After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Matthew Willig
- Marlak
- (as Matthew J. Willig)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal film directed by Harold Ramis. It's also his last acting role.
- GoofsWhen Oh first appears with gold paint, he has no eyeliner. Midway through his conversation, he has thick black eyeliner.
- Crazy creditsSeveral bloopers are shown during the first half of the end credits.
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, this film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the distributor that the film was likely to receive a 15 classification but that the requested 12A classification could be obtained by making changes to dialogue. In particular the BBFC suggested that the distributor remove the line, "my thingy smells like lamb chops" when a character talks about 'multiplying with sheep'; that they remove the line, "did you know he can put his penis in his mouth, the whole thing"; and the line "his poor rectum is absolutely pulverised, which is not usual for a sheep in this region". When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made and the film was classified 12A.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Taking of Pelham 123/Imagine That/Moon (2009)
- SoundtracksKecak Dance
Traditional
Performed by Tojan
Courtesy of Celestial Harmonies
Featured review
This is nowhere as bad as some are making out - it has touches of Python and a lot of Mel Brooks - it is pretty lazy in places with too much adlibbing - at least I hope it was adlibbing...
But this is pretty good entertainment - and it's not really about cavemen - it's about the Old Testament set mainly in Sodom - and it is kind of like Life of Brian - though clearly not in the same class.
One can understand why marketers don't want problems with an upset congregation, but at the end of the day this works pretty well as both broad comedy and a gentle satire.
Considering that I was expecting a total donkey with a side order of turkey this was pretty much a fun film - and no where near as bad as I'd heard. Can be watched without loss of brain cells...
But this is pretty good entertainment - and it's not really about cavemen - it's about the Old Testament set mainly in Sodom - and it is kind of like Life of Brian - though clearly not in the same class.
One can understand why marketers don't want problems with an upset congregation, but at the end of the day this works pretty well as both broad comedy and a gentle satire.
Considering that I was expecting a total donkey with a side order of turkey this was pretty much a fun film - and no where near as bad as I'd heard. Can be watched without loss of brain cells...
- intelearts
- Sep 5, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Year One
- Filming locations
- White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA(Alamogordo Daily News Apr 19, 2008, "Funnyman Jack Black films at WSNM.")
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,337,279
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,610,304
- Jun 21, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $62,357,900
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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