justin and the knights of valour ( spanish : justin y la espada del valor ) is a 2013 english-language spanish 3d computer animated fantasy film whose working title was goleor : the scales and the sword .

it is the story of a boy named justin , who wants to become a knight like his grandfather sir roland .

it was produced , created , developed and animated by kandor graphics , the second of their two animated films ( the first was the 2008 film , the missing lynx ) .

it was produced by antonio banderas , marcelino almansa , kerry fulton and ralph kamp .

it was written by matthew jacobs and manuel sicilia with music by ilan eshkeri .

it was edited by claudio hernández and directed by manuel sicilia .

sony pictures entertainment distributed it in spain , and entertainment one in the united kingdom .

the film premiered on 13 september 2013 and was released theatrically in september 2013 in spain and the united kingdom .

justin and the knights of valour was released on dvd and blu-ray by paramount home media distribution in 2014 .

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justin and the knights of valour <EOT> justin is the main protagonist of the animated film justin and the knights of valour .

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justin and the knights of valour : freddie highmore provides the voice for the young boy .

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justin and the knights of valour has its own web page and is on facebook and on imdb .

if antonio banderas thinks that justin and the knights of valour is another shrek he’s sadly mistaken .

a fuzzy plot and zero charm make justin and the knights of valour a lousy animation , writes robbie collin .

sony has set a spanish release date of august 23 , 2013 for animated feature justin and the knights of valour .

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justin and the knights of valour is a fantasy animated feature about justin , a young man who dreams of being a knight like his grandfather .

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the ace : sir roland , justin ' s late grandfather . he is widely celebrated as the greatest of the knights of valour .

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justin and the knights of valour ( pg ) ( manuel sicilia , 2013 , spa ) freddie highmore , saoirse ronan , antonio banderas . 96 mins

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at the abbey , the monks have finished creating a statue of justin in the hall of knights . a wall is then torn down , revealing another hall for future knights .

seeking to match the comic pizzazz of shrek , puss in boots and brave , spanish - made animated adventure justin and the knights of valour falls disappointingly short , despite the best efforts of a very game , mostly british voice cast .

entertainment one has recently acquired the uk licensing rights to the new 3d animated feature justin and the knights of valour , and is planning to distribute it on uk cinemas in august 2013 using their theatrical division .

at present , aliwood is immersed in the production of manuel sicilia’s justin and the knights of valour , while at the same time preparing the production of spree , an international co - production on which shooting is expected to start in 2014 .

" i was impressed with how the spanish mistika technology which we have embraced at kandor graphics enhanced justin and the knights of valour in stereo 3d . it is great to see passionate companies like sgo contribute to innovation in our industry in such a significant way . " affirms manuel sicilia , company partner & chief creative officer of kandor graphics & director & author of justin and the knights of valour .

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justin and the knights of valour is a heart - warming tale about friendship , honour and courage , which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight .

fallen hero : hiraclio was also once counted amongst the knights of valour . then , the law abolishing and disbanding the knighthood from gabylonia was passed , and he was never quite the same since .

justin and the knights of valour tells the story of a young boy who embarks on a quest to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a real knight . the cg movie is reportedly made on a budget of $ 30 million , and is produced by the oscar - nominated studio kandor graphics .

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justin and the knights of valour was conceived as a stereoscopic 3d film at the outset as it was not an option to adapt it to 3d later on . the team felt strongly that the storytelling should take advantage of the stereo 3d qualities in order to support the story and not the other way around .

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justin arrives at the abbey and receives training from the monks , braulio ( barry humphries ) , an inventor who receives nervous attacks when something goes wrong with his machinery and inventions , legantir ( charles dance ) , the head monk of the abbey and blucher ( james cosmo ) , a knight and an old friend of sir roland . they train him using the ways of the knights of valour .

the storyline limps turgidly onwards as justin learns to become a knight under the tutelage of three aged knights ( charles dance , barry humphries and james cosmo ) and overcomes the villain of the piece — mark strong , never worse .

james cosmo as blucher , who was once justin ' s grandfather ' s best friend and helps justin .

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take brave , shrek and how to train your dragon , combine in a cement mixer and fish out every last milligram of charm and fun , and you are left with justin and the knights of valour . the film is set in a fantasy kingdom ruled by health and safety jobsworths , a scenario you suspect will make sense to zero members of its target audience .

justin and the knights of valour has already been sold to over 120 territories , including uk , china or russia . the film is currently on post production in andalusia . allwood meditearráneo producciones is involved in the production and has finance from green moon , junta de andalucia and banco mare nostrum .

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big bad : sir heraclio , who wants to usurp the queen for signing the decree that banned the existence of knights .

animation / action adventure . a young boy , justin , is expected to become a lawyer , but he longs to be a knight as his gradfather was . he sets off to learn the ways of the old order of the knights of valour , and gets involved in defending the kingdom against an attack by the exiled sir heraclio .

) . they create a ye - olde - medieval - dayes kingdom where the glorious traditions of knights and chivalry have been abolished and replaced with a hideous nightmare of big government and nitpicking bureaucracy . valiant young justin (

lawyers have replaced knights . one of few western movies that actually feels intellectually fresh .

justin and the knights of valour tells the story of a young man who dreams about being a knight in the middle age . he lives in a country dominated by bureaucrats and wants to restore the glory of his grandfather , a distinguished knight who was killed by the evil sir heraclio . its marketed as an adventure “full of joy , action and emotion in a story that crosses friendship , honour and courage . ”

justin and the knights of valour is distributed by timeless films ( uk ) as an adventure “full of joy , action and emotion in a story that crosses friendship , honour and courage” and has already been sold to over 120 territories , including uk , china or russia . spanish distribution is managed by sony pictures releasing .

charles dance as legantir , the head monk of the abbey who is very severe , wise , and trains justin .

the monks then receive news that a banished former knight sir heraclio ( mark strong ) and his accomplice sota ( rupert everett ) , have returned from exile and have started gathering an army to seek revenge on the queen for outlawing knights . the monks later reveal to justin the hall of knights , where all the statues of the finest knights were kept . justin finds his grandfather ' s statue and notices that his grandfather ' s sword is not in the chest below it . sir heraclio ' s space is empty . the monks tell him that heraclio betrayed the knights , thus removing him from the hall . blucher then tells justin what really happened to his grandfather and how the queen outlawed knights : the king was killed in a battle and all the ruling was left to the queen . the queen started depending on lawyers and justin ' s father chose law over knights , thus making a contract that outlawed knights , which the queen signed . heraclio was furious . he tried to attack the queen , but justin ' s grandfather defended the queen and was killed by heraclio with his own sword . justin then realizes that his grandfather ' s sword is with heraclio .

] welcome to the kingdom of gabilonia , once home to the bravest knights of all - but not anymore . ever since knights were forced to leave the kingdom and justice officers took their place , we get a new law every day .

not long after , justin arrives at the abbey and receives training from the monks : braulio , an inventor who receives nervous attacks when something goes wrong with his machinery and inventions , legantir , the head monk of the abbey . and blucher , a knight and an old friend of sir roland . they train him using the ways of the knights of valour so that he may defeat the traitorous and resentful sir hiraclio , who even now plots his revenge on the kingdom he feels had spurned him .

in a market either dominated by the glossy high - profile cartoons by pixar and dreamworks or the dreamy works of japan’s studio ghibli , it’s heartening to see a european company get in on the animated action . despite its very british cast , justin and the knights of valour is the work of spanish company kandoor graphics – the granada - based animation outfit behind 2008’s noah’s ark - style effort the missing lynx .

granada , spain - - kandor graphics , in partnership with antonio banderas , has invested in sgo ' s technology to support its growing production demands , and chose mistika to color grade and finish its very first cg - animated children ' s feature film justin and the knights of valour in 2d and stereoscopic 3d .

his kidnapping of lara and presenting her to hiraclio as a means of getting a cut of the ransom .

