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“10,000 BC” (2008) overview [ "10,000 BC" official poster and cover ]
Roland Emmerich has successfully featured multicultural fantasies of how various African tribes might have banded together against unnamed pyramid-building slavemasters, with periodic attacks by now-extinct giant beasts... First big sequence is a woolly mammoth hunt meant to establish the new leader of a small mountain tribe. D'Leh (pronounced Delay) (played by Steven Strait), a dreadlocked young man considered to be the village coward, almost accidentally makes the kill and in good conscience can't accept the two intended rewards – the symbolic white spear meant for the top hunter, and the hand of his longtime love, blue-eyed beauty Evolet (played by Camilla Belle). The core of the film is a long trek into unknown territory, prompted here by the kidnapping of Evolet and other young villagers by marauding horsemen. As D'Leh, older mentor Tic'Tic (Cliff Curtis) and two others traverse snowy peaks, dense jungle and eventually forbidding desert in pursuit of the interlopers, they encounter a flock of giant flightless birds with outsized beaks that aggressively manifest the direct connection between dinosaurs and fowl, as well as a saber-toothed tiger of refined sensibilities. Black tribe leader Nakudu (Joel Virgel) sees D'Leh as the answer to his tribe's own prophecy, so the invasion force gets that much bigger. D'Leh gains the backing of a black tribe whose ranks have also been thinned by the slavers. Next comes a vast desert, where more tribes join the rebellion. More African desert folk join the march, so by the time they arrive at a city dominated by a towering pyramid under construction, the nomads have gathered a considerable army. Gradually developing the instincts of a real leader, D'Leh bets that the thousands of slaves forced to work alongside mammoths pushing huge blocks up the pyramid will join his battle, and the sweeping shots of the back-breaking work and subsequent fighting are undeniably imposing. A prophecy by its spiritual leader, Old Mother (Mona Hammond), lays out all three acts: Four-legged demons – slave traders on horses – will raid the village and capture many young people, including the beautiful orphan girl Evolet, who caught the eye of young hunter D'Leh when she was a child. His pursuit of her and her captors along with Tic'Tic and the very young Baku (Nathanael Baring) will turn him into a warrior and galvanize other tribes to join in the quest to overthrow an evil civilization and religion that has enslaved so many people. Getting to the riverside home of this Aztec-like civilization, intent on building pyramids through slavery and human sacrifice, is half the fun. En route, D'Leh and his gang encounter fierce beasts such as a thing that looks like a giant turkey buzzard and another one that looks like a giant saber-toothed tiger... The imaginative creation of everything from the handmade wardrobes and crude weapons to makeshift housing and huge animals makes the film a continual visual entertainment. Visual effects are of a high standard, as are locations provided by Namibia, South Africa and New Zealand. Taglines It takes a hero to change the world. The legend. The battle. The first hero. Genre: adventure, drama Director: Roland Emmerich Screenplay: Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser Producers: Michael Wimer, Roland Emmerich and Mark Gordon Executive producers: Harald Kloser, Sarah Bradshaw, Tom Karnowski, Thomas Tull, William Fay and Scott Mednick Co-producers: Ossie von Richthofen and Aaron Boyd Director of photography: Ueli Steiger Production designer: Jean-Vincent Puzos Music: Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander Costume designers: Odile Dicks-Mireaux and Renee April Editor: Alexander Berner Cast Camilla Belle as Evolet Steven Strait as D'Leh Cliff Curtis as Tic'Tic Joel Virgel as Nakudu Affif Ben Badra as Warlord Mo Zinal as Ka'Ren Nathanael Baring as Baku Mona Hammond as Old Mother Marco Khan as One-Eye Reece Ritchie as Moha Joel Fry as Lu'kibu Kristian Beazley as D'Leh's Father Junior Oliphant as Tudu Louise Tu'u as Baku's Mother Omar Sharif as Narrator
MPAA rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence. Other certifications: Finland: K-13, South Korea: 15, Malaysia: U, Australia: M, Ireland: 12A, Singapore: PG Runtime: 109 min. Countries: USA, New Zealand. Language: English. Color: Color. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1. Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS Premieres Germany - February 26, 2008 (Berlin premiere) Philippines - March 5, 2008 Argentina - March 6, 2008 Australia - March 6, 2008 Germany - March 6, 2008 Hong Kong - March 6, 2008 Indonesia - March 6, 2008 Singapore - March 6, 2008 USA - March 7, 2008 Brazil - March 7, 2008 India - March 7, 2008 Spain - March 7, 2008 Turkey - March 7, 2008 Belgium - March 12, 2008 Egypt - March 12, 2008 France - March 12, 2008 Croatia - March 13, 2008 Hungary - March 13, 2008 Israel - March 13, 2008 Netherlands - March 13, 2008 Portugal - March 13, 2008 Russia - March 13, 2008 South Korea - March 13, 2008 Finland - March 14, 2008 Iceland - March 14, 2008 Italy - March 14, 2008 Norway - March 14, 2008 Sweden - March 14, 2008 UK - March 14, 2008 Slovakia - March 20, 2008 China - March 21, 2008 Estonia - March 21, 2008 Japan - April 26, 2008 © Preems.com |
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Filming locations New Zealand Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand Southland, New Zealand Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand Namibia South Africa Companies Production: Warner Bros. Pictures Mark Gordon Productions Centropolis Entertainment The Mark Gordon Company Distribution: Warner Bros. Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical), (2008) (Argentina, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore) (theatrical) Karo Premiere (2008) (Russia) (theatrical) Special effects: 2e Effects Double Negative Gentle Giant Studios Machine (visual effects) Moving Picture Company (MPC) Patrick Tatopoulos Design Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects by) StarCrest Media (additional special effects) Tatopoulos Studios Other: Audiolink Radio Communications - walkie talkies De Lane Lea - sound re-recording Gearbox Sound and Vision - additional ProTools systems supplied by The London Metropolitan Orchestra - music performed by Mayflower Studios - adr recording studio Media Safety - health & safety Midnight Transfer - DI scanning Remote Camera Systems - remote camera systems Rockbottom Rentals - cell phone rentals Salon - editing equipment Additional details “10,000 BC” was originally announced for summer 2007 release. D'Leh is spelled "Held" backwards, "Held" being the German word for "hero." Roland Emmerich chose this name as an easteregg. The most difficult challenge for the visual effects department was creating a computer generated image of a wet saber-tooth tiger. The problem was solved by significantly reducing the number of hairs on the digital animal. Tim Shadbolt, the Mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand, was involved in a serious motor accident while pitching Southland, NZ, as a shooting location for this movie. |
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A
prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through
uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
