Clan of the Cave Bear

Theatrical Release Date: 1986 01 17 (USA)

UPC: 085391375326

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Brief Nudity, Nudity, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children]

Summary: Cinematographer Michael Chapman directed this John Sayles adaptation of Jean M. Auel's best-selling ode to Cro-Magnon women. The story begins at the moment in pre-history when the last of the Neanderthal men were becoming extinct and the superior race of Cro-Magnons were starting to supersede them. Focusing on a tribe of wandering Neanderthals who adopt a young girl named, Ayla (played as an adult by Daryl Hannah). She grows tall, lithe, and smart. The Neanderthals quickly accept her into their tribe, but once a tribal member, Ayla begins to question the tribe's male chauvinistic presumptions. Unable to conceive of why only men are given weapons, she takes it upon herself to learn how to use a slingshot. She then questions the tribe's assumptions concerning sexual politics. She learns to count and becomes the assistant to the local medicine expert. As the seasons wear on, the tribe utilizes Ayla's knowledge for their own good while Ayla's continues to try the patience of the tribe with her unspeakable feminist demands. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Category: Action

Awards: Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Interactive menus
Scene access
Subtitles: English & Fran?ais

Clan of the Cave Bear

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 09/19/2000

Audio: DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 98 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1- Full Screen
0. Scene Selections
1. The writing on the wall (Credits). [3:59]
2. Eruption. [1:29]
3. Wandering nomads. [3:24]
4. Ayla taken in. [2:52]
5. Introductions. [2:27]
6. Looking for home. [4:44]
7. Ayla's place. [3:22]
8. Handy work. [2:47]
9. An animal protector. [1:40]
10. The hunt. [2:02]
11. Storytelling. [3:16]
12. Ayla taught healing magic. [2:38]
13. Reflections of life-and death. [4:17]
14. To use a weapon. [4:16]
15. Broud takes Ayla. [6:44]
16. Ayla with child. [2:48]
17. Ayla uses a sling. [3:42]
18. Silent death. [2:55]
19. Banishment; one turn of the moon. [4:05]
20. Ayla's return. [1:31]
21. Ayla and child accepted. [3:38]
22. Time for the change. [2:16]
23. The gathering of clans. [1:13]
24. Eyes like mine. [2:46]
25. Ceremony of the bear. [2:55]
26. A shared vision. [3:24]
27. Iza passes on. [2:51]
28. Broud to lead. [4:39]
29. Ayla defends Creb. [2:57]
30. Ayla walks alone. [3:13]
31. End Credits. [3:18]
Side #2-Widescreen
0. Scene Selections
1. The writing on the wall (Credits). [3:59]
2. Eruption. [1:29]
3. Wandering nomads. [3:24]
4. Ayla taken in. [2:52]
5. Introductions. [2:27]
6. Looking for home. [4:44]
7. Ayla's place. [3:22]
8. Handy work. [2:47]
9. An animal protector. [1:40]
10. The hunt. [2:02]
11. Storytelling. [3:16]
12. Ayla taught healing magic. [2:38]
13. Reflections of life -and death. [4:17]
14. To use a weapon. [4:16]
15. Broud takes Ayla. [6:44]
16. Ayla with child. [2:48]
17. Ayla uses a sling. [3:42]
18. Silent death. [2:55]
19. Banishment; one turn of the moon. [4:05]
20. Ayla's return. [1:31]
21. Ayla and child accepted. [3:38]
22. Time for the change. [2:16]
23. The gathering of clans. [1:13]
24. Eyes like mine. [2:46]
25. Ceremony of the bear. [2:55]
26. A shared vision. [3:22]
27. Iza passes on. [2:52]
28. Broud to lead. [4:39]
29. Ayla defends Creb. [2:57]
30. Ayla walks alone. [3:13]
31. End Credits. [3:19]

Eleanor Mannikka

Pitched to the interests of teen girls, this simple-minded, semi-feminist tract is set in the dim reaches of a completely undefined prehistory. It tells the story of blond outcast Ayla (Daryl Hannah) who is adopted by the dark, hairy, and aptly-named members of the Cave Bear clan. When she grows up into adulthood her "blond ugliness" does not stop her from being raped by the Neanderthal clan leader. Left to her own devices, Ayla learns how to use weapons, and she is banished just for that fact. Big mistake. In the end, more is needed here than a pseudo, monosyllabic language to bring alive a prehistoric culture and to be convincing to viewers. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Paul Carafotes  Actor 
Gloria Lee  Actor 
Keith Wardlow  Actor 
Shauna Fanara  Actor 
Bernadette Sabath  Actor 
Janne Mortil  Actor 
John Wardlow  Actor 
Emma Floria  Actor 
Rick Valiquette  Actor 
Bart the Bear  Actor 
Adel C. Hammond  Actor 
Amy Cyr  Actor 
Linda Quibell  Actor 
Curtis Armstrong  Actor 
Barbara Duncan  Actor 
Lycia Naff  Actor 
Guila Chiesa  Actor 
Samantha Ostry  Actor 
Salome Jens  Actor 
Martin Doyle  Actor 
Mike Muscat  Actor 
Christiane Boyce  Actor 
Pierre Lamielle  Actor 
Alan Waltman  Actor 
Joey Cramer  Actor 
Tony Montanaro  Actor 
Catherine Flather  Actor 
Penny Smith  Actor 
Karen Austin  Actor 
Nicole Eggert  Actor 
Rory L. Crowley  Actor 
Shane Punt  Actor 
Natino Bellantoni  Actor 
Colin Doyle  Actor 
Mary Reid  Actor 
Michael Austin  Screenwriter 
Michael Chapman  Director 
Mark Damon  Executive Producer 
Peter Guber  Executive Producer 
John W. Hyde  Executive Producer 
Gerald I. Isenberg  Producer 
Jon Peters  Executive Producer 
John Sayles  Screenwriter 
Alan Silvestri  Composer (Music Score) 
Daryl Hannah  Actor 
Pamela Reed  Actor 
James Remar  Actor 
Thomas G. Waites  Actor 
John Doolittle  Actor 

Country: USA