10,000 BC (2008)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers (WGA):

Roland Emmerich (written by) &
Harald Kloser (written by)

Release Date:

7 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

It takes a hero to change the world.

Plot:

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

Plot Keywords:

Hunter | Epic | Tribe | Mammoth | Destiny

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 10	5:00 PM	HBO
Wed. Dec. 16	12:00 PM	HBO

Cast

Steven Strait	...	D'Leh
Camilla Belle	...	Evolet
Cliff Curtis	...	Tic'Tic
Joel Virgel	...	Nakudu
Affif Ben Badra	...	Warlord (as Ben Badra)
Mo Zinal	...	Ka'Ren (as Mo Zainal)
Nathanael Baring	...	Baku
Mona Hammond	...	Old Mother
Marco Khan	...	One-Eye
Reece Ritchie	...	Moha
Joel Fry	...	Lu'kibu
Omar Sharif	...	Narrator
Kristian Beazley	...	D'Leh's Father
Junior Oliphant	...	Tudu
Louise Tu'u	...	Baku's Mother

Also Known As:

10 000 (France) [fr]
10 000 B.C. (Finland) [fi]
10 000 eKr (Estonia) [et]
10 000 pr.n.l. (Czech Republic) [cs]
10 000 pred Kristom (Slovakia) [sk]
10 000 prije Krista (Croatia) [hr]
10,000 A.C. (Mexico) (alternative transliteration) [es]
10,000 B.C. (Germany) [de]
10,000 P.H. (Greece) [el]
10,000 av. J.-C. (Canada: French title) [fr]
10.000 A.C. (Argentina) [es]
10.000 A.C. (Brazil) [pt]
10.000 B.C. (Sweden) [sv]
10.000 B.C. - Prehistoryczna legenda (Poland) (DVD title) [pl]
10.000 BC (Poland) [pl]
10000 A.C. (Italy) [it]
I. E. 10 000 (Hungary) [hu]
M.Ö. 10,000 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Finland:K-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | Germany:12 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Canada:G (Québec) | New Zealand:M | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43907) | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | Czech Republic:12 | South Africa:13V | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Japan:U | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Namibia

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Reference is also made to the Platonic theory that the construction techniques used in Egypt were imported from the ancient lost civilization of Atlantis. The movie makers include a glimpse of a map showing one of the putative locations of Atlantis, off the coast of Spain.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The film is renowned for having an actress with prominent blue eyes in a main role, but the genetic mutation for blue eyes from the standard brown occurred only 6,000 to 8,000 years ago, again out of the film's time frame.

Quotes:

Tic'Tic: A good man draws a circle around himself and cares for those within. His woman, his children.
Tic'Tic: Other men draw a larger circle and bring within their brothers and sisters.
Tic'Tic: But some men have a great destiny. They must draw around themselves a circle that includes many, many more.
Tic'Tic: Your father was one of those men. You must decide for yourself whether you are, as well.

Movie Connections:

Features "HBO First Look: '10,000 BC': The Making of an Epic World (#15.4)" (2008)

terrible

I enjoyed ID4, Day After Tomorrow. I'll admit it. This 'film' is awful. What a mess. It takes elements from all other fantasy/scifi/epics and is so cliché'd its an absolute train wreck. Is it an epic? NO. A monster / dinosaur movie? No. Is it a thinly veiled romanctic film akin to Braveheart? NO Is it a gore fest? No. The CGI is NOT that good and rather uninspired. I'd rewatch Jurassic Park and still be in awe compared to this. This movie never made up what it wanted to be. Not that it ever got that far. The climax which is perhaps the only redeeming factor ends so horrifically stupid. It has terrific production values and costume design. Kudos for those...everything else is unremarkable, what a waste.