[ first lines ] justin : [ voiceover ] welcome to the kingdom of gabilonia , once home to the bravest knights of all - but not anymore . ever since knights were forced to leave the kingdom and justice officers took their place , we get a new law every day . see more »

justin lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to be become one of the knights of valour , like his grandfather was , but his father reginald , the chief counsel to the queen , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an inspiring visit to his beloved grandmother and bidding farewell to his supposed lady - love lara , justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight . along the way he meets the beautiful , feisty talia , a quirky wizard called melquiades , and the handsome sir clorex and is mentored by three monks ; blucher , legantir and braulio , who teach and test him in the ancient ways of the knights of valour . whilst an unlikely candidate for knighthood , justin must rise to the challenge quickly when banished former knight sir heraclio and his army , lead by sota , return and threaten to destroy the kingdom . written by kandor graphics

is credited as a producer on this spanish - made animation with english - language vocal talent . the knights of valour is a moderate fairytale fantasy , heavily influenced by hollywood – specifically , the shrek films .

not so different : hiraclio tries invoking this trope on blucher once and justin twice , saying that they all want the same thing of returning the order of the knights to the kingdom of gabylonia . this doesn ' t work whatsoever , as neither of them are fooled into believing hiraclio seeks anything more than selfish glory and revenge .

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barry humphries as braulio , one of the three wise monks who is highly intelligent and his faith and nerves are tested when justin arrives .

olivia williams as the queen , whose noble spirit was dampened after the king died and has outlawed knights to prevent further tragedy .

honor before reason : subverted in the sense that the truly honorable characters like justin and his grandfather , sir roland , are both honorable and very reasonable . rather , they simply embody the spirit of being a knight of justice and valour , and so are above fighting dirty and the like . in this case , they are shown to be in the right , in more ways than one .

“we’re extremely excited to be presenting licensing opportunities for justin and the knights of valour which will form part of our slate at ble this year , ” says hannah mungo , head of u . k . licensing at entertainment one . “the property already benefits from a comprehensive style guide to inspire potential licensees and we’re looking forward to developing some solid licensing and promotional partnerships that will build a strong foundation for the licensing programme . ”

clorex decides to " become " a knight after overhearing the romantization of being one and what it can possibly get him ( girls , fame , and fortune ) , which happens as justin is undergoing his actual knights training .

justin and the knights of valour is a 2013 spanish 3d animated adventure fantasy film co - produced by antonio banderas , co - written ( with matthew jacobs ) and directed by manuel sicilia , with an all star cast including freddie highmore , saoirse ronan , alfred molina , mark strong , barry humphries , rupert everett , and antonio banderas .

sir heraclio is around the same age as justin ' s late grandfather , and is arguably the best swordsman in the whole movie .

justin lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to be become one of the knights of valor , like his grandfather was , but his father wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an inspiring visit to his beloved grandmother , justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight . whilst an unlikely candidate for knighthood , justin must rise to the challenge quickly when banished former knight sir heraclio and his army , lead by sota , return and threaten to destroy the kingdom

julie walters as gran , reginald ' s mother , sir roland ' s widow and justin ' s grandmother who is caring and believes in justin and convinces him to follow his heart .

freddie highmore as justin , the hero of the story and a curious young man who dreams of becoming a knight like his grandfather . he is talia ' s love interest .

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: clorex and hircalio , both to justin . the former is a more subtle and passing dichotomy , as compared to the latter who is more obvious and overt .

knight in shining armor : the legendary sir roland was this in the past as a renowned knight of valour . this is specifically what justin aspires to throughout the film . in the end , he is this , very much literally , after he has been knighted .

the writers understand the natural comedy of rob’s attempts to seal the deal , and provide a steady amount of laughs with sharp dialogue from the supporting characters .

justin is in the bedroom of one of the female characters , lara ( his crush ) , as she changes clothes behind a screen . in a scene that is meant to be funny , justin . . . continue reading

justin is voiced by freddie highmore , who also played charlie bucket in the tim burton film charlie and the chocolate factory .

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in a kingdom undergoing a transition from the golden age of knights , dragons and magician to more modern , less exciting times plagued by bureaucracy , young goleor dreams of becoming a knight .

alfred molina as reginald , justin ' s father and chief lawyer of the kingdom , who firmly believes in law and order and forbids his son to become a knight , due to his rule of outlawed knights , his father ' s death and not wanting his son to die in a similar way his father did .

award bait song : the song " heroes " , sung by rebecca furguson , the first verse of which plays as justin readies himself to leave on his quest and part of the rest of it plays early in the credits , has many of the similarities of an award bait song , though its lyrics are a lot more directly relevant to the movie and justin ' s ongoing theme throughout it than is typically standard for such songs .

it is an excellent movie that my grand children watch over and over . the characters have depth and humor and the message of the movie is good .

at the end of the movie , before a well - deserving justin can be legally knighted , the law banning knights must be overturned , requiring two signatures , that of the queen ' s and reginald ' s . upon seeing his father ' s fearful hesitation , justin was completely willing to turn down the offer of knighthood , the entire reason he left home for his quest and fought with his dad , all for his father ' s sake of well - being . it was this up - close show of integrity and maturity that allowed reginald to get past his fears and worries and sign the rescinding .

justin and the knights of valour is a 2013 spanish 3d animated adventure fantasy film co - written ( with matthew jacobs ) and directed by manuel sicilia . the film features voice acting from freddie highmore , antonio banderas , james cosmo , charles dance , tamsin egerton , rupert everett , barry humphries , alfred molina , mark strong , david walliams , julie walters , olivia williams and saoirse ronan .

and spanning multiple generations , is almost accidentally undone when justin mistakenly pulls the chandelier ' s rope instead of the bell , though blucher stops it in time , so the only damage done is braulio having one of his fits . at the end of justin ' s training , the events of the " dragon test " causes a tower to knock against the game room . all seems well though . . . before the chandelier falls on top of and utterly destroys the display anyway . braulio preceeds to

tamsin egerton as lara , the spoiled , fashion - loving daughter of the richest man in the land . she was originally justin ' s love interest .

mark strong as heraclio , the villain of the piece and a fallen knight who plots to seize the throne .

justin ( freddie highmore ) wants nothing more than to become a knight with the courage and wisdom of sir roland , his deceased grandfather . however , in justin and the knights of valor , times have changed in the kingdom . justin ' s lawyer - dad ( alfred molina ) has enacted so many laws and rules that all the kingdom ' s subjects have given up on the spirit and altruism that defined their old way of life . knights are long gone ; the land is unprotected . on the verge of being forced to follow in his father ' s footsteps , justin takes matters into his own hands . with his caring gran ( julie walters ) encouraging him , he defies his father and sets off a quest : the boy will bring home sir roland ' s missing sword and earn his knighthood despite his dad . justin’s journey is fraught with danger and features a dizzying array of friends and foes . joined by feisty sidekick talia ( saoirse ronan ) , justin trains , struggles to reach his potential , and ultimately becomes an unlikely hero , charged with saving his kingdom from a long - standing and treacherous enemy .

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blucher arrives with gustav to aid justin and defeat heraclio . gustav scares the army away , while heraclio and blucher engage in a duel . heraclio takes the underarm and stabs blucher . justin then duels with heraclio . the two then get stuck on a water mill above a waterfall where they fight over sir roland ' s sword . heraclio slips and falls to his death in the water and justin retrieves the sword . blucher is on the brink of death due to the wound and justin , talia and lara attempt to save him . justin then uses some cool leaves to sooth the wound . just as it seems as though it was too late to save blucher , it turns out that the leaves worked on him and he recovers .

with the color grading phase of the project , kandor graphics used mistika to carry out color , brightness and contrast corrections of the shots so that the appearance of each sequence corresponded to its dramatic intention .

