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Klossner Michael |
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Prehistoric humans in film and television : 581 dramas, comedies, and documentaries, 1905-2004 / / Michael Klossner |
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Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Prehistoric peoples in motion pictures |
Prehistoric peoples on television |
Motion pictures |
Television programs |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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 "" |
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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 |
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were also made, but it was not until the 1970s that accurate film |
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