Clan of the Cave Bear
Based on the first of Jean Auel's four bestselling prehistoric novels set 35,000,000 years ago, this epic film tells the story of one woman's struggle for acceptance amidst a barbaric clan. Daryl Hannah ("Grumpy Old Men," "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman") is the Cro-Magnon who seeks shelter among a tribe of Neanderthals. Extraordinary location photography and a script by John Sayles ("Passion Fish'" "Eight Men Out") make this a truly stunning motion picture. Co-starring Pamela Reed ("Junior," "Kindergarten Cop") and Curtis Armstrong ("Risky Business," "Revenge of the Nerds").
I wanted this movie to be great, but... @Angel_Of_Ekero
I read all of the books when they came out and was really excited when the movie was released, but it didn't quite live up to the book, although I still give it 4 stars for trying to capture the greatness of the book. This release from itunes is really of poor quality, I would wait and rent this somewhere else or wait until itunes releases this in HD to rent.
It @jessicat1962
This movie was way ahead of it's time. It is super deep, With an amazing story line. Jean Auel does a beautiful job at shaping our imagination to help us live the prehistoric. The screen adaptation is right on and keeps you entertained thru out the whole film. thank you itunes for this weeks feature film being "clan of the cave bear" Arrika
Read the Book FIRST @kaitlindb
for those who haven't read the book, you should read it first. this movie will not make much sense otherwise. there are many things that the film makers left out and changed. personally, i do feel they could have done a better job with the material. the book series is one of my favorites. and i look forward for the final book in the saga to come out. Jean Auel's characters are complex and interesting. you find yourself experiencing their world, laughing, crying, and loving alone with them.
Faithful to the book @Citizen Sane
I can't believe the harsh ratings people give a movie made over 30 years ago. It was mostly faithful to the book, it wasn't supposed to be some great movie about social justice. It was a movie based on the first book in a series about a female hero of prehistoric earth and everything about that was interesting and female-empowering to its intended audience. It shouldn't even be rated on Rotten Tomatoes at all.
Two groups collide in a time apart @Traveling Dust
Of all prehistoric movies available out there, this one stands out the most. The author used historical information and what was known about people of that time period and turned it into a story of a young woman trying to survive. The struggles of being different, being bullied and how she faced it, being deemed ugly but later she learned that beauty wasn’t on the outside but from within, being completely different was a challenge but later becomes her strength at an early age (the book denotes that Ayla was between the ages of 3 to 16 when she lived with the Clan). If I had the money, I would definitely buy this movie, the books are astounding and hopefully the whole collection becomes a movie trilogy in the future.