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One Million Years B.C.

Raquel Welch (Actor), John Richardson (Actor), Don Chaffey (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: VHS Tape
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

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Raquel Welch in a two-piece fur bikini. That and the title is pretty much all anyone needs to know. If that indeed isn't enough, there are the dinosaurs of technician-artist Ray Harryhausen (along with some superimposed iguanas), and a prologue that tells you all you want to know about this "brutal world." Want more? There are volcanoes, barehanded wrestling with warthogs, and rival, subhuman, cannibalistic tribes--Lord, the list goes on and on! The portrait of humankind isn't the most flattering: we're petty, greedy, we grunt a lot, and we don't play well with others. Welch portrays a cavewoman from the tribe of the Blondes trying to make a life for herself with an outcast from the tribe of the Brunettes, which doesn't sit well with anybody. --Keith Simanton

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1.0 out of 5 stars ZERO stars. PLEASE don't buy this DVD. Mar 9 2004
By Richard Bennett
Format:DVD
Once again we experience blatant, greedy corporate stupidity. This DVD version is the television version of the movie -- not the complete theatrical release. Fox cut out about 9 minutes from the complete movie resulting in this disappointing garbage apparently thinking we consumers are total morons. (The complete theatrical release on DVD can be purchased at amazon.co.uk.)

Some of us have been impatiently waiting years for this movie to be released on DVD only to be utterly and profoundly disappointed. We were hoping the DVD version would be as complete as the terrific Laser Disc version that was released several years ago.

Fox should pull this DVD from distribution, apologize to the buying public and re-release the actual theatrical version of this movie. That's not all. Heads should roll at Fox. This was no accident. Some starched-shirted MBA slacker jerk at Fox made the decision to release this tripe. What would Fox have lost by releasing the complete movie? They wanted to release some crud just to make a few lousy bucks. Fox felt the lowest common demoninator consumer wouldn't notice or care. Shame on them.

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1.0 out of 5 stars This is why Welch was never taken seriously.... May 21 2004
By Joe Mac Guy
Format:DVD
With due respect to Ms. Welch, it was taking movie roles like this which caused film makers to typecast her in these rather substanceless pictures where the looks and not the story was the name of the movie. This was a Hammer Production, and to have Ray do the effects work just did not work. Ray was a master of creature effects and his work at Colombia Pictures turned out so much better then this one time deal with Hammer films which always did their movies quickly and on very shoe string budgets. The budget for this movie was so low that they actually have a cheap lizard appear as the first prehistoric monster before Ray's Dinosaur effects take over. I think more people watched this movie because Raquel was in it and Ray's effects work took a back seat. That's too bad, because he desereved to work on better productions then this piece of celliod trash.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Fox should have let Warner's release their Edition ..... Mar 12 2004
By A Customer
Format:DVD
REGION FREE. The version on this DVD has been UNrestored back to the American release print. If you don't have a way to play the Region 2 Warner's release (Available from Amazon U.K) be on the look out for the CryptFlicks bootleg. The picture quality may not be as good but at least it's the uncut version.

Not suprisingly the "restoration featurette" doesn't include them cutting out the restored footage.

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3.0 out of 5 stars So funny!
I can't help laughing when I see a group of prehistoric women wearing rags and looking like they just came out of the beauty salon and had their nails and hair done... Read more
Published on Jan 14 2011 by Cyclist
3.0 out of 5 stars Raquell Welch
I remember having a life size poster of this movie 43 years ago on my bedroom wall. You gotta love Raquel to enjoy this movie because she is the only thing of interest in it. Read more
Published on July 31 2009 by David Grant
4.0 out of 5 stars Superb Harryhausen effects, and the rest ain't bad either!
Although Fox uses the famous picture of Raquel Welch in her fur bikini on the cover of this DVD, the reason most people will want to watch and this 1966 movie today is because of... Read more
Published on Jun 7 2004 by Claude Avary
1.0 out of 5 stars These lazy DVDs of grand classics need to end!
I vote everyone who is a big fan of this movie give it the lowest rating imaginable. Hopefully Fox will get the message, take it off the market, and give us the edition it truly... Read more
Published on May 11 2004
1.0 out of 5 stars I cannot believe that Fox did this to us!!
No special features, no commentary by Raquel or Ray Harryhausen, her biggest film ever! And then they have released the short version of this film. WTF!! Read more
Published on April 29 2004 by Daniel Brunn
1.0 out of 5 stars Beware! DVD Is Edited!
Before you order this DVD, make sure you are aware that this is the shortened, U.S. release version! Read more
Published on Mar 4 2004 by cameron-vale
1.0 out of 5 stars THIS DVD IS THE SHORTER VERSION OF THE FILM!!!
The 100 minute version previously released by Fox on video and laser disc is nowhere to be found. Instead, this version is the inferior 91 minute cut. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2004
1.0 out of 5 stars OH NO -- it's the CUT version again
Well, I was really looking forward to buying this, but now I'll skip it. Here's proof that Fox doesn't care about the true movie fans who begged for the uncut version (previously... Read more
Published on Mar 2 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Well, It's About Time!!!!!
I am an avid Ray Harryhausen fan, and I consider ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. to be one of his most classic and memorable works. Read more
Published on Dec 24 2003 by Erik Morton
1.0 out of 5 stars Pathetic attempt!!!!!!
Wanna know why I chose this title for my review? This is why!
1. You don't undersand them!!!!!!!!!!
2. Cavemen never lived with dinosaurs.
Published on Dec 19 2003
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