It approaches those times with a modern sensibility. It shows us a woman winning respect from a patriarchal tribe, when, in reality, the men would have just banged her over the head real good. It isn't grim enough about what things were probably like back then.
It tells a nice little modern parable about a distant past that is hardly less idealistic than the Garden of Eden. Instead of people who are scarred, wind-burned, thin and toothless, it gives us graduates of the Los Angeles health club scene, and a heroine who looks as if she just walked over from makeup. It also packs a lot of things into a short span of that long-ago time. Although whole eons were available to it, the movie covers just a few short seasons, as a wandering tribe of primitive Neanderthals encounters an amazing sight: a Cro-Magnon woman Daryl Hannah , tall and blond and smarter than they are.
The girl is adopted into the tribe, and right away she causes trouble. She can't understand why the men get to have all the fun, and use all the weapons, and make all the decisions. One day she sneaks out and practices on the slingshot. On another day, she challenges the tribe's attitudes about sex, seniority and even about self-defense. In her spare time, she invents arithme tic and becomes chief adviser to the medicine man.
This isn't the first Cro-Magnon, it's the first Rhodes Scholar. The movie dresses its actors in furs and skins, and has them walk about barefoot and talk in monosyllables. But it never quite makes them seem frightened and ignorant and vulnerable and bewildered. To capture the sense of wonder of those days when the human race reached its turning point, "The Clan of the Cave Bear" needs great images, not tidy little dramatic scenes with predictable conclusions.
It needs sights such as the opening of " A Space Odyssey ," when the bone went flying into the air. Games for Learning. Grading and Assessment. Graphic Organizers. Handwriting Practice. Historical Figures. Holidays and Fun. Lesson Planning. Picture Galleries. Printable Quotes. Social Studies. Substitute Teaching. Textbook Worksheets. World History. Length: 98 minutes 1 hour, 38 minutes Age appropriateness: The Clan of the Cave Bear is officially rated "R" in the United States due to graphic physical and sexual violence.
This film is inappropriate for classroom viewing. However, most parents will not have a problem with their mature teenagers of high school age watching this at home on DVD. Auel, part of her "Earth's Children" series. Like the book s , this movie is not always a factual depiction of prehistory. Review: Jean M. Auel's "Earth's Children" series was incredibly popular when released, and interested a generation of readers in anthropology. Although not always accurate, novels like The Clan of the Cave Bear described Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal life in a way that brought these peoples alive for many who would otherwise know nothing about them.
Therefore, it is hard for me to entirely dismiss this screen adaptation of Auel's work. Watching The Clan of the Cave Bear may inspire a teenager to learn more.
However, The Clan of the Cave Bear is filled with anachronisms and questionable plot points. Tony Montanaro Zoug as Zoug. Mike Muscat Dorv as Dorv. John Wardlow Droog as Droog.
Keith Wardlow Crug as Crug. Barbara Duncan Uka as Uka. Gloria Lee Oga as Oga. Janne Mortil Ovra as Ovra. Lycia Naff Uba as Uba. Linda Quibell Aga as Aga. Michael Chapman. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. At a time in prehistory when Neanderthals shared the Earth with early Homo sapiens, a band of cave-dwellers adopt blond and blue-eyed Ayla, a child of the "Others".
As Ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage unlike other women of the clan , she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of Broud, who will one day be clan leader. Based on Jean M. Auel's popular book, there is minimal narration; subtitles translate the Neanderthal gestures and primitive spoken language.
Did you know Edit. Goofs Throughout the movie, Pamela Reed who played Iza sported long, clean, beautifully manicured fingernails - not a likely feature on an active female Neanderthal. Quotes Brun : You want to be a leader, Broud, but a man who hits his people can never lead the Clan. The Optimum release is fully uncut. Connections Featured in Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters User reviews 73 Review.
Top review. Out now on "budget" DVD, fun to watch after all these years. The popularity of DVD has exploded the past couple of years like no new entertainment technology before. There isn't much sound in this film, but the images, all shot in British Columbia, come through really well.
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