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shot on location over the course of three years , the movie follows the lives of four individuals whom are caught in the web created by the avoiding eye of government and the collapse of villages into treacherous slums . vandenberg and beck introduce the role of village unity early on with the first spoken words of “i massage you to give you strength . ” a woman is looked after by the village elders during childbirth and a new child of kenya appears in a deceptive but tasteful scene . the intimacy of the opening is only a prelude to the social disconnect that is to follow .

justin lives in the kingdom of gabylonia , where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to become one of the knights of valour , like his grandfather , sir roland . but his father reginald , a widower and the chief counsel to the queen , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an argument with his father , justin seeks comfort from his grandmother who encourages him to follow his dreams . justin notices that his grandfather ' s sword is missing , so he decides to go and find his grandfather ' s sword as his quest . his grandmother gives him a key which originally belonged to his grandfather and tells him to go to an abbey where three wise monks would train him . before justin leaves on his quest , he visits his crush , lara , who is a spoiled brat . he went to say farewell to her , though she wasn ' t really listening . justin then slips out of home and embarks on a quest to become a knight .

the three abbey monks are all rather reasonable , all things considered , but it ' s made clear that sir blucher is the most hopeful and receptive of justin from the get - go .

, until he notices justin ' s unconscious , breathless form moments later . he ' s very quick to hug justin once he comes to .

sweet - natured justin dreams of becoming a knight just like his legendary grandfather , sir roland . however knights have been banished from the kingdom by the queen and replaced by lawyers and their strict rules . but after an inspiring visit to his beloved gran , justin ' s mission becomes clear . he bids farewell to his sweetheart lara and embarks on the ultimate quest : to train to become a knight . along the way he meets the beautiful , but feisty , talia a quirky wizard called melquiades ; the handsome , but misguided , sir clorex and upon reaching the tower of wisdom is mentored by the three wise monks ; blucher , legantir and braulio . however justin soon learns that banished knight sir heraclio is putting together an army , with his faithful sidekick sota , to overthrow the queen and take the kingdom . justin must quickly rise to the challenge and find the courage to become the knight he truly wishes to be . join the unlikeliest of heroes and his friends on the journey of a lifetime that promises nail biting adventure , oodles of magic , heaps of fun , oh and a flame throwing toothless crocodile . . .

: justin doesn ' t have this problem , but braulio is quick to point this out upon first meeting justin , and even checks his biceps while shaking his hand .

: one of the primary reasons justin undergoes his knight ' s training . needless to say , it works like a charm .

sir roland was the noblest knight in the kingdom and protector of the king until they were both betrayed and killed by the evil sir heraclio ( mark strong ) . against his father’s wishes , justin runs away in search of his dream and begins his quest to become a knight . at the broken eagle inn he meets talia ( saoirse ronan ) , a beautiful , feisty and independently - minded girl , who shares his aspirations and whom he eventually falls for . he also meets a quirky wizard called melquiades ( david walliams ) who tells him where he can find the magical abbey where the knights of valour once trained . at the abbey , he is mentored by three ancient monks .

kandor graphics was founded in 1992 by a group of talented young engineers and innovative technical experts with the vision of bringing that magic into the animation world . the uniqueness of this company and the team can be felt in their films . kandor graphics’ work environment is a perfect combination of incredible creative and aesthetic animation talent who utilise state of the art technology and software developed in house .

justin , an ordinary young man , learns that he is capable of greatness . his good intentions and ultimate belief in himself enable him to be brave and resourceful . lawyers and " the law " are particularly targeted in this movie , blamed for ruining the preferred " old " way of life - - of knights and valor and chivalry and beauty - - because they instituted rules and laws . of course , the key lawyer who initiated the changes finally learns the error of his ways . lots of stereotypes are included : a very effeminate ( but still lethal ) accomplice of the primary villain prances around eyeing " color " and " design ; " a vain , self - absorbed rich girl dismisses a worthy suitor ; and a preening knight believes he is a supreme gift to humankind .

justin , though an unlikely candidate for knighthood , is determined to pursue his ideals . called upon to prove himself when heraclio and his minions , lead by sota ( rupert everett ) , return and threaten the kingdom , justin saves the day .

tsundere : talia . justin ' s strict code of chivalry doesn ' t help him any better , either .

is expected to be completed by the end of the year and will be released in theaters in 2013 .

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a boy’s dream is important even if it is not what his father wants . justin’s father wants him to be a lawyer like himself but only justin’s grandmother knows the real truth and what needs to be done . so an adventure begins as the young boy leaves on a quest to return the knights to the kingdom . the first thing he must do is learn to be a knight and the second is to find his grandfather’s sword .

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justin ( freddie highmore ) lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . he wants to be a knight but his father , reginald ( alfred molina ) , the chief counsel to the queen ( olivia williams ) , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . in need of guidance , justin visits his grandmother ( julie walters ) , who tells him the story of his grandfather , sir roland .

. he ' s fine with lying and bumbling his way to fame with schemes , as opposed to honesty and hardwork like justin .

justin is a wonderful young boy and remembers all the stories that his grandfather told about being a knight for the royal kingdom . it also is his wish to become a knight but there is one thing keeping him from it , the law that the queen and his father signed . knights are outlawed and that is just not right because who will keep the kingdom safe ?

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hiraclio ' s entire life is so completely wrapped around being a knight , that when knights were outlawed in gabylonia , hiraclio , losing his sense of worth and being , loses his mind in the process . his obsession at reclaiming that glory is shown in contrast to justin ' s earnest want of becoming a knight and bringing back the knighthood to gabylonia .

kandor graphics ' director juan molina states , " thanks to mistika’s power and versatility , we were able to work independently in order to post produce this feature film . this is exactly what we needed in order to succeed in a high level project such as justin and the knights of valour , especially due to the complexity of simultaneous and international versions required in so many territories . in addition , mistika ' s stunning color grading and stereo 3d toolsets made it possible for us to meet the tight deadlines that a production like this demands without jeopardizing the creative process in any way . "

devil’s knot is roughly the cliff notes version of the case for those not familiar with the nuts and bolts of it . in 1993 , three young boys disappeared in west memphis , arkansas and were subsequently found hog - tied and submerged in a creek . the shocked community quickly pointed their fingers at three teenagers whom appeared to be the perfect suspects . suspicions of satanism captured the interest of the police force and the trio of damien echols , jessie misskelley , jr . and jason baldwin were taken into custody .

banderas helped produce this dreary animated feature and voices conceited lounge - lizard sir clorex . plucky justin ( freddie highmore ) would rather revive his kingdom’s tradition of noble knights than follow in dad’s footsteps as a stuffy lawyer . his quest needs dedicated training at the hands of three monks and the courage to cross swords with exiled knight sir heraclio ( mark strong ) .

: braulio suffers from nervous twitchie fits ever sense an experiment of his failed in the past . though he sweared a vow of patience , he constantly comes close to losing it throughout justin ' s training , until justin ' s " dragon test " inadvertently causes the destruction of the live display of the generations long wargame that theirs and a far - east order have been playing for over 450 years . when this happens , he

saoirse ronan as talia , the film ' s heroine and a feisty woman who works at the broken eagle inn . justin eventually falls in love with her in the end .

the woman wearing the queenly mask : an interesting and subdued deconstruction . after losing her husband , the queen of gabylonia fell into a state of depression . she relied heavily on reginald to handle the day - to - day affairs of the kingdom . not long after this , and likely around the same time as losing justin ' s mother , reginald proposes the abolishment of knighthood in the kingdom . the queen signs this proposition into law in the hopes that no other may suffer the same fate as her king did ( who fell in battle ) . the events of the present day show that she has deep and serious regrets on doing this .

the queen then gives justin the title of sir justin and praises him for his bravery . she decides to abolish the outlawed knights by signing a contract . reginald is hesitant at first , as he fears that his son would follow the same fate as what had happened to his father . seeing this , justin attempts to not make change to appease his father , but reginald signs the contract . when it seemed as though justin still has feelings for lara , he turns her down much to her disappointment and surprise , as she was starting to like him . he then turns to talia and tells her that he wants her to continue accompanying him on quests , as he has realized that she is the girl whom he truly loves . talia happily accepts and shares a romantic kiss with justin .

the script gets off to a poor start by positing a medieval kingdom where knights have been banished in favour of the rule of law , which the film says is a bad thing — a view parents may consider strange to be teaching young children .

