There's so many different movies that I remember vaguely from my childhood that I would like to catch up on. Only, I have no idea what they're called. If anyone can help me, that would be awesome.
One of the movies I know for sure is called One Million Years B.C. Another is Clan of the Cave Bear.
One that I would like to see again had some dude in a cowboy hat who was with a group of people and they are hiding in a cave from a T-Rex and they set some sort of crude trap for it using a boulder and ropes I believe. After they escape the Rex, they come across a tribe of cavemen who they encountered before. The dude with the cowboy hat has a rifle and he decides against shooting them. I dunno. I remember it pretty vaguely. It may have been called The Land That Time Forgot. I looked that up on IMDB, though and the screenshots don't match my memory. I remember it being in color, but it looks b&w. Anyone know the movie I'm thinking of?
Another one involves cavemen who are traveling the land, trying to survive a time of great change, and they come across a large hole in the ground. The hole is rather deep and leads to a large cavern, which in the middle of there is a big tree that reaches up to the hole that they are looking down from. They climb onto the top of the tree and before they can climb to the bottom, a group of less evolved cavemen gather at a pond at the base of the tree to drink from it. The less evolved cavemen make a bunch of scary grunting and screaming at each other while the two cavemen in the tree watch and wait for them to leave so that they can come down and drink without confrontation.
It may be a different movie altogether, but I think it ends with a huge battle between cavemen during an earthquake that is opening up large crags in the floor. Anyone know what I'm talking about??
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Typo22
16 years ago
The cowboy / T-Rex one sounds a bit like The Beast of Hollow Mountain, with Guy Madison as the cowboy.
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jjhumphrey
16 years ago
The other great Ray Harryhausen film with cowboys and dinosaurs is The Valley of Gwangi (1969) starring James Franciscus and Gila Golan. They find a lost valley in Mexico where dinosaurs still live and they rope an Allosaurus to bring back for a circus. There is a scene where the cowboys are hiding in a cave watching Gwangi (the Allosaurus) battle a Styracosaurus. Other highlights are an Eohippus (dawn horse) that is trained to work for the circus, several encounters with other dinosaurs in the valley, and the escape of Gwangi in the town where he wreaks havoc.
Also, the movie with the girl in the tree hiding from some ape men is One Million Years B.C. (1966) which also features effects work by Ray Harryhausen. Raquel Welch is not really blonde though, more of a light brunette.
As for the truly blonde cavewoman, I'd say that may be Victoria Vetri in When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (1970). The filmmakers created a 27-word caveman language for the film so they don't speak English either. See trivia for this film on imdb.com for the entire language. By the way, this movie was released on DVD as a Best Buy exclusive in October 2008 but quickly recalled due to the fact the package said it was rated G but contained the uncut European version of the film containing nudity.
What seems most possible is Creatures The World Forgot (1971) starring blonde (former Miss Norway) Julie Edge. There is no narration and no English dialogue. Only caveman gibberish. Also, this one has no dinosaurs (making it technically more accurate) and this film features Nala the cavegirl being attacked by a giant python! So this may indeed be the film you are remembering. The uncut version does contain some nudity too. Unfortunately, as of now it has not been released on DVD in the U.S.
I hope this helps.
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gunshotwound
16 years ago
Harryhausen's The Valley of Gwangi features several cowboys lassoing a T-Rex (I think it is a T-Rex, I am not up on my dinosaurs) and a group of them hide in a cave. But the rest of your description does not apply to Gwangi
The caveman movie with the big tree, battle between cavemen and the earthquake is One Million Years B.C..
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peytusk
15 years ago
When I was a kid, I remember watching a fantasy pre-historic film, I remember only one scene from it and also it had no dialogue, could be made by Italian director, under US production.
Anyways, what I remember from that scene was that the lead cavemen of the tribe, for some reason had the women lined up, all in their fur bikini outfit (maybe to chose his “wife” or who to have sex with), he then checked (peeking under the bottom part of their fur bikini) each of the women’s bottom part.
Does anyone know this film? It’s just that this scene has been stuck in my memory for so long.
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joe_538
11 years ago
the lead cavemen of the tribe, for some reason had the women lined up, all in their fur bikini outfit (maybe to chose his “wife” or who to have sex with), he then checked (peeking under the bottom part of their fur bikini) each of the women’s bottom part.
Sounds like Caveman with Ringo Starr.
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