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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Nudity, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children Movie Release: 1986 DVD Release: 11/23/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Adventure Drama, Prehistoric Fantasy

Cinematographer Michael Chapman directed this John Sayles adaptation of Jean M. Auel's best-selling ode to Cro-Magnon women. The story begins at the moment in pre-history when the last of the Neanderthal men were becoming extinct and the superior race of Cro-Magnons were starting to supersede them. Focusing on a tribe of wandering Neanderthals who adopt a young girl named, Ayla (played as an adult by Daryl Hannah). She grows tall, lithe, and smart. The Neanderthals quickly accept her into their tribe, but once a tribal member, Ayla begins to question the tribe's male chauvinistic presumptions. Unable to conceive of why only men are given weapons, she takes it upon herself to learn how to use a slingshot. She then questions the tribe's assumptions concerning sexual politics. She learns to count and becomes the assistant to the local medicine expert. As the seasons wear on, the tribe utilizes Ayla's knowledge for their own good while Ayla's continues to try the patience of the tribe with her unspeakable feminist demands. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Daryl Hannah - Ayla
Pamela Reed - Iza
James Remar - Creb
Thomas G. Waites - Broud
John Doolittle - Brun

Michael Chapman's adaptation of Jean M. Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. English and French subtitles are accessible. The disc is worth seeing, even without any extra features, because of the very good widescreen transfer and the inexpensive list price. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide