The Missing Link (1980 film)
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The Missing Link | |
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Directed by | Picha |
Written by | Picha Tony Hendra |
Produced by | Picha Michel Gast Jenny Gérard |
Starring | Ron Venable Bob Kaliban John Graham Christopher Guest Clark Warren Mark E Smith |
Music by | Roy Budd |
Distributed by | Pils Films (France) |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes uncut 80 minutes cut |
Countries | Belgium France |
Languages | French English |
The Missing Link (
Plot
The year is 196303 BC. A group of
Years later, while trying to feed O, Igua comes across a stranded egg. Before O can try to eat it, the egg hatches and inside it is a baby
Elsewhere, Igua tries to get together with his own kind. He finds a group of brontosauruses at a nearby lake, but they reject him due to Igua smelling too much like "man". Igua is crushed and decides to find O. As O begins to search for man, he comes across a group of workaholic creatures named "No-Lobes". They let him stay, but O causes chaos, which results in O discovering the wheel. After O destroys the No-Lobes's crops with the wheel, he is kicked out and the quest for man continues. While exploring, O is caught by a feline creature with a long tail, which she uses to seduce her victims before eating them. O decides to name her "No-man". "No-man" uses her tail to seduce O, then drags him off to her own kind. Before the felines eat him, they are distracted by a new-born baby. O and "No-man", who has a change of heart, run off together, with the others quickly behind them. O and "No-man" give them the slip, then they both have sex. While the two sleep, they are interrupted by a stampede of giant turtles. The feline tribe catches up with them, and catches "No-man". O uses a lone giant turtle shell and a couple of wheels to ride up to the tribe and tries to catch "No-man", but misses. O rolls off into the desert, leaving "No-man" to have her tail cut off. O crashes into a palm tree in the middle of the desert and is left to walk again.
Later, O runs into Croak again. O is in need of
The elder recognizes O and instantly dies. O takes over as leader and tells them that he'll teach man what he has learned on his travels. While teaching them, Igua finally catches up with O. However, O is still angry at Igua. Meanwhile, Ah (O's brother, though neither of them know that they are related) takes over as leader and shoves O away into the fire that was made by Ah. Igua saves him, and both O and Igua reconcile their friendship. Ah (in caveman talk) tells his people that they must show the world who is boss. They set out reshaping the Earth in their own image and destroy any creature standing in their way. As a result, the dragon disappears from the face of the Earth, the No-Lobes are all exterminated in a war against Ah, the dinosaurs drive themselves to
Cast
Character | Original | English |
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O | Richard Darbois | Ron Venable |
Igua | Georges Aminel | John Graham |
Croak | Roger Carel | Bob Kaliban |
No-Lobes | Jacques Ferrière William Sabatier Georges Aminel Roger Carel |
Christopher Guest Clark Warren Bob Kaliban |
Dragon | Philippe Nicaud | Mark E Smith |
Narrator | Jacques Dacqmine |
Production
Development
Because of the remarkable success of the 1975 film, . Despite undeniable improvements, the film was a critical and commercial disappointment.
The original foreign-language version was so raunchy that the dialogue had to be rewritten when the film was released in the United States to avoid an
Featured species
- Brontosaurus
- Triceratops
- Stegosaurus
- Ankylosaurus (one pursued O and later killed)
- Edmontosaurus
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Iguanodon
- Tyrannosaurus rex(one killed by Ah)
- Woolly Mammoth
- Smilodon
- Pteranodon
- Dimetrodon
- Colossochelys atlas(the giant turtles)
- Gorilla (the side character El Gorilla was one)
- Dimorphodon
- Rat
- Dragon
- Feline humanoids- a race of inherently female cat-like creatures that seduce their victims before killing them.
- No-Lobes- gelatinous, dim-witted, sub-human creatures that spend all of their time working and growing crops.
- Ant
- Cavemen
- Human
- Megalodon
Home media
On 28 July 1999, A
In other media
Comics
Picha also adapted the film into a comic strip.[2]
B.C. Rock
B.C. Rock | |
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Written by | Jim Vallely Jonathan Schmock Joseph Plewa Christine Neubaur |
Produced by | Albert Schawrtz Michael S. Landes |
Starring | Jim Vallely Jonathan Schmock Joseph Plewa |
Music by | Alan Brewer Anna Pepper |
Distributed by | Almi Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
In 1984, an American dub was released known as B.C. Rock. It was released in select theaters and home video by
Cast
Character | Original | English |
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Stewie Babcock/Ah | Richard Darbois | Jim Vallely |
Slick | Roger Carel | Jonathan Schmock |
Bone | Georges Aminel | Joseph Plewa |
No-Lobes | Georges Aminel Roger Carel Jacques Ferrière William Sabatier |
Christopher Guest Bob Kaliban Clark Warren |
Dