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Walking with Cavemen

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  • 2h
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7.6/10
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Walking with Cavemen (2003)
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The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.
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1.3K
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POPULARITY
24,687
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    • Stars
      • Robert Winston
      • Alec Baldwin
      • David Rubin
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      • Robert Winston
      • Alec Baldwin
      • David Rubin
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    Robert Winston
    Robert Winston
    • Self - Presenter
    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • Narrator (US version)
    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    David Rubin
    David Rubin
    • Various hominids
    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    Alex Palmer
    Alex Palmer
    • Various hominids
    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    Oliver Parham
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    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    Florence Sparham
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    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    Christian Bradley
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    4 episodes4 eps • 2003
    Rachel Essex
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    3 episodes3 eps • 2003
    Marva Alexander
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    3 episodes3 eps • 2003
    Faroque Khan
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    3 episodes3 eps • 2003
    Badria Timimi
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    2 episodes2 eps • 2003
    Anthony Taylor
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    2 episodes2 eps • 2003
    Suzanne Cave
    • Various hominids
    2 episodes2 eps • 2003
    Ruth Dawes
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    2 episodes2 eps • 2003
    Peter Elliott
    Peter Elliott
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    1 episode1 ep • 2003
    Caroline Noh
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    • Trivia
      Some stock footage shots, as well as the mammoth and Megaloceros models, were recycled from Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001).
    • Goofs
      Since all the ape-men are modern-day actors wearing makeup, this means that several species have the wrong body proportions and also a much taller head.
    • Connections
      Featured in Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth: Neanderthal (2011)

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    HORRIBLE Documentary!
    One Star. That's all this documentary deserves. I haven't felt this disappointed in watching a movie, let alone a documentary, in quite some time.

    I'm a BIG fan of the "Walking With..." series, including it's Nigel Marvin spin-offs, for all their gleeful fun yet informative information. And although the subject of prehistoric man has never interested me nearly as much as other prehistoric creatures, the subject is still interesting and unique to explore. Having seen all the other docs from the series, I figured I need to see this one as well, especially after seeing relatively good reviews in other places.

    Well for those of you who put up a good review of this doc... what were you thinking?! lol.

    Though the information that they were able to get through was interesting, the presentation failed in every other way possible. It had a terrible flow, was incredibly unfocused in what it was trying to say (with information scrambled and sometimes out of of place), horrible effects (that includes the few moments of CGI and especially the makeup effects), and overused MTV-style camera effects.

    Speaking of the makeup effects, one reviewer here mentioned how laughable the scene was when the cavemen come across this giant ape and how it looks a lot like a 70s man-in-suit horror movie. Well there are plenty of moments just like that were the people portraying the ape men looked ridiculous and acted ridiculous. None of this is helped by horrible camera positions and compositions.

    The worst part of all is none of it is shown in an interesting or dynamic way, or looks remotely real. It doesn't even look like it was taken seriously. It also lacked any emotional punch that the predecessors of the series had. Remember the episode in "Walking With Dinosaurs" of the fate of the Ornithochirus (sp?)? That episode still gets me on the verge of tears every time I watch it. It's this sort of engagement with the subject that lacks here most of all. When you are more engaged in the subject and it's own personal story, even one that is just speculation, you care more about the facts surrounding it.

    The only saving graces of this production are the fairly good narration (at least in the BBC version I saw) and the music. Otherwise, DO NOT bother even renting this one unless you want to have a good laugh (which I did frequently, but usually followed by rolling eyes). This does not belong on the shelf with the other "Walking With..." docs.

    And does it make sense to learn that this doc was NOT produced or directly involved with the same people who did the others in the series? Hmmm...
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    • Release date
      • March 27, 2003 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Walking with Cavemen with Robert Winston
    • Production companies
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Discovery Channel
      • ProSieben
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      2 hours
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