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

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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

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) | Sweden:11 | Norway:11 | Czech Republic:12 | South Africa:13V | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Japan:U | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Namibia

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Not screened for critics - only a 20 min excerpt was shown to journalists.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the opening scene, where the tribe sees the blue-eyed girl and the tribe leader is thrown back, one of the shocked tribal members can be heard whispering the name "Jesus" in surprise. Yet the events in the movie are supposed to take place 10,000 years before the biblical character by that name was even born.

Quotes:

D'Leh: [in the pit, after deciding to not kill the Saber-tooth] Do not eat me when I save your life!

Movie Connections:

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

Like cafeteria lasagna....

You know how when you go to a cafeteria style restaurant and you see something you usually enjoy like lasagna. You get the lasagna and take a bite with the fond memories of the last time you ate it in a real restaurant. When the first taste hits your tongue and all hopes of future meal enjoyment are flushed down the toilet. 10,000BC is the cafeteria lasagna. It looks goods, has the potential to be great, you have fond memories of other movies in the same genre that were good, and then you watch it. It's edible but just barely. The movie had pretty good special effects and wasn't boring which is why I gave it a five. The dialog and acting were for the most part sub-par. The story didn't even make an attempt to suspend your disbelief. Forget historically inaccurate, it was ridiculous. If I were you I would catch the matinée or wait for someone else to pay for the cafeteria lasagna