Quest for Fire
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.Quest for Fire is so detailed in its depiction of prehistoric man that it might have been made by time-traveling filmmakers. Instead it's a bold and timeless experiment by visionary director Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Bear), inviting scientific debate while presenting a fascinating, imaginary glimpse of humankind some 80,000 years ago. Using diverse locations in Kenya, Scotland, and Canada, Annaud tells the purely visual story of five tribes (some more advanced than others) who depend on fire for survival. They "steal" fire from nature, but the actual creation of fire remains elusive, lending profound mystery and majesty to the film's climactic, real-time display of fire-making ingenuity. Employing primitive language created by novelist Anthony Burgess and body language choreographed by anthropologist Desmond Morris, a unique ensemble of actors push the envelope of their profession, succeeding where they easily could've failed. They're carnal, violent, funny, curious, and intelligent; through them, and through the eons, we can recognize ourselves. --Jeff Shannon
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