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Year One
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Year One (2009) -- When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Year One (2009) -- Zed and Oh get stoned.
Year One (2009) -- Interview: Olivia Wilde "On her character"
Year One (2009) -- This is the Year One commercial which aired during the 2009 Superbowl.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.1/10   15,329 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Harold Ramis (screenplay) &
Gene Stupnitsky (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 June 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Meet your ancestors more
Plot:
Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
User Comments:
Correction about 'Year One' more (139 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Year One (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
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.)
Runtime:
97 min | 100 min (unrated version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Stanley Tucci was cast to play the Biblical character Noah. But due to the box-office failure of Evan Almighty (2007) the scenes featuring Noah were not filmed. more
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Continuity: When Michael Cera's character first appears with the gold paint on he has no eyeliner on. Then midway through his conversation he has thick black eyeliner on. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Zed: To the north!
Maya: You know that that's west.
Zed: Mmm hmm, yeah, I was just checking to see if you knew. To the west!
[under his breath]
Zed: I'm already glad you're here.
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Is "The Year One" based on a book?
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10 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Correction about 'Year One', 27 July 2009
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Author: weaverosu from United States

So, I see that some of you did not like the movie year one?! I must ask, are you a Christian or have a religious faith belief that has led your subconscious mind to override your conscious mind and dislike a movie far ahead of all others? I mean come on, this movie was a brilliant masterpiece of epic proportions. The fact that they played themselves makes it even more hilarious. It's a comedy you fools! If you didn't understand this - well then - you're probably not as much of a cerebral stud as I and all those that did understand the actor portrayal of themselves.

And for all you bible bang-ers out there that understand the bible, the movie was pretty spot on with some of the bibles lessons. What I'm saying is, this movie added a visual element to the bible and illustrated the out right utter nonsense the bible, and the religious folk, pushes.

So I will leave you with a quote from Gandhi - "There are as many religions as there are people"

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