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justin ( freddie highmore ) lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to become one of the knights of valour , like his grandfather , sir roland . but his father reginald ( alfred molina ) , the chief counsel to the queen ( olivia williams ) , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an argument with his father , justin seeks comfort from his grandmother ( julie walters ) who encourages him to follow his dreams . justin notices that his grandfather ' s sword is missing . he decides to go and find his grandfather ' s sword as his quest . his grandmother gives him a key which originally belonged to his grandfather and tells him to go to an abbey where three wise monks would train him . before justin leaves on his quest , he visits his crush , lara ( tamsin egerton ) , who is a spoilt brat to say farewell to her , though she wasn ' t really listening . justin then slips out of home and embarks on a quest to become a knight .

it doesn ' t look bad , but the spark of originality and interest is lacking .

javier expands further " also , i felt so fortunate to have mistika for justin and the knights of valour . with dual - roles as dop and colorist , i had complete control of the process , which made my job so much easier . the “all in one system” philosophy of mistika resulted in us using its unrivalled toolsets and capabilities for many more tasks than we initially intended to from the start . we also utilized mistika as a display tool as well as for “checks , ” including dcp outputs as well as a compositing tool . the learning curve has been so fast that i was able to proceed from the first week of production . furthermore , it’s been a pleasure to work with the sgo team throughout the production and post production phases and they were always available to meet our needs . "

there appears to be four distinct types of animation movies being made en masse at the moment . first , there are the visually dazzling but essentially hollow animated movies that hope to coast by on the star power involved , see : shark ' s tale , madagascar , megamind . secondly , there are the visually dazzling but hugely funny and / or smart and / or involving animated movies that are instant classics of the genre , see : 90 % of pixar ' s output , how to train your dragon . thirdly , there are the movies that manage to mix the star power of the first and the entertaining nature of the second , see : despicable me 2 , kung fu panda 2 . and finally , there ' s the kind of animated movie that fails in almost every department , no real mega - star names attached , no real visual inventiveness , no real humour or intelligence or heart . unfortunately , justin & the knights of valour falls ass - first into this category .

the spanish animators are uninspired and haven’t a clue how to make the most of 3d . it is easily the year’s dreariest animated film .

important haircut : an inversion . as a subtle showcasing of his development , justin leaves the abbey with the sides and back of his humble , page - boy style haircut having grown out . in fact , we see him pass through the first throes of his development when his neatly trimmed bangs grow out between the point he leaves the broken eagle inn and when he first arrives at the abbey .

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the monks then attempt to challenge justin by battling a dragon , which turns out to be a crocodile named gustav , in mechanical gears . justin gets injured after he succeeds in hitting the target . the monks fear for his safety and decide to end the training . just before he leaves , blucher gives justin his sword and tells him that he ' ll need it . on his way back home , justin saves talia when she gets intimidated by thugs . talia joins in and helps justin defeat the thugs , resulting her getting fired , which she happily interprets it as quitting . justin is amazed that talia is able to fight like a man , which she had learned to do from her brothers . she gets slightly disheartened when she learns that justin already has feelings for lara . meanwhile , justin ' s grandmother tells her son reginald to understand justin ' s desire of becoming a knight , just like his father allowed him to become a lawyer . she persuades reginald to bond with his son at lara ' s party , an event that justin won ' t miss .

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justin and the knights of valour is a heart - warming story about a young boy who becomes a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight . directed and written by kandor graphics ' chief creative officer , manuel sicilia , the animated adventure fantasy film boasts a famous cast of european voices including freddie highmore , charles dance , rupert everett , barry humphries , david walliams , julie walters and saoirse ronan . antonio banderas is also the voice of character sir clorex , as well as producer of the film along with marcelino almansa , kerry fulton and ralph kamp . in his new role as a producer , banderas is respected for supporting a new generation of spanish film directors , having already produced four successful films and plays a prominent role in kandor graphics ' ongoing success .

there was a reference to the safe and how it was opened . in the unlikeliest of possibilities , in the time it took the girl to bathe , he lucked out randomly spinning the dial to the safe combination .

from the poster and the quality of its voice - over stars , i was hoping this would be good family entertainment .

for a darker spin , it is both shown and implied that hiraclio ' s bitterness and resentment about knighthood being outlawed in gabylonia stems from this trope . with all of his self - worth tied up into the glory of being a knight , knights being outlawed came as a rude new status quo for him , causing him to lash out ( which ironically further justified the act of outlawing knights ) . in addition to revenge , hiraclio ' s goal of becoming king is primarily a bid to satisfy his ego and sense of self - worth that he felt he ' d lost .

split personality merge : the two decide to work together to call for help for justin and talia . the viewer is left to decide on whether blucher and gustav showing up was a coincidence or not .

with the design of backgrounds and characters kandor graphics started the library work , carrying out color studies and obtaining basic volumes or proxy’s for the animatics , when the film was viewed for the first time in stereo 3d using mistika . the perception of space at this stage allowed the team to define timings , framing and camera movements . “given the story’s complexity , number of characters and the different locations where it occurs , previsualisation became a key process in defining the film - making . ” confirms joaquín catala . a revision of the right and left cameras also took place for the first time in order to check the stereoscopic 3d . the animatics were then approved by the director following a review with everyone involved , which the team calls “the point of no return , ” then the production department registered the 43 final breakdown of sequences , shots and assets . with the final scenes , props , characters and cameras the layout process commenced . the scenes were optimized to speed - up the animation process and they prepared the shots where the action took place , ready to start the animation phase . with the animated sequence they carried out a second “no return” revision with the supervisors of subsequent departments . when the animation was concluded , the cloth and hair departments added dynamics and effects which brought authenticity to the characters’ acting . at this point , the cameras had to be checked once again in case the animated shot needed re - framing , for example .

a boy dreams of becoming a knight in defiance of his father ' s wishes , and runs away from home to realise his dream . a dashing knight and three wise monks tutor him in the ways of chivalry , and help him gain the skills he will need to defend the kingdom from an invading army . animated adventure , with the voices of freddie highmore , antonio banderas and saoirse ronan .

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parents need to know tha t justin and the knights of valor is a full - length animated film with some original songs . it takes place in medieval times with knights , ladies , wizards , and great villains , but in terms of jokes , characters , and some story elements , there is a modern sensibility ( such as the inclusion of a stereotypically effeminate villain with a love of fashion ; the young hero is torn between becoming a knight to save his kingdom or " going to law school " ) . there’s lots of comedy and plenty of cartoon action , including swordplay , stabbings , and a threatening fire ; a villain falls to his death . a spanish production with prominent english - speaking actors , this theatrical film was released internationally in 2013 but is making its american debut as direct - to - dvd .


the clan of the cave bear is a 1986 film based on the book of the same name by jean m. auel and was directed by michael chapman .

the film stars daryl hannah , pamela reed , james remar , and thomas g. waites .

dialogue is conducted mostly through a form of sign language which is translated for the audience with subtitles .

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the clan of the cave bear ( film ) <EOT> the extraordinary image of girlhood at the center of clan of the cave bear .

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the clan of the cave bear , from imagine tv , allison shearmur prods . , fox 21 tv studios and lionsgate tv , was written by maleficent scribe linda woolverton based on jean m . auel’s series of bestselling novels . clan of the cave bear draws from the first book .

