Alpha

20182018
PG-13PG-13
1h 36m

Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.

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In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship tha... Read allIn the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity.In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity.

Director
- Albert Hughes
Writers
- Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt(screenplay by)
- Albert Hughes(story by)
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Awards
- 2 wins

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Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

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Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

Kodi Smit-McPhee in Alpha (2018)

Alpha (2018)

Alpha (2018)

Alpha (2018)

Alpha (2018)

Director
- Albert Hughes
Writers
- Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt(screenplay by)
- Albert Hughes(story by)
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An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha is a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man's best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. After the young man reluctantly tames a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.

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Taglines
- Leaders are born from survival.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for some intense peril
Parents guide

Trivia
The "wolves" in the film are a mixture of real wolves, wolf-dog hybrids (a breed of dog called a Czechoslovakian wolf-dog), and CGI.

Goofs
When Keda falls during the hunt, he hits two ledges on the way down (and tries to grab a third, smaller ridge) before landing on the ledge below. But a few seconds later, when the camera travels from the tribe above to the unconscious Keda below, no other ledges protrude between the top and the ledge on which he is lying.

Quotes
Tau: Raise your head and your eyes will follow.

Crazy credits
Title appeared at the end of the film

Connections
Featured in Alpha: Boy & Wolf (2018)

Top review

8/10

Man's first best friend

This prehistoric European film about a young man who is presumed lost while his tribe is on a hunt. Kodi Smit-McPhee stars as the young man in a primitive world who makes his way back to his family with the aid of a new best friend he's made, a wild dog whom he patched up and the two develop a co-dependency on each other in this first boy and a dog story.

Beautifully photographed in some stark vistas in British Columbia, the most amazing thing about this film that even with some cheating subtitles young Smit-McPhee with primeval grunts and gibberish to pass for caveman language conveys all the emotion of pages of dialog.

This one is a winner, highly recommended.

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Budget
- $51,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $35,857,181
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,352,512
- Aug 19, 2018
Gross worldwide
- $98,203,196

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Runtime
1 hour 36 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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