The Clan of the Cave Bear (film)

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The Clan of the Cave Bear
Directed by	Michael Chapman
Produced by	Gerald Isenberg
Written by	John Sayles
Based on	The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Starring	Daryl Hannah Pamela Reed James Remar Thomas G. Waites John Doolittle
Narrated by	Salome Jens
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography by	Jan de Bont
Editor(s)	Wendy Greene Bricmont
Studio(s)	Producers Sales Organization The Guber-Peters Company
Distributor	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	January 17, 1986
Running time	98 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$18 million
Gross revenue	$2 million (United States)
External links
IMDb page

The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1986 American adventure film directed by Michael Chapman and based on book of the same name by Jean M. Auel. The film stars Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, and Thomas G. Waites.

Dialogue is conducted mostly through a form of sign language which is translated for the audience with subtitles.

Plot

A young Cro-Magnon woman named Ayla (Daryl Hannah) is separated from her family and orphaned during an earthquake. She is found by a group of Neanderthals and raised as one of their own.

Cast

• Daryl Hannah as Ayla
  • Nicole Eggert as Teen Ayla
  • Emma Floria as Young Ayla
• Pamela Reed as Iza
• James Remar as Creb
• Thomas G. Waites as Broud
  • Joey Cramer as young Broud
• John Doolittle as Brun
• Curtis Armstrong as Goov
• Martin Doyle as Grod
• Tony Montanaro as Zoug
• Mike Muscat as Dorv
• Karen Austin as Aba
• Janne Mortil as Ovra
• Lycia Naff as Uba
• Penny Smith as Ika
• Rory Crowley as Durc
• Paul Carafotes as Brug
• Bart the Bear as the cave bear
• Mary Reid as Ayla's Mother

Production

It was filmed in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, a precursor to the many Hollywood productions that would film in Canada soon after (see Hollywood North and Cinema of Canada). The score was composed by Alan Silvestri. The movie is one of Bart the Bear's earliest roles. The muskox hunt was filmed just outside Hughenden, Alberta.

Reception

Box Office

Because the film cost US $15 million to produce and brought in only US$1.9 million domestically, it is considered a box office flop. The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1987 for Best Makeup (Michael Westmore and Michèle Burke). The film currently holds a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews. However, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy claims: "It is hard to see why TCOTCB has drawn such critical contempt, unless for its tacit Feminism: although the narration is overexpository and the equation of mental versatility with leggy blonde Cro-Magnons, as opposed to shabby Neanderthals, is a cliché, the movie is beautifully shot, well scripted and finely acted."

Trivia

• The lion and wolves were trained by professional employees from Thousand Oaks, California's cinematic and television animal sanctuary "Animal Actors of Hollywood". Bart the Bear was trained by employees of "Doug Seus' Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife". This North American animal sanctuary was headquartered in Heber City, Utah.

External Links

• The Clan of the Cave Bear (film) at Wikipedia

• The Clan of the Cave Bear at AllMovie
• The Clan of the Cave Bear at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Clan of the Cave Bear at Box Office Mojo
• The Clan of the Cave Bear article on The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), archived at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction website

Wikipedia

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