Early Man (2018)

Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

Director:

Nick Park

Writers:

Mark Burton (screenplay by), James Higginson (screenplay by)

Stars:

Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams

1 win & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eddie Redmayne	...	Dug (voice)
Tom Hiddleston	...	Lord Nooth (voice)
Maisie Williams	...	Goona (voice)
Timothy Spall	...	Chief Bobnar (voice)
Miriam Margolyes	...	Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Rob Brydon	...	Message Bird / Brian / Bryan / Gonad the Gaul (voice)
Kayvan Novak	...	Dino / Jurgend (voice)
Richard Ayoade	...	Treebor (voice)
Selina Griffiths	...	Magma / Additional Voices (voice)
Johnny Vegas	...	Asbo (voice)
Mark Williams	...	Barry (voice)
Gina Yashere	...	Gravelle (voice)
Richard Webber	...	Grubup (voice)
Simon Greenall	...	Eemak / Thongo / Additional Voices (voice)
Nick Park	...	Hognob (voice)

Storyline

An asteroid collides with the prehistoric Earth, causing the extinction of the planet's dinosaurs, but sparing a tribe of cavemen living near the impact site. Finding a roughly spherical chunk of the asteroid that is too hot to touch, the cavemen begin to kick it around and invent the game of football. Many years later during the Stone Age, a young caveman named Dug (Eddie Redmayne) lives in the village with the chief Bobnar (Timothy Spall) and many other cavemen such as Asbo, (Johnny Vegas), Gravelle (Gina Yashere), Treebor (Richard Ayoade), Magma (Selina Griffiths), Barry (Mark Williams), Grubup (Richard Webber), Thongo (Simon Greenall) and Eemak (Simon Greenall). One day, Dug suggests to Bobnar that they should try hunting woolly mammoths instead of rabbits, but Bobnar brushes him off..

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Plot Keywords:

soccer | claymation | football | caveman | stone age | 

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Taglines:

Bronze vs. Stone - Clash of the Ages

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for rude humor and some action

Did You Know?

Trivia

Aardman's last film with the 1967 MPAA logo.

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Goofs

As Dug falls down the stadium seating, Hognob looks at his wrist to tell time even though he isn't wearing a wrist watch. That may seem like a goof, especially considering that wrist watches weren't invented yet at the time the movie takes place, but that's the point of the joke. It's to imply that Hognob is realizing that Dug is taking an awfully long time to fall to the bottom of the stadium.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dug: Nearly there, Hognob. Nearly there, just a bit further. Try a little bit harder. We can do it.

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Crazy Credits

Characters from Wallace & Gromit - Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Feathers McGraw - make cameo appearances during the end credits. You can see them among the cave painting-style figures at the sides of the screen as the credits roll.

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Connections

Referenced in WatchMojo: Top 10 Most Anticipated Releases of February 2018 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Tiger Feet
Written by Nicky Chinn (as Nicholas Chinn), Mike Chapman
Performed by New Hope Club
Published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd
Courtesy of Virgin EMI Records Ltd.
Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd.

User Reviews

A fun little family flick

Early Man is the perfect delight to go and see if you have children under the age of ten. Ten and over can go see Black Panther this coming weekend.

As for Early Man, it's a delight. It has fun humor, a great cast, fun action sequences, and an overall great heartfelt message that every viewer can love, no matter the age.

Some of the issues I have with Early Man is the impossible nature of comparing it to every other Aardman film. It just is not as good as The Shaun The Sheep movie.

With my one tiny issue aside, Early Man is a very fun family film that will unfortunately not do leaps and bounds at the box office due to Black Panther.

I would have to give Early Man a B+ or on an Imdb scale, a 7/10.

Details

Official Sites:

Aardman [UK] Official Facebook

Country:

USA UK France

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Early Man

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,190,525, 18 February 2018

Gross USA:

$8,267,544

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$54,622,814

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aardman Animations, Amazon Prime Video, BFI Film Fund

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1