by Tremayne Miller
100 MILLION YEARS B.C.
Warning: the
synopses can contain 'spoilers,’ therefore, please don’t read on if
you wish the plots to remain a mystery!
DIRECTED BY DON CHAFFEY
STARRING RAQUEL WELCH (Legally Blonde, Bedazzled, The
Three Musketeers) JOHN RICHARDSON (She, The 39 Steps) MARTINE BESWICK (From
Russia With Love, Thunderball)
ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. is a prehistoric adventure.
Akhoba, Chief of The Rock Tribe and his hunting party pass through
volcanic wasteland. Accompanying him are
his sons,
Tumak and Sakana.
A wild boar falls into a trap, and Tumak claims its tusk as his
reward after killing it.
The tribe feast on the roasted boar, and dominant member of the
tribe feast on the animal.
Akhobas after devouring Tumak's meat has a fight with him.
Tamak falls from a cliff, at the same time Sakana makes a play for
his wife, Nupondi,.
However, a bush is to cushion Tumak's descent, and as he comes to,
he sets off on a journey after having been outcast by his family.
As he ventures further into the desert Tumak sees huge animal
imprints belonging to a brontosaur and giant tarantula.
Bewildered he does stumble on, despite being deprived of food and
drink. He makes it as far as a beach, then collapses.
The Shell Tribe women fish on this beach with spears. One of them,
Loana, sees him and goes to his aide.
At which point a giant turtle appears, with the view to kill but The
Shell people manage to steer it back into the sea.
The Shell tribe take Tamak back to their village where Loana
nurses him back to health, so peaceful are they having learnt to pull together,
and work on first principles in art and agriculture.
The film provided the world with ‘the most iconic bikini
shot of all time’, which made the fur-clad Raquel
Welch a star overnight.
A tale of man’s survival at the start of civilisation,
where conflicting tribes - the Rock People and the Shell People combat ginormous
prehistoric monsters, as well as each other, at the same time the earth continues
to rise and produce bubbles of gas still in its volcanic form.
This the 100th production from Hammer was their biggest
success, and the silverscreen's most notable dinosaur epic up until the release
of Jurassic Park 26 years on thanks to its “stopmotion dinosaur animation” by
special effects animator, Ray Harryhausen.
The 50th Anniversary special 4k restoration includes the
following special features: interviews with Raquel Welch and Martine Beswick
(two-time Bond girl), and the original artwork of Ray Harryhausen, as well as
never-seen-before storyboards given to Studiocanal by The Ray & Diana
Harryhausen Foundation.
Extras will include: Special Features • New Interview
with Raquel Welch • New Interview with Martine Beswick • Exclusive Ray
Harryhausen stills, storyboard and artwork • Production stills gallery Blu-ray
Tech Specs: TBC / DVD Tech Specs
The film was released on
Doubleplay DVD & Blu-ray on October 24th by
Studiocanal.
© Writer Tremayne Miller
Tremayne Miller is a guest reviewer on LifestyleMK, Tuesdays 7pm.
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