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One Million Years B.C. | 
 enlarge | Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 3212
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D2221311D
UPC: 024543113119
EAN: 0024543113119
ASIN: B00018D3ZA
Theatrical Release Date: February 21, 1967
Release Date: March 9, 2004
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Raquel Welch in a two-piece fur bikini. That and the title is pretty much all anyone needs to know. If that indeed isn't enough, there are the dinosaurs of technician-artist Ray Harryhausen (along with some superimposed iguanas), and a prologue that tells you all you want to know about this "brutal world." Want more? There are volcanoes, barehanded wrestling with warthogs, and rival, subhuman, cannibalistic tribes--Lord, the list goes on and on! The portrait of humankind isn't the most flattering: we're petty, greedy, we grunt a lot, and we don't play well with others. Welch portrays a cavewoman from the tribe of the Blondes trying to make a life for herself with an outcast from the tribe of the Brunettes, which doesn't sit well with anybody. --Keith Simanton
Description
In this vivid view of prehistoric life, a man from the mean-spirited Rock People (John Richardson) is banished from his home. He soon finds himself among the kind, gentle Shell People and falls in love with one of their loving tribeswomen (Raquel Welch). The twosome decide to face the world together, cut off from all tribal support, alone in a deadly world of hideous beast and earthshattering volcanic eruptions. The film's pioneering special effects have made it a true science-fiction classic.
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 Turn your brain off and have fun. August 26, 2008
Notvinnik (Connecticut, USA)
I'm going to be the first ever reviewer not to mention the spectacular sight of Raquel Welch in her primitive bikini. Oops. Actually that seems to be obligatory. Now that we have that out of the way . . .
It's also almost obligatory to comment on what every third-grader knows, that humans and dinosaurs never co-existed, and that recognizable modern humans were not around in 1,000,000 B.C. No need to belabor the point, but you have to wonder if the moviemakers themselves were really this ignorant, if they were just showing their contempt for the public, or if they trusted moviegoers to have this kind of basic information, and were doing an intentional spoof.
The film is still a lot of fun. Just think of it as a fantasy, taking place in a world that never was, and enjoy the adventure. It's an exciting story, and you start to sympathize with some initially unsympathetic characters. I am a little baffled by the praise for the special effects, which look kind of cheesy to me, but maybe I need to watch it on a larger screen.
 the mother of all crude caveman/monster flicks, but that is some babe July 26, 2008
Robert J. Crawford (Balmette Talloires, France)
I saw this when it came out, and I must say, it didn't age particularly well. Not only is it ludicrous in terms of anachronisms - dinosaurs and men co-exist - but the story is weirdly obtuse: a savage tribe ejects a member, and he finds a beauty from a more civilized tribe, who falls for him. In between, they can't even have fun without a pteradactyl carrying off Raquel. Then there is a huge volcanic eruption and some survive, walking into the mist.
But heck, this is vintage camp, and the introduction of Raquel, who never did much thereafter except be famous. I enjoyed seeing it again, for nostalgia's sake, but see no reason whatsoever to watch it yet again, except perhaps with my son.
 Five stars for the movie, not for the DVD June 22, 2008
GangstaLawya (TimBuckToo)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Raquel Welch looks great. Basically, the tribe of the beer gut from Oregon goes to war with the tribe of b.o. from Washington, fighting over poor Raquel Welch who settles for some guy in California. Raquel is stunning. And she still looks great. The movie is very accurate since it shows dinosaurs and humans coexisting. However, I'm sure that people didn't live in caves. Apparently the directors must have modeled the primative culture on the Northwest. Furthermore, dinosaurs did not die out millions of years ago. They were with us very recently and may still be with us today. Cambodian temples, Babylonian temples, Roman mosaics, Nasca Indian art, art in Mexico, testimony by Celtic literature, all demonstrates dinosaurs were contemporaries with humans. Great movie, poor DVD since it was edited.
Surprisingly Authentic June 14, 2008
Robert Kirsch
The cover of this film screams "B" movie, yet this 1960s movie about early humankind is surprisingly authentic in flavor. Admittedly dinosaurs never lived alongside human beings, and the historian in me was a little appalled at times. But the actors and the female lead do an excellent job of using gestures and other wordless interplay to illustrate their emotions and desires. In many ways this film asks more of its audience than your average popcorn flick...and for all its primitiveness, the characters manage to tug at our hearts.
The action and the dinosaur models are surprisingly lifelike, too -- so don't pass this one by simply because of its age.
long long ago May 12, 2008
Carol J. Sinclair
I thought this old movie was great. The dynosaurs were a little silly, (old Hollywood) but I enjoyed non the less.
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