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10,000 BC is a 2008 epic American film from Warner Bros. Pictures set in the prehistoric era, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. The world premiere of the movie was held on February 10, 2008 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.[2][3] General release was on March 7, 2008.[4]
[edit] PlotA remote mountain range provides a home for a tribe of hunter-gatherers called the Yagahl, who survive by trapping and killing Woolly mammoths, which they call the "Mannak". Here, the young hunter D'Leh has found his heart's desire — the beautiful companion named Evolet, known for her unique blue eyes, whom the Yagahl had found as an orphaned girl, a wise woman of the tribe informs of a future prophecy the girl will bring to the tribe. When the mannak come, D'Leh accidently wins the "White Spear" which is given to the killer of the mammoth. He also wins Evolet in marriage, but feels he deserves neither, because he won by accident. When another band of mysterious horse-riding raiders called the "Four Legged Demons" attack the Yaghal camp, they enslave Evolet (along with many others), D'Leh leads a small group of hunters south to pursue the raiders to the end of their known world to save her. The band of rescuing warriors come in contact with Phorusrhacidae's in the jungle. In this emcounter, Tic'Tic gets wounded and later recovers, but some of the rescuing hunters composed of Baku, his friend, are stolen by the raiders. Then, in the desert, they encounter gazelles, Lappet-faced vultures, and a Smilodon. Along their journey they meet tribes of warriors, who have also had loved ones enslaved by the raiders. D'Leh and his mentor Tic'Tic befriend Nakudu, leader of the Naku tribe, whose son was taken and wife murdered. Then Nakudu tells D'Leh of their prophecy: that whoever talks to the "Spear-Tooth" (saber-tooth) will help free their people. D'Leh (while hunting for food), had earlier saved a saber-tooth from drowning in a trap which also resulted in D'Leh freeing himself. The saber-tooth then spared his life, and he realizes the prophecy was about him. Nakudu explains that his loved ones were taken in the "Great Red Birds," or ships with large red sails, to the "Mountains of the Gods," from which no one has ever returned. Tic'Tic also takes into account that maybe D'Leh like his father, has a greater destiny than most men. Then they come together with other tribes, who agree to form a coalition and march in pursuit of the captors. Through the desert tract, they find the ships with red sails holding Evolet and Baku, plus others. They can't follow the ships, so they talk to a desert tribe that advises them to follow the "eye of the snake", or perish in the sea of sand. They follow, and ultimately navigate using the moon and North star. At the end of the journey through a vast desert, they discover a lost civilization ruled by an enigmatic god-like figure known as "The Almighty", who is said to be the last survivor of his kind. It is implied through dialog when the Yagahl tribesman see the harsh treatment of stolen mammoths for labor, and a map in the room of the Almighty, that he is the last of three survivors from Atlantis and possibly of extraterrestrial origin. The Almighty, who is regarded as a living god, possesses many thousands of slaves that he is using to build a huge pyramid complex in his honor and possibly for his burial. D'Leh and his coalition sneak into the slave quarters, and ask an escaped servant of the Almighty who this Almighty is. D'Leh notices the former servant wears a bracelet that was worn by D'Leh's father. D'leh's father had left his tribe for food, and finding the Naku tribe, taught them his language, before being stolen by the raiders. D'Leh later finds that his father was not a coward, and that he was responsible for saving the servant's life. The servant informs D'Leh that his father's bones are buried in the desert. In a night attack, the guards of the slaves discover the camp of the coalition behind the middle pyramid. Tic'Tic fights three guards, and manages to kill two of them, but the last guard mortally wounds him before he dies. Meanwhile, the Almighty's priests discover Evolet wears "Uru-Anna" or the "Mark of the Hunter", the brightest star in all heaven, which pertains to the constellation Orion's belt, and after which the pyramids are supposedly modeled. The priests, unaware that her mark was caused by the lashings of the warlord raider, mistake it for part of a prophecy which states that Evolet is somehow destined to kill the Almighty. D'Leh, taking the white spear, rouses the coalition with a great speech. With a plan mapped out, they spark a full-scale rebellion amongst the slaves. The Almighty offers Evolet to D'Leh in exchange for him abandoning his rebellion. At last, the Almighty makes a deal with D'Leh, that if he should take his wife, the rest must be his slaves forever. D'Leh feigns the acceptance of the deal which allows him to come close enough to the Almighty to kill him. Once close enough, he throws a spear at the Almighty and kills him, proving him not to be a god. During the ensuing battle, Baku fails to strike the One-Eye man that killed his mother, but when he grabs Tudu