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      One Million Years B.C.

      1966 1h 32m Adventure Fantasy List
      67% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 36% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings An exile (John Richardson) from a hostile tribe woos a woman (Raquel Welch) from a gentle tribe amid monsters and an earthquake. Read More Read Less

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      Anton Bitel Little White Lies If One Million Years BC is a tale of two tribes and their eventual miscegenation (figured - ooh da la - as a climactically erupting volcano), it is also a reminder of the primal drives - sex, violence - from which we never fully progress. Dec 20, 2016 Full Review Kate Muir Times (UK) Seen nowadays it is a kitschy, retro scream. Yet as dinosaurs and giant sea-turtles roam the volcanic earth in One Million Years BC, this is also a chance to appreciate the early work of the great special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Rated: 3/5 Oct 20, 2016 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Highly influential in its day. Rated: 3/4 Dec 28, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins It's indeed a brutal realm, but Welch always manages to soften up the visuals. Rated: 8/10 Aug 27, 2020 Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin Very easy to dismiss the film as a silly spectacle; but Hammer production finesse is much in evidence and Don Chaffey has done a competent job of direction. And it is all hugely enjoyable. Feb 7, 2018 Full Review Austin Trunick Under the Radar Even today, fifty years after release ... [Ray Harryhausen's] work in One Million Years B.C. still holds up. Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      CodyZamboni Movie has too many repetitive dull scenes, and needs more campiness. But the Ray Harryhausen stop motion animation dinosaurs are great. Kudos also to the spectacular location photograpy, and Raquel Welch, wow, she is so stunning and amazing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/29/23 Full Review Bert M The movie has no real plot and is full of scientific errors, But seeing Rachel in that fur bikini is worth a watch. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/23 Full Review Taylor L The film that's mostly known today for putting Raquel Welch in a fur bikini, and for featuring a poster in The Shawshank Redemption. Though One Million Years B.C. is rightfully considered a relic of the time period, with its live-action Flintstones premise and bikini-clad cavewomen with fantastically conditioned hair, it's actually one of Ray Harryhausen's more accomplished visual effects projects. At first, the accomplished animator got a bit experimental, pushing for blown-up footage of live-action animals such as monitor lizards, which he believed would be more lifelike; it's ironically these segments that look the worst today. But once he gets into his traditional style, the film picks up with a creative series of dinosaur battles that feature actors actually interacting rather than pantomiming (because otherwise the dino 1 v. 1 is a Harryhausen standard; both the models and the idea would be reused in The Valley of Gwangi). The story's nothing to write home about and the the lack of dialogue is a big drag; where they worried that actors speaking English would somehow ruin the authenticity of this otherwise carefully-researched film? Interesting because it's got a type of fantasy style that would never be made today, and in part because of some of the casting choices - two of the big names would be recognizable castings in the Bond franchise, including early Bond girl Martine Beswick and Robert Brown, who took on the role of M in the 1980s. Hard to take seriously, but credit where it's due on the stop-motion. (2/5) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/20/22 Full Review james g Sensational performance by the twins. Cheap-looking monsters. Rather boring when Raquel Welch (stupendously beautiful) isn't on screen. Cheesy schlock. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave s Set in a magical time when humans and dinosaurs apparently co-existed, One Million Years B.C. reinforces how difficult life must have been for your everyday caveman. When not fighting neighboring tribes (or themselves, for that matter), they were busy battling those pesky dinosaurs or dodging natural disasters. Life was not easy. Nope. While the film has some respectable production values and a lot of stellar special effects from Ray Harryhausen, the only real reason to watch (let's be honest about this) is the presence of Raquel Welch, who bounces about in a remarkably sexy fur bikini, her perfectly coifed hair blowing in the wind. Other than that, it's all a bit boring and repetitive – fight, wander about, battle monster, fight some more, deal with earthquake, resume wandering. That's about it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Lovely and cheesy, Carrying good elements, But still it got some silliness. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An exile (John Richardson) from a hostile tribe woos a woman (Raquel Welch) from a gentle tribe amid monsters and an earthquake.
      Director
      Don Chaffey
      Screenwriter
      Michael Carreras
      Production Co
      Hammer Film Productions Limited, Seven Arts Pictures
      Genre
      Adventure, Fantasy
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date (DVD)
      Mar 9, 2004
      Runtime
      1h 32m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo