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Actor: Alex Palmer, Christian Bradley, David Rubin, Oliver Parham, Robert WinstonBrand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Producer: Bill Latka
Producer: Pierre de Lespinois
Producer: Steven Manuel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of Walking With Cavemen
DVD Review: Not the version advertised
Summary: 4 Stars
Great video, but it's not the one advertised. There are two versions of Walking With Cavemen, the original one from the BBC, with a British narrator, and the edited US version, with Alec Baldwin. The video available here clearly says that it is hosted by Alec Baldwin, but he's not here. This is the BBC version. I use this in a human evolution class, and like the US version because Baldwin introduces the segments with fossil skulls for comparison of the cavemen. The BBC version does not have the introductory segments, but the episodes are longer, and contain more caveman nudity, full frontal. Be warned if you plan to show this in a school.DVD Review: Walking to the return counter...
Summary: 3 Stars
As usual, my kids loved it and that is what counts I guess. The production work was very well done. The story line was rather incredulous. I mean seriously.
For Hollywood, the approach taken would be fine. For a documentary, looking through a peephole at Lucy's day-to-day activities with such sentimental flare... Well, they used more artistic licenses than I could stand for this show. I would rather wax my inner thighs than see this show again. Clearly, this topic is difficult and clearly the producers struggled.
DVD Review: I loved this video
Summary: 5 Stars
If you only have the cash to buy one video of the history of Human evolution, this is the one. Very entertaining and educational with realistic looking pre-humans and environment. BBC spared no expense on this.DVD Review: Very well produced...
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this for a college Historical Geology class a few years ago. Very, very well-produced and informative. Highly recommended.DVD Review: Finest and most honest depiction of our evolution.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never viewed a more compelling and scientifically supported view of life prior to recorded history. This is not a children's movie, it is fact based and as a result there is brief nudity and some violence. To disregard the how's and why's of our climb to become the most dominant creature the planet has ever know would be a watered down piece of fluff. We are the only creature this planet has ever supported that is capable of adapting our needs to any environment as well as adapting our environment to meet our needs.
Description of Walking With Cavemen
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: NrBreaking the mold of previous "Walking with" offerings, the BBC's Walking with Cavemen sees Professor Robert Winston follow in the footsteps of ancient man in a series that traces the history of humanity from bipedal ape-men (Australopithecus Aphaeresis) to the awakening of the human mind's potential with Homo Erectus. Over four fascinating half-hour installments, Wilson presents an accessible and populist, but still suitably anthropological study on how apes became human and the traits that we inherited from our earliest ancestors.
Unlike Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Beasts, Cavemen combines CGI with actors to portray the characters in the story of man. Initially this seems to make it far less technically impressive than the earlier programs--memories of Stanley Kubrick's 2001 are inevitable--but fortunately the acting is superb and the viewer soon forgets that these are people in monkey suits. The series also makes use of a special effect called "deep time-lapse", which shows in a matter of dramatic seconds the thousands of years of geological changes that sped up our ancestors' evolution. Wilson himself takes part in the action as if he is a modern-day naturalist following lions across the Serengeti rather than creatures long extinct. This approach makes for a more immediate as well as poignant interpretation of history: the result is an enlightening and moving tribute to the human journey. --Kristen Bowditch
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