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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787231503321

Autore

Klossner Michael

Titolo

Prehistoric humans in film and television : 581 dramas, comedies, and documentaries, 1905-2004 / / Michael Klossner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4766-0914-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/652

791.43652

Soggetti

Prehistoric peoples in motion pictures

Prehistoric peoples on television

Motion pictures

Television programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface              ""; ""I. Fictional Works in Prehistorical Settings""; ""II. Documentaries""; ""III. Fictional Works in Historical, Modern and Extraterrestrial Settings""; ""Appendix A: Misleading Titles, Unknown Contents, Aborted and Proposed Projects""; ""Appendix B: Post-Apocalypse Primitives in Film and Television""; ""Appendix C: Outstanding Performances as Prehistoric Characters""; ""Appendix D: The Creationist Challenge: Productions That Question the Existence of Prehistoric Humans""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""

Sommario/riassunto

From the early days of the movies, ""cavemen"" have been a popular subject for filmmakers--not surprisingly, since the birth of cinema occurred only a few decades after the earliest scientific studies of prehistoric man. Filmmakers, however, were not constrained by the emerging science; instead they most often took a comedic look at prehistory, a trend that continued throughout the 20th century. Prehistoric humans also populated adventure-fantasy films, with the original One Million B.C. (1940) leading the charge. Documentaries



were also made, but it was not until the 1970s that accurate film