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the clan of the cave bear was a film adaptation of the novel by the same name . it was produced by warner bros and released at 17 january 1986 . the film follows the plot of the novel , but large sections are skipped or fused .

the clan of the cave bear is a 1986 film based on the book of the same name by jean m . auel and was directed by michael chapman . the film stars daryl hannah , pamela reed , james remar , and thomas g . waites .

charlene mckenna ( a . d . : the bible continues ) has joined the cast of lifetime ’s drama pilot the clan of the cave bear , from imagine tv , allison shearmur prods . , fox 21 tv studios and lionsgate tv . written by maleficent scribe linda woolverton based on jean m . auel’s series of best - selling novels , clan of the cave bear draws from the first book .

clan of the cave bear takes place 25 , 000 years ago . it follows the life of ayla , a cromagnon girl , found by a clan , neanderthals , during their search for a new cave after a devastating earthquake . though ayla tries to become a good clan woman , her differences both in the way she looks and thinks often clash with their traditions and laws .

thirty - five thousand years ago , in the twilight of the neanderthal age , an orphaned cro - magnon child , ayla , is taken in by a primitive tribe known as the clan of the cave bear .

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in this book , clan of the cave bear , ayla , a five year old youngster has lost her family in an earthquake . she wanders about until she starts becoming ill , and falls unconscious in a cave . what happens next , is the discovery of clan people finding her in the lion cave . they say she isn ' t clan , and want to leave her be , but iza a member of the clan with a heart , won ' t hear of it . she picks up the little girl ayla , and they take her along begrudingly .

but to remember the clan of the cave bear as paleo - porn is actually to misremember it . the novel is somber , harrowing , and decidedly unsexy . set between 25 , 000 and 35 , 000 years ago , the clan of the cave bear follows the young cro - magnon ayla , orphaned at age 5 after an earthquake , as she struggles to fit in with her adoptive neanderthal clan . as one of “the others , ” ayla is physically and intellectually more evolved than the people of the clan , who use hand signals instead of speech , who are incapable of learning and invention , and who therefore require oversized brains to store all the clan’s collective knowledge . although she is adopted by two powerful members of the clan , the medicine woman and shaman , ayla struggles to conform to the rigid expectations placed on clan women .

or it needs the muddy , exhausted desperation of the characters in " quest for fire , " a movie that did feel like it took place in prehistory . " the clan of the cave bear " is about the first generation of designer cavemen .

the ending of " the clan of the cave bear " emphasizes its bankruptcy , because there isn ' t really an ending , just a conclusion - a romantic shot of the woman continuing on her lonely quest . the great failure of the movie is a failure of imagination .

british actress - model millie brady ( pride and prejudice and zombies ) has been cast as the lead in lifetime ’s drama pilot the clan of the cave bear , from imagine tv , allison shearmur prods . , fox 21 tv studios and lionsgate tv .

and while there is sex in the clan of the cave bear , ayla enjoys none of it . raped at 10 by her clan nemesis , broud , ayla endures forced sex until the age of 11 , when she gives birth to broud’s child . because of her child’s oversized head , ayla has a painful pregnancy and nearly dies in childbirth . when she’s 14 , broud casts her out of the clan for good , and the novel closes with her leaving behind her child and setting off alone .

the clan of the cave bear will not be moving forward at lifetime . i hear the cable network has passed on the fantasy drama pilot after not being able to reach an agreement with studio fox 21 tv studios over the size of a possible episodic order . i hear the network was looking to do the clan of the cave bear as a four - hour event series , a proposition that did not work for the studio for economic reasons as fox 21 has been seeking a regular cable series order . in light of the impasse between the two sides , i hear fox 21 already had been quietly shopping the project , receiving some preliminary interest .

heavy as the hammerstones with which its heroine makes her flint tools , the 500 - page the clan of the cave bear made a serious impact on the culture when it was published in 1980 . jean m . auel’s ice age tale about a young cro - magnon girl who grows up in a clan of neanderthals was a juggernaut of a novel : an instant best - seller , a nominee for an american book award , and the foundation for auel’s six - part earth’s children series , which has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide . but mention the clan of the cave bear and the earth’s children books to anyone who read it as a kid , and they’ll immediately start talking to you about the novel’s sex .

it’s striking how tedious the earth’s children books get as they get further away from the clan of the cave bear . ayla embarks on a career as a medicine woman , has some romantic entanglements before getting married and having a daughter , and tries to combat prejudice against neanderthals . the books are brimming with scenes of “pleasures , ” but it’s all noble and grown - up and terribly dull . because , after all , the true pleasures of the clan of the cave bear are not in the sex we all think we remember , but in ayla’s adolescent suffering and perseverance which makes her sexual awakening feel like such a revelation .

ya dystopias tend to end with some note about a hopeful future . auel does one better than that in the clan of the cave bear by making ayla the embodiment of that hopeful future . the novel reaches a trippy fever pitch during a ritual in which shamans link their minds together and eat the brain of a young man slain by a cave bear to absorb and disperse his courage . ayla stumbles into this cannibal mind - meld and has a vision of the extinction of the neanderthals and the future of her cro - magnon species . her vision also includes our present :

the injured ayla is discovered by the " clan of the cave bear " , a tribe of neanderthals under the leadership of creb . the clan takes ayla in and cares for her , though the desicion to do so is not universal . ayla ' s blond hair and blue eyes set her apart from the clan , and she is a member of " the others " , what the clan calls the cro - magnons . there have been struggles between the two groups . despite the objections , creb and his sister iza take ayla in and raise her . ayla grows up a member of the clan , though some refuse to accept her . as she gets older , her natural superior intelligence emerges and sets her apart even more . ayla has a greater grasp of language and mathematical concepts than the clan members do , and some people resent her for it . after ayla is brutally raped by a clan member she gives birth to a son , and it must be decided once and for all whether or not ayla should be allowed to stay with the clan .

written by maleficent scribe linda woolverton based on jean m . auel’s series of best - selling novels , the clan of the cave bear draws from the first book . it takes place at a time in prehistory more than 25 , 000 years ago when neanderthals shared the planet with the first early modern humans and a band of cave dwellers adopts blond and blue - eyed ayla ( brady ) , a child of the “others . ” as ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage , she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of broud , who one day will be clan leader .

' the encyclopedia revealed the most recent time in history when two phases of human evolution existed together – and one of those peoples were us , ' says auel , who learned library skills pursuing her mba . ' this felt like something i could really write about . it also gave me all the key terms – upper paleolithic , late pleistocene epoch , cro - magnon , interstadial . then i read archaeologist ralph solecki ' s book on his dig in the shanidar cave in iraq . the shanidar cave became the model for the clan of the cave bear society . '

many of the members of the clan resent her deeply , especially broud , who absolutely hates ayla ' s guts . all the way through the story this is true . the clan does adopt ayla eventually per iza ' s request , and she becomes her mother .

book 6 in jean auel ' s earth ' s children® series , the land of painted caves is the culmination of the saga begun with the clan of the cave bear . jean auel combines brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re - creation of the way life was lived more than 25 , 000 years ago . more info : urltoken the land of painted caves is an exquisite achievement by one of the world ' s most beloved authors .

adventure drama set in the last days of the neanderthals . the film opens with the discovery of a recently - orphaned cro - magnon child , ayla , who convinces the clan leaders to let her stay with them . as she grows into a beautiful young woman ( daryl hannah ) with strength and skill , ayla becomes critical of the demeaning treatment of the clan women and the brutal male seduction rites . she must fight for her survival , respect and , finally , acceptance from the clan .

ayla helps find the new cave , saves several lives , and acts as a respectable clan women , not as one of the others . while everyone else is getting used to ayla and her different appearence and ways , she is subtly frowned upon by a couple members of the clan ; this only adds to the persecution that is building up against her . there is one person among those in the clan who hates her with every fiber of his body , and for no reason in particular . this is broud , and it is unfortunate for ayla that he hates her , because he is the future clan leader .

