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Quest for Fire
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1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Quest for Fire, released in France and Canada as La Guerre du feu, is a 1981 fantasy drama directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud from a screenplay by Gérard Brach. It stars Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong and Nicholas Kadi, and was produced by Véra Belmont, Denis Héroux and Jacques Dorfmann with a score by Philippe Sarde. Filming took place in Iceland and Kenya, with the narrative set in Europe.
The film had a budget of $12,000,000 and earned $55,260,558 in revenue. It won the Saturn Award for Best International Film and the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. It was distributed by Netflix.
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7.0In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.
Cast
- Everett McGill as Naoh
- Ron Perlman as Amoukar
- Nicholas Kadi as Gaw
- Rae Dawn Chong as Ika
- Gary Schwartz as Rouka - tribu Ulam
- Naseer El-Kadi as Nam - tribu Ulam
Themes
- fire
- based on novel or book
- mammoth
- stone age
- bear
- prehistory
- ape man
- saber-toothed tiger
- cavemen
- neanderthal
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Screenplay by
- Gérard Brach
- Based on
- The Quest for Fire , by J.-H. Rosny
- Produced by
- Denis Héroux John Kemeny
- Starring
- Everett McGill Rae Dawn Chong Ron Perlman Nameer El-Kadi
- Cinematography
- Claude Agostini
- Edited by
- Yves Langlois
- Music by
- Philippe Sarde
- Production companies
- International Cinema Corporation Ciné Trail Belstar Productions Stéphan Films Gruskoff Film Famous Players Ltd.
- Distributed by
- AMLF (France) 20th Century-Fox (Canada & US)
- Release date
- 16 December 1981 ( 1981-12-16 )
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Countries
- Canada France
- Language
- Invented language
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $21-55 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- artistic language
- Based on
- The Quest for Fire
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Screenwriter
- Gérard Brach
- Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Producer
- Jacques Dorfmann
- Narrative location
- Europe
- Filming location
- Kenya
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 900019
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-02-12
- title
- La Guerre du feu
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- J.-H. Rosny aîné
- capital cost
- 12170000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 79/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Quest for Fire (French: La Guerre du feu) is a 1981 science fantasy adventure film set in the Paleolithic era, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, written by Gérard Brach and starring Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nameer El-Kadi and Rae Dawn Chong. The Canadian-French co-production is a film adaptation of the 1911 Belgian novel The Quest for Fire by J.-H. Rosny. The story is set "80,000 years ago", with a plot concerning the struggle for control of fire by early humans and their encounters with different hominid species.
The film was critically acclaimed. It won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Makeup, and the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director. At the 4th Genie Awards, the film was nominated in seven categories and won in five (Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Overall Sound).
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