the son of Nakudu, Nakudu successfully strikes him with a spear. The warlord raider who had kidnapped Evolet initially, steals her again on horseback. Evolet, slung behind him, reaches into the quiver of arrows that is near her and stabs the warlord in the side. Both he and Evolet fall from the horse. D'Leh rushes towards her when he sees them fall, but the warlord succeeds in shooting her in the back with an arrow. D'Leh reaches her just in time to catch her dying body. He lays her down and runs to have his revenge with the warlord, who tells D'Leh that if he cannot have her, then no one will. D'Leh then kills the warlord with the White Spear as the main temple of the Almighty burns in the background. D'Leh returns to Evolet, and she dies in his arms. The scene shifts to Old Mother - the wise woman of the Yagahl - as she breathes in deeply and then breathes out her last breath. The scene then returns to D'Leh cradling Evolet's body when she suddenly awakens, fully restored by the wise woman's sacrifice. They depart for home and bid farewell to the other tribes. Time passes and we see that the seeds that D'leh had received during his travels have begun to grow. As he stands, he greets his wife Evolet and they passionately kiss as the screen fades in the sun. In an alternative ending, the scene then shifts forward many years into the future, showing the old Baku's retelling of the story by the camp fire. It ends with a child asking what had happened to the "Mountains of the Gods," and Baku remarks, "they were taken back by the sands. Lost to time, lost to man." [edit] Cast
[edit] Casting processEmmerich opened casting sessions in late October 2005.[6] In February 2006, Camilla Belle and Steven Strait were announced to star in the film, with Strait as the mammoth hunter and Belle as his love.[7] Emmerich felt that casting well known actors would distract from the realistic feel of the prehistoric setting. "If like, Jake Gyllenhaal turned up in a movie like this, everybody would be, 'What's that?'", he explained. Unknown casting also helped keep the film's budget down.[8] [edit] ProductionDirector Roland Emmerich and composer Harald Kloser originally penned a script for 10,000 BC. When the project received the greenlight from Columbia Pictures, screenwriter John Orloff began work on a new draft of the original script. Columbia Pictures, under Sony Pictures Entertainment, dropped the project due to a busy release calendar, and Warner Bros. picked up the project in Sony's vacancy.[9] The script went through a second revision with Matthew Sand and a final revision with Robert Rodat.[7] Emmerich rejected making the film in an ancient language (similar to The Passion of the Christ or Apocalypto), feeling it would not be as emotionally engaging.[10] Production began in spring 2006 in South Africa and Namibia.[7] Location filming also took place in southern New Zealand[11] and Thailand. Before shooting began, the production had spent eighteen months on research and development for the computer generated imagery. Two companies recreated prehistoric animals. To cut time (it was taking sixteen hours to render a single frame) 50% of the CGI models' fur was removed, as "it turned out half the fur looked the same" to the director.[8] [edit] Critical receptionThe film received largely negative reviews from critics, stating that the movie is mainly visual and lacks a firm screenplay. As of July 18, 2008, the review aggregator at Rotten Tomatoes has reported that 9% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 119 reviews.[12] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 37 out of 100, based on 25 reviews.[13] [edit] Influences of other worksGlenn Whipp of the Los Angeles Daily News draws numerous comparisons between 10,000 BC and other films in the prehistoric and historic film genre, especially One Million Years B.C.[14] and Apocalypto[15][16] A. O. Scott of The New York Times compared it to John Ford's film The Searchers and also the animated film Ice Age.[17] At the 2008 Wondercon, Emmerich mentioned the fiction of Robert E. Howard as a primary influence for the film's setting, as well as his love for Quest for Fire and the book Fingerprints of the Gods.[18] [edit] DVD releaseThe DVD of the film was released on June 24, 2008 in single disc editions of DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the United States. Best Buy will release a 2-disc limited edition along with the DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases. It was released on 21 July, 2008 in the United Kingdom.[19] [edit] Box office performanceIn its opening weekend, the film grossed $35.8 million in 3,410 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #1 at the box office, and grossing over $22 million more than the film in second place, College Road Trip.[20][21] As of April 29, 2008, it has grossed approximately $268.6 million worldwide — $94.6 million in the United States and Canada and $174 million in other territories[22] — including $17.2 million in Mexico, $12.9 million in Spain, $11.4 million in the United Kingdom, and $10.8 million in China. This also makes it the first film of 2008 to surpass the $200 million mark.[23] [edit] References
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