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Year One
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Year One (2009) -- When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Year One (2009) -- Zed and Oh get stoned.
Year One (2009) -- Interview: Olivia Wilde "On her character"
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Overview

User Rating:
5.1/10   15,329 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Harold Ramis (screenplay) &
Gene Stupnitsky (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 June 2009 (USA) more
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Meet your ancestors more
Plot:
Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Waste of talent and time more (139 total)

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Also Known As:
The Year One (USA) (working title)
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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)
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1.85 : 1 more
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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. more
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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. more
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.
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107 out of 173 people found the following comment useful.
Waste of talent and time, 17 June 2009
2/10
Author: Randy-3 from Kansas City

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.

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