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Early Man
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6.1Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.
Cast
- Eddie Redmayne as Dug (voice)
- Tom Hiddleston as Lord Nooth (voice)
- Maisie Williams as Goona (voice)
- Timothy Spall as Chief Bobnar (voice)
- Miriam Margolyes as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
- Rob Brydon as Message Bird / Brian / Bryan / Gonad the Gaul (voice)
Themes
- sports
- stone age
- mining
- stop motion
- prehistory
- cavemen
- claymation
- plasticine
- football (soccer) match
- bronze age
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
24,697 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Animation, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 15 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nick Park
- Screenplay by
- Mark Burton James Higginson
- Story by
- Mark Burton Nick Park
- Produced by
- Peter Lord David Sproxton Nick Park Carla Shelley Richard Beek
- Starring
- Eddie Redmayne Tom Hiddleston Maisie Williams Timothy Spall
- Cinematography
- Dave Alex Riddett
- Edited by
- Sim Evan-Jones
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams Tom Howe
- Production companies
- StudioCanal Aardman Animations
- Distributed by
- StudioCanal
- Release dates
- 20 January 2018 ( 2018-01-20 ) ( BFI Southbank ) 26 January 2018 ( 2018-01-26 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $54.6 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 583443
- Official website
- www.earlymanmovie.com
- Image
- Stagecoach Midlands TransBus Trident (TransBus ALX400) 18150 PX04 DOU on route 9A to Duston (39992916392).jpg
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- publication date
- 2018-02-16
- title
- Early Man
- social media followers
- 4057
- review score
- 68/100
- box office
- 54622814
- capital cost
- 50000000
- Commons category
- Early Man (film)
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Article
Early Man is a 2018 stop motion animated sports comedy film directed by Nick Park, and written by Park, Mark Burton and James Higginson. It was produced by Aardman Animations, and stars the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and Timothy Spall. The film follows a tribe of primitive Stone Age valley dwellers who have to defend their land from bronze-equipped invaders in a football match.
Early Man premiered on 20 January 2018 at the BFI Southbank cinema, and was released theatrically on 26 January 2018. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the visuals and humor, although it was considered inferior to previous Aardman works. The film was also less successful financially compared to previous Aardman offerings, grossing just $54 million against a budget of $50 million. The film was also the last Aardman film to be released theatrically in the United States, until Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom on September 18, 2026, as Netflix acquired streaming rights to further Aardman films in late 2019.