News for
One Million Years B.C. (1966) More at IMDbPro »

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2001

6 articles from 2009

---

Movieline Explores: James Cameron's Exhaustive Search for the Perfect Avatar Breasts

13 November 2009 4:00 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Playboy: How much did you get into calibrating your movie heroine's hotness?

Cameron: Right from the beginning I said, "She's got to have tits," even though that makes no sense because her race, the Na'vi, aren't placental mammals. I designed her costumes based on a taparrabo, a loincloth thing worn by Mayan Indians. We go to another planet in this movie, so it would be stupid if she ran around in a Brazilian thong or a fur bikini like Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C.

Playboy: Are her breasts on view?

Cameron: I came up with this free--floating, lion's-mane--like array of feathers, and we strategically lit and angled shots to not draw attention to her breasts, but they're right there. The animation uses a physics-based sim that takes into consideration gravity, air movement and the momentum of her hair, her top....

-- From Avatar director James Cameron's exhaustive »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Which Ray Harryhausen Movie is the Best?

27 September 2009 4:44 PM, PDT | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »

If you don't know who Ray Harryhausen is, you're on the wrong website. Starting in the 1940s, this special effects master pioneered the use of stop-motion animation in film, mostly frequently in fantasy film. The effects he created (often for films he produced) didn't just result in important technological advances; Harryhausen literally inspired an entire generation of movie-makers, from George Lucas to Steven Spielberg, who say that the special effects genius taught them the all-important lesson that film is limited only by the imagination. But how have Harryhausen's films held up over the years not as historical artifacts or nostalgic reminders of childhood, but as actual movies? Here's what we think: The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1954) and It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) Two Torches (Out of Five) Harryhausen had worked previously as part of a special effects team on the Oscar-winning Mighty Joe Young in 1949, but 20,000 Fathoms and Beneath »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Army, Where Are You Now That We Need You?

14 September 2009 2:35 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Peter McAlevey

 

So there I was with Raquel Welch at Alana Stewart’s book-signing party at the Art House one night last week.   Now, I love Raquel -- I mean, I must have been 12 or so when she posed for that publicity shot in a fur-bikini for “One Million Years B.C.” so you can imagine I was more than thrilled.   We probably spent half-an-hour or so chatting, and I found her charming and way smarter than you would think.   The problem -- Raquel and I agreed -- was that there was no one there to chronicle it ... not us, but Alana’s party,  ... »

- Lew Harris

Permalink | Report a problem

---

The longest thread evolves

5 September 2009 3:10 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

A week or so ago I began to receive feedback that posts weren't being displayed on my entry "Win Ben Stein's Mind," from Dec. 3, 2008. That was my attack on Stein's film "Expelled," which supported Creationism against the Theory of Evolution. I consulted the web gods at the Sun-Times. I was told...uh...ahem...perhaps the thread was growing a tad long, and was maxing out the software? After 2,640 posts and 239,093 words, perhaps this was the case.

Today I received a post from one of the stalwart debaters on that thread, Much Aloha Bill, advising: "Put this puppy to sleep. It's had a long run." A few days earlier, Randy Masters, the most stalwart defender of Intelligent Design, had written to advise that a couple of his posts hadn't gone through. And so perhaps Movable Type was gently informing me that enough was enough.

I was interested in the discussion right up to the end. »

- Roger Ebert

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Clash of the Titans remake: First sighting of a mythical monster

19 July 2009 4:51 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Filming on the remake of the 1981 ancient Greek epic Clash of the Titans is well under way - and we now have our first sighting of a mythical creature.

Fans of the original Ray Harryhausen creature classic will recall that Perseus and his men take on monster scorpions. They grow to gigantic size after beast-man Calibos stabs the severed head of Medusa and her blood spills on the ground.

Well, we can now see the form of a giant scorpion on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, where the remake is partly being filmed (and which also provided the location for the Raquel Welch classic One Million Years B.C.)

I've placed the new image above, at the top, with a scorpion shot from the 1981 adventure below it.

You can watch some footage of the giant scorpions in action below.

In an earlier interview, Sam Worthington - »

- David Bentley

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Zucker unveiled as Lynx cavewoman

6 February 2009 5:54 PM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Former I'm A Celebrity... contestant Carly Zucker has been unveiled as the new face of Lynx. The personal trainer has recreated Raquel Welsh's memorable bikini shot from the 1966 film One Million Years B.C. in a series of adverts for the deodorant company. "Unleashing the man leather is about guys letting their primal side loose and driving girls like me wild," she told the Daily Mail. "Raquel Welch looked so stunning, I couldn't wait to get my cavegirl outfit (more) »

- By Lara Martin

Permalink | Report a problem

---

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2001

6 articles from 2009

---