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during the development of meet ayla someone asked jean m . auel about the film that was made of the clan of the cave bear . auel confirmed that she hated the film , she actually sued the company that made it because she was supposed to have been allowed a say in how it was made . she did say that she would love to see the series made into films but that it probably isn ' t something she will let happen , she is going to leave the decision up to her children when she is gone . [ 3 ]

cooper even credits her coming to portland to a memorable 1980 speech by auel ( pronounced owl ) . cooper , then a library director in kenosha , wi , heard auel talk at a conference about how she managed to write her recently published first book , the clan of the cave bear . the new author ' s powerful words painted an image of the mcl that stayed with cooper for a decade .

jean auel in the cave of arbreda 13th july 2001 jean auel visiting the park of the prehistoric caves of serinya in preparation for her latest work , shelters of stone . the excavations are of the deposits of the reclau viver . from : urltoken see also : urltoken

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: ayla walked with the cave bear . she had spoken out for creb because she loved him . the sign had finally come . she understood the vision . durc was of the clan , and one day he would be their leader . she must find her own people . she must walk alone . everything she had lived through had prepared her for this journey - and she was not afraid . for the first time ayla felt the strength of her own spirit .

the movie dresses its actors in furs and skins , and has them walk about barefoot and talk in monosyllables . but it never quite makes them seem frightened and ignorant and vulnerable and bewildered . to capture the sense of wonder of those days when the human race reached its turning point , " the clan of the cave bear " needs great images , not tidy little dramatic scenes with predictable conclusions . it needs sights such as the opening of " 2001 : a space odyssey , " when the bone went flying into the air .

as directed by the noted cinematographer michael chapman , ' ' the clan of the cave bear , ' ' which opens today at loews new york twin , has a gentle approach to its characters and an occasionally striking visual style . what it doesn ' t have is much momentum or originality . from the opening sequence , in which ayla is separated from her mother and adopted by the neaderthal tribe , to the ending that has her proclaiming her individuality and marching off toward a possible sequel , the film plods along evenly but uneventfully , so that very few individual scenes have a chance to stand out . one of the high points is the performance of a large brown bear , in a small but attention - getting role .

at a time in prehistory when neanderthals shared the earth with early homo sapiens , a band of cave - dwellers adopt blond and blue - eyed ayla , a child of the " others " . as ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage ( unlike other women of the clan ) , she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of broud , who will one day be clan leader . based on jean m . auel ' s popular book , there is minimal narration ; subtitles translate the neanderthal gestures and primitive spoken language .

though the national board of review named it one of the top 10 films of the year .

it takes place at a time in prehistory more than 25 , 000 years ago when neanderthals shared the planet with the first early modern humans and a band of cave dwellers adopts blond and blue - eyed ayla ( millie brady ) , a child of the “others . ” as ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage , she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of broud ( johnny ward ) , who one day will be clan leader . mckenna will play iza , brun’s ( hal ozsan ) sister and the clan’s medicine woman .

initial plans for the shelters of stone suggest that publisher expectations around the world have only been heightened by the extended hiatus . crown has announced an enormous hardcover first printing of 1 . 5 million copies for the upcoming book . it has already put out a 75 , 000 - copy special hardcover reprint of the clan of the cave bear , complete with a sneak preview of the first two chapters of shelters and a 25 , 000 – copy reprint for each of the other three works . in addition , the early fall foreign rights sales for the new book , and reprints of previous titles , hit a hefty $ 8 million six months before the spectacular international launch scheduled for dordogne , france , on april 30 .

and i had begun to see the individuals . the medicinal flowers gave me iza ( nezzie in transcription ) , the medicine woman , who first saw the orphan child and had compassion enough to pick her up and take her with them . the neanderthal with one eye and one arm gained dignity as creb , the holy man of great wisdom , whose willingness to accept a strange girl that was unlike his own people . a girl who was like us ! ayla grew up with the clan of the cave bear , but she could not stay with them .

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

it was filmed in the regional district of okanagan - similkameen , a precursor to the many hollywood productions that would film in canada soon after ( see hollywood north and cinema of canada ) . the score was composed by alan silvestri . the movie is one of bart the bear ' s earliest roles . the muskox hunt was filmed just outside hughenden , alberta .

lascaux cave is unusually open , appearing to be mostly white owing to calcium carbonates that form into clear crystals on the walls . amazingly vivid paintings , uneroded by time , decorate several areas . in the book , ayla supposedly finds the cave before the paintings exist , and religious leaders believe it to be the pure white womb of the great earth mother herself . the cave also gives the zelandonii artists a magnificent space to fill down the line . but it was the contrast between the white walls and startling paintings that first took the author ' s breath away .

a7 : i don ' t have a good excuse . it took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline , and to finally finish an origin myth poem that i had been working on for twenty years . it also took time to work out the background details : the climate and landscape , the sites and localities . but i also have a family . my children were in high school and college when i first started writing the clan of the cave bear ; now i ' m a grandmother . life sometimes gets in the way of writing .

at its core , cave bear is speculative fiction about a young girl’s survival and resilience in an elaborately imagined authoritarian society . sound familiar ? it’s the same narrative engine that powers the hunger games , divergent and the myriad novels of the young - adult dystopia explosion of the last half - decade . auel may not have known she was writing about a precursor to katniss everdeen—but that’s how a whole generation of teens received ayla .

' ' the clan of the cave bear , ' ' a big , scenic adaptation of jean m . auel ' s best - selling novel , travels eons backward in time in order to tell the audience things it already knows . it concerns a cro - magnon foundling named ayla , who is raised by neanderthals and inculcated with their sexist , oppressive ways , only to rise up as history ' s first free - thinking woman warrior . the film chooses to lean heavily upon these stereotypes , at the expense of the behavioral and anthropological detail that has enlivened the best of the cinematic cavemen , most notably in ' ' 2001 : a space odyssey ' ' and ' ' quest for fire . ' '

answer : it ' s really just sort of sheer imagination . often i start with letters of the alphabet , or syllables , and i ' ll write ab , ac , ad , and ba , ca , and so on until they feel right . and after a while sort of a pattern will develop for each particular group of people with maybe some anomalies there might be similar endings on names . with ' the clan of the cave bear ' i tried , since i had decided with the particular point of view that ' s primarily proposed by professor liebermann at brown university , that there was some limitation in the neanderthal ' s ability to communicate .

subsequent career : chapman’s next directorial outings were even less auspicious ( the bizarre revisionist neander - romp “ the clan of the cave bear ” and 1995’s honkingly dull “ the viking sagas ” ) but he remained primarily a dp , often on rather soggy comedies like “ ghostbusters ii , ” “ doc hollywood ” “ evolution ” and “ kindergarten cop ” as well as thrillers ” the lost boys , ” “ rising sun ” “ the fugitive , ” and “ primal fear ” most recently shooting traumatic kids movie “ bridge to terabithia ” in 2007 .

, which took its audience . not helping matters were the negative reviews the film got at the time , though the film ' s visuals were praised and influenced the look of many science fiction films for years to come . this became

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now we are in france . . . and we have reached the area where we have the evidence of the art that was first invented . . . and this is the cave art that you find in southwest france .

what was it like , back there at the dawn of time ? what was it like to be a human being , and yet have none of the things we take for granted , such as houses , feminism and shoes ? how did we take that first great leap out of the caves and into the iron age ? or , if you really want to get idealistic about it , that leap out of the rain and into the caves ? " the clan of the cave bear " attempts to answer those questions by making a great leap backward in the imagination , to that precise moment when the first cro - magnons were moving in , and the last neanderthals were becoming obsolete . unfortunately , the movie never really does reconcile itself to the prehistoric past .

it’s telling that auel wrote the clan of the cave bear at 40 , after her career in business stalled out when she hit what she describes as a “glass ceiling . ” time and again , after ayla is told women can’t do something , she does it anyway—better than the men . it’s easy to point out how over - the - top this depiction of girl power feels now , but this was an extraordinary representation of girlhood for the 1980s , especially for young female readers . early in the novel , clan leader brun remarks on ayla’s difference and sums up her appeal to readers : “everything about her was unprecendented , and she was still a child . ” by the time she reaches the age katniss and tris are in the first books of their respective series , ayla has already become a skilled hunter , a gritty survivor , and a protective mother .

ayla is suffering discrimination because she does not look like the people in her adopted clan . the medicine woman , iza who found her dies after a long winter , and ayla is left to defend herself against borud , the clan ' s new leader . he rapes her to belittle her , except it is not called rape , it is called letting men relieve themselves of her . the clan ' s opinions of sex are very strange , because they believe instead of semen impregnating women , it is when a soul ' s spirit enters another through the mouth . women are expected to obey or be punished by being beaten .

