Year One (2009)

Director:

Harold Ramis

Writers (WGA):

Harold Ramis (screenplay) &
Gene Stupnitsky (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Meet your ancestors

Plot:

Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe...

Plot Keywords:

Hunter | Sodom | High Priest | Cain And Abel | Female Slave

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jack Black	...	Zed
Michael Cera	...	Oh
Oliver Platt	...	High Priest
David Cross	...	Cain
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Isaac
Vinnie Jones	...	Sargon
Hank Azaria	...	Abraham
Juno Temple	...	Eema
Olivia Wilde	...	Princess Inanna
June Diane Raphael	...	Maya
Xander Berkeley	...	King
Gia Carides	...	Queen
Horatio Sanz	...	Enmebaragesi
David Pasquesi	...	Prime Minister
Matthew Willig	...	Marlak (as Matthew J. Willig)

Also Known As:

The Year One (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. (edited; originally Rated R for some sexual content and language.)

Runtime:

97 min | 100 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44270) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:7 | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | France:U | Sweden:7 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:B15 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

New Mexico, USA

Company:

Apatow Productions

Trivia:

Stanley Tucci was cast to play the Biblical character Noah. But due to the box-office failure of Evan Almighty (2007) the scenes featuring Noah were not filmed.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Michael Cera's character first appears with the gold paint on he has no eyeliner on. Then midway through his conversation he has thick black eyeliner on.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Zed: To the north!
Maya: You know that that's west.
Zed: Mmm hmm, yeah, I was just checking to see if you knew. To the west!
[under his breath]
Zed: I'm already glad you're here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: 2009 Teen Tournament Quarterfinal 2 (#26.37)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Robot Dance

Waste of talent and time

A great number of talented people were involved with this film: writer/director Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day), co-writers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (The Office), lead actors Jack Black and Michael Cera, supporting actors David Cross and Oliver Platt, and cameo actors Paul Rudd, Bill Hader, and Kyle Gass, just to name a few. And it was produced by Judd Apatow. And yet it goes so terribly wrong. How? You have to go to the source: the script, which is aimless, disjointed, and sadly puerile. If you enjoy unfunny penis jokes and find the digestion of human excrement absolutely hilarious, you might enjoy this movie. I found very few laughs here, and I can't believe the amount of talent squandered on this trainwreck.