10,000 B.C.: A Prehistoric Adventure

Posted on February 29, 2008

The premiere of the film 10,000 BC in Germany featured life-sized figures of Woolly Mammoths. The movie is directed by Roland Emmerich, who also diected Indepence Day, Stargate and The Day After Tomorrow.

In the video clip below, Emmerich says the period is a fascinating time in history because we know so little about it. The film stars Steven Straight as a mammoth hunter named D'Leh. Some of the many dangers include sabertooth tigers, ground sloths and angry warlords.

10,000 B.C. bears little resemblance to One Million Years B.C. - the film that made Raquel Welch's figure famous - or other caveman movies. There were also films and tv shows called Korg: 70,000 B.C. and 50,000 B.C. (Before Clothing). Newsday says 10,000 B.C. marks a new era of caveman flicks. If so it looks like it will be an era of better and more interesting caveman movies. Take a look:

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