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at the same time , a group of the " clan " people were also moving ; the cave that had served as their home had been destroyed due to the earthquake . they spot this child named ayla , and decided to leave her there , mainly because she was different and because she was of no use to them . but before they left , the childless medicine women sees ayla and wants to help her . she is allowed to do so , and eventually ayla becomes accepted into the clan and is believed to be good luck for many reasons , she is even allowed to train as the next medicine women .

for anyone who has lived on another literary planet for the past 22 years , ayla is the cro - magnon child orphaned by an earthquake some 25 , 000 to 30 , 000 years ago and then adopted by a band of neanderthals in the clan of the cave bear ( 1980 ) . she is eventually banished to a living death by a jealous leader and leaves behind a child of mixed blood . the teenager then learns to survive on her own – tames horses , a large wolf , and an even larger cave lion – and saves the handsome jondalar from sure death in the valley of horses ( 1982 ) . finally , in the mammoth hunters ( 1985 ) and the plains of passage ( 1990 ) , the lovers and their animals take on an arduous year - long journey back to jondalar ' s people and a place where the pregnant ayla can , one hopes , raise a family among her own kind .

brighton beach memoirs ( 1986 ) — budget , $ 18 million . box office , $ 11 , 957 , 943 . the film version of neil simon ' s play , the first of his eugene trilogy , was the penultimate film directed by gene saks .

finally , once i made that decision , i rewrote the story that i called the clan of the cave bear , and rewrote it probably four complete times , and sections of it , maybe , thirty or forty times . i began to feel like i had a story . and from nineteen seventy seven to this point , which was about the end of nineteen seventy eight , it took slightly a little less than two years to have a finished novel on twenty weight bond paper , typed , finished draft , the whole thing . it was about two hundred thousand words long , and i had an outline for five more books and all i needed was a publisher .

i enjoyed the film very much and glad i bought it despite the negative reviews . there is only so much of an epic novel you can fit in one film and i think it was done to the best effect possible . yes the book is fantastic and amazing , but if you want an easy evening doing nothing then the film is great too .

during the evolution of humanity there may have been a brief moment in time when neanderthals and cro - magnons ( modern man ) coexisted . this is the subject of this novel that takes place in prehistoric europe . the novel opens with a terrible earthquake , in which a five year old cro - magnon girl is orphaned . alone , young ayla wanders the countryside sleeping in a cave , until one day she is attacked by a cave lion .

it ' s a very difficult thing . . . in a way . . . you have to walk a fine line to write a novel in a series that is also a novel . . . it ' s an independent one and i ' ve tried to do that with every one . . . you know . . . so even with clan of the cave bear in the beginning . . . i knew there was going to be much more to follow and i knew i was putting clues into that that i wouldn ' t pick up until i got into the shelters of stone which i have now started to do .

iza encourages ayla , all the way through the book as well , to find the others like herself . ayla , due to circumstances on broud ' s part is forced to leave the clan eventually and wanders away trying to find the others .

the drama takes place at a time in prehistory more than 25 , 000 years ago when neanderthals shared the planet with the first early modern humans and a band of cave dwellers adopts blond and blue - eyed ayla ( millie brady ) , a child of the “others . ” as ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage , she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of broud ( johnny ward ) , who one day will be clan leader . charlene mckenna and hal ozsan co - star in what has been lifetime’s only outstanding pilot .

after the success of her first book , the author formed relationships with several prominent scientists in the field and periodically went to europe to see locales or important finds firsthand . she even worked digs and found half a 30 , 000 - year - old cro - magnon blade while researching the shelters of stone . but it was a trip to the dramatic lascaux cave in france that produced a pivotal part of the current book . ayla discovers this exact cave , and it becomes an important , highly spiritual place for jondalar ' s people .

) for lost revenue . this did not stop uwe boll from starting a series of films when the film sold well on dvd . . .

directorial debut : “johnny suede” ( 1991 ) dicillo’s first film landed at sundance in 1991 , launching the career of its leading man , one william bradley pitt . the future megastar plays the title character , an aspiring rock star with a truly impressive haircut and a nifty pair of shoes . catherine keener and nick cave are also among the cast for the film , which became something of a cult classic . it’s still perhaps a little too in thrall to dicillo’s friend and mentor , but there’s a lot to like here nevertheless , not least the rockabilly soundtrack .

ayla had to learn clan ways and customs along with every other member in the book . but it is never easy for her with broud ' s open hatred . she learns how to hunt , which women are strictly forbidden to do in the clan , and iza teaches her medicine skills along the way . later , when broud finds out about ayla ' s ability to hunt , she is in deep trouble and severely punished .

( 2015 ) starring millie brady as ayla but this failed to go anywhere beyond a pilot film .

because the film cost us $ 15 million to produce and brought in only us $ 1 . 9 million domestically , it is considered a box office flop . the film was nominated for an oscar in 1987 for best makeup ( michael westmore and michèle burke ) . the film currently holds a 10 % rating on rotten tomatoes based on 10 reviews .

in the 1986 feature adaptation of the book , the lead role of ayla was played by daryl hannah .

with the publication of the valley of the horses in 1982 , auel made a sharp turn toward romance . the ice age becomes oddly ( and , likely , ahistorically ) utopian , full of great earth mother - worshipping cro - magnons with egalitarian societies . the novel details three years ayla spends alone , inventing horseback riding and taming a cave lion . it also introduces jondalar , a handsome , sensitive , well - endowed cro - magnon on his own epic journey , who eventually needs rescuing by ayla after a run - in with her pet cave lion .

brainstorm ( 1983 ) — budget , $ 18 million . box office , $ 10 . 2 million . this sci - fi film was the final film for natalie wood , who died just after filming her scenes . mgm attempted to scrap the film after her death , but director douglas trumbull pushed back and got the film finished after making adjustments . it went onto the shelf of movie languishment for over a year and was released in september with invisible advertising . trumbull was so exhausted by the executive meddling that he retired from mainstream filmmaking until the tree of life .

this novel takes place in a prehistoric setting , approximately 35 , 000 years ago . during this time , there were two prominant species of what will become humans . they are the others , which are very similar to the modern human , and the clan , which resemble neanderthals .

astro boy ( 2009 ) — budget , $ 65 million . box office , $ 39 , 886 , 986 . the losses of the film sucked producer imagi studios into a black hole of debt .

during one of the many interviews with jean auel when the 4th book was released , one statement she made remains in my memory . she disclosed that ayla would live to be 42 years old . since she is about 18 when they reach the zelandonii cave , i would look for the 5th book to cover up to perhaps 20 years . obviously , there will be cultural clashes , but there are indications the zelandonii can learn . trading can be established with guban ' s cave . danug from the mamutoi will visit .

i loved this film . i read all of the books in the series and really enjoyed them . this film ended a bit abruptly ; like they intended to make more films to carry on the series but then never did . what a shame . brilliant way the characters spoke with gestures and you got the subtitles to show what it meant . when i saw the film had subtitles i thought it meant the commentary / narration but they wasn ' t so ; only the gestures and grunts of the language were subtitled .

bigger than the sky ( 2005 ) — budget , $ 750 , 000 . box office , $ 21 , 398 . this film was dumped into limited release to fulfill a contractual obligation with mgm and the films producers that the studio inherited from orion pictures .

brother bear ( 2003 ) — budget , $ 128 million . box office , $ 85 , 336 , 277 ( domestic ) , $ 250 , 397 , 798 ( worldwide ) . one of the last disney films to be made in 2d animation before their switch to cgi , starting with chicken little . it is also the most recent disney film to have a direct - to - video sequel .

