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19 June 2009 (USA) moreTagline:
Meet your ancestors morePlot:
Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(560 articles)
The Blu-Ray Review: Land of the Lost (From The Hollywood News. 3 November 2009, 7:55 AM, PST)
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A movie about Neanderthals for Neanderthals by Neanderthals. more (128 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jack Black | ... | Zed | |
| Michael Cera | ... | Oh | |
| Oliver Platt | ... | High Priest | |
| David Cross | ... | Cain | |
| Christopher Mintz-Plasse | ... | Isaac | |
| Vinnie Jones | ... | Sargon | |
| Hank Azaria | ... | Abraham | |
| Juno Temple | ... | Eema | |
| Olivia Wilde | ... | Princess Inanna | |
| June Diane Raphael | ... | Maya | |
| Xander Berkeley | ... | King | |
| Gia Carides | ... | Queen | |
| Horatio Sanz | ... | Enmebaragesi | |
| David Pasquesi | ... | Prime Minister | |
| Matthew Willig | ... | Marlak (as Matthew J. Willig) |
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Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. (edited; originally Rated R for some sexual content and language.)Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
97 min | 100 min (unrated version)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColour:
ColourAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44270) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:7 | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | France:U | Sweden:7 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:B15 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MFun Stuff
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The sheep in the movie are a threatened species known as Jacob Sheep. As you can see in the movie, this breed is a spotted multi-horned sheep. While they look strange, it is believed these sheep originate from Biblical times similar to what the movie depicts. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When they enter the palace there is a peacock in the middle of the sidewalk that Maya has to step around. When Oh walks in he is in the middle of the sidewalk with no sign of the peacock. moreQuotes:
Cain: [to his father Adam, while trying to flee on a slow-moving camel] Eat my dust, father! moreSoundtrack:
Kecak Dance moreFAQ
Is "The Year One" based on a book?What are the differences between the Theatrical version and the Unrated version?
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One knows going into this film that the comedy will be broad. That being said, Harold Ramis doesn't seem to be able to hit the broad side of the comedy barn. I might have expected at least some pithy and quotable dialogue, a la Judd Apatow (who produces), but alas, I can't remember a single phrase from this film. The jokes are stale (foreskin humor! Jews being bad athletes!) and the scenes are poorly edited. Some scenes don't even resolve themselves before moving on to the next. An early scene involving Michael Cera and a snake cuts to the next scene without any explanation as to what became of either. The actors display all the self-indulgence of a Judd Apatow film, without any of the comic rewards. If only the film makers had taken a bite from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they might have known how bad this movie was destined to be.