blood red ( 1989 ) — budget , unknown . box office , $ 15 , 510 . despite having well - known actors such as eric roberts and dennis hopper in the cast , this film was dumped into theaters after being on the shelf of movie languishment for three years . is a footnote in history for being julia roberts ' film debut and the only film she and brother eric acted in together .

the beans of egypt , maine ( 1994 ) — budget , unknown . box office , $ 73 , 956 . jennifer warren ' s directorial debut . she only directed one more film in 2000 and stuck mainly to acting . part of a series of bombs that derailed i . r . s . records ' ill - fated film division .

action point ( 2018 ) — budget , $ 19 million . box office , $ 5 , 059 , 608 ( domestic ) . this was the lowest - grossing opening weekend of johnny knoxville ' s film career . paramount quickly pulled the plug on this film after less than two weeks .

the adventures of baron munchausen ( 1988 ) — budget , $ 46 . 63 million . box office , $ 8 , 083 , 123 . this film ' s implosion , along with the severe financial failure of ishtar and to a lesser extent other movies such as leonard part 6 , led to columbia merging with tristar and coca - cola selling their whole film business to sony . it didn ' t help that the film was released that only 117 prints were made for the american market , which is unusual for a film of this budget . the film also did not get production company allied filmmakers off to the start they would have hoped for , with most of the label ' s films being a critical flop , a commercial flop , or a flop of both kinds . that said , this is one of the films that is an acclaimed flop , having a 92 % on rotten tomatoes .

having read the earth ' s children series of books by jean m . auel , i thought i should watch the film that was made about the first book . kind of wish i hadn ' t . not really worth it .

love this film - i think it ' s as close to the book as you could get on film given that the clans ' " language " is non - verbal with subtle nuances of touch and expression . i first saw this film on video about 15yrs ago & didn ' t realise it was still around , or on dvd so i was very pleased i could get it on - line at a good price

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she found her own way back to herself , and then a little beyond . she had a fleeting glimpse of the cave again , followed by a confusing kaleidoscope of landscapes , laid out not with the randomness of nature , but in regular patterns . boxlike structures reared up from the earth and long ribbons of stone spread out , along which strange animals crawled at great speeds ; huge birds flew without flapping their wings .

anomalisa ( 2015 ) — budget , $ 8 million . box office , $ 5 , 531 , 455 . it received glowing reviews and became the first r - rated film to be nominated for the best animated film oscar , but it was only in 573 theaters .

ayla’s telepathic time travel to the 20 th century is a neat trick that invites us to see ourselves as her descendants . even as the novel ends with ayla cast off and alone , we understand that she’ll be all right . and we understand that our world will be all right , too , because we are just as resourceful and imaginative as ayla is . it’s no wonder that cave bear ended up on so many recommended reading lists for kids despite its depictions of sexual violence and frank treatment of topics like contraception and abortion : it’s a truly triumphant tale not just about one girl’s coming of age , but about humanity’s .

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the shelters of stone is the fifth in the series . . . that i ' ve called earth ' s children . . . because this is the time of the childhood of the human race . this is the beginning of when modern humans first appeared in europe .

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being human ( 1994 ) — budget , $ 40 million . box office , $ 1 , 519 , 366 . the victim of executive meddling which resulted in director bill forsyth disowning the film .

the big kahuna ( 2000 ) — budget , $ 7 million . box office , $ 3 , 728 , 888 . john swanbeck ' s directorial debut and his only film until the blue diamond , which is scheduled for next year . screenwriter roger rueff , who adapted his own play hospitality suite into this film , didn ' t have another film credit until he remade his play into a 2016 short .

bicentennial man ( 1999 ) — budget , $ 100 million . box office , $ 87 , 423 , 861 . a hard hit to robin williams ' s career , and the film that led to his second feud with the walt disney company , who produced this film alongside columbia .

black book ( 2006 ) — budget , $ 21 million . box office , $ 26 . 7 million . while this film was critically well received , won a good deal of awards , and was successful in the netherlands , it didn ' t prevent the careers of paul verhoeven , producer jeroen beker , and writer gerard soeteman from taking serious damage . verhoeven didn ' t get another film credit for six years , and beker and soeteman don ' t have any credits at all after this film . lead actress carice van houten received international attention due to this film , and several years later would take on the role of a certain red priestess that would propel her career across the globe .

the big picture ( 1989 ) — budget , $ 5 million . box office , $ 117 , 463 . after this film , richard gilbert abramson never produced another theatrically - released film ( his next project was theodore rex , which was denied a cinema run ) .

very difficult to translate the book into film and the language being confined to grunts did not make for an enjoyable watch as it was stilted . going to read the book to see if i can make sense of it

movies was burned down by critics and crushed the cinematic 3d movie until the end of the 2000 ' s , as well as being part of a chain of busts that ended the long main career of director richard fleischer . future

was released during the hiatus . director jean - pierre jeunet did not do another film on american soil until 2013 , and it did critical damage to the career of producer gordon carroll , who only did

the apparition ( 2012 ) — budget , $ 17 million . box office , $ 9 , 627 , 492 . the last horror film warner bros released by itself before it started using new line cinema for that purpose . the film was panned by critics and audiences alike and faced competition from the better - received the possession by lionsgate .

all good things ( 2010 ) — budget , $ 20 million . box office , $ 873 , 617 . documentary filmmaker andrew jarecki ' s narrative film debut was loosely based on the life of accused murderer robert durst . it was shoved to a limited release after it spent over a year on the shelf of movie languishment . jarecki ' s documented the real durst for his next film as director , the jinx : the life and deaths of robert durst .

blindness ( 2008 ) — budget , $ 25 million . box office , $ 19 , 844 , 979 . this film version of don mc kellar ' s sci - fi novel centered on a sudden epidemic of blindness . it dealt with protests from blindness advocates over the film ' s portrayal of blind people . it appeared on some critics top 10 lists , but its reception was mixed overall .

analyze that ( 2002 ) — budget , $ 60 million . box office , $ 55 , 003 , 135 . this sequel to analyze this fell short of the critical and financial success of the original . any ideas of a third film were gunned down after this installment fell short .

the butcher ' s wife ( 1991 ) — budget , unknown . box office , $ 9 , 689 , 816 . this critically trashed fantasy comedy was the only feature film directed by terry hughes , whose tv career still survives . this was also the only film credit for screenwriters ezra litwak and marjorie schwartz .

it was a unique time in our prehistory , when two different kinds of humans lived together . a perfect setting , it seemed to me , for new , fresh , and exciting fiction . why fiction ? i suppose because i started with a story in mind , but also , because in the course of researching for the story , i discovered the humanity of those ancient ancestors . the views of the general public lag behind the academic community by many years in most scientific disciplines . but the gap between the commonly held view of prehistoric stone age cave man and the scientists understanding of the upper paleolithic ice age populations is even more vast than the 35 000 years that separate us . the reading absorbed me and made fire of my imagination .

answer : it ' s really difficult to pin point the input of an editor . my first editor , the one who fell in love with the clan of the cave bear , has since left crown publishers , and is now with dell / delacorte ( bantam dell and delacorte are part of the even bigger random house group ) as publisher , so for the valley of horses and the mammoth hunters , i ' ve had a different editor , betty crashderet , at crown . one of the things of writing a book , at least it ' s been my experience , that editors of writers of books do not make arbitrary changes on your book . they do not say - they do not mark things in your book . apparently that happens more so in freelance writing for magazines and newspapers and stuff , or even if you ' re just on the staff . editors can just come in and change a lot of things . in writing books , mostly what happens is an editor will go through - and its another pair of eyes , it looks at your work , and they suggest , ( well , i think that this doesn ' t fit together ) , or ( this would be clearer if you . . . ) , ( how about clarifying this ) , and then i take it back and redo those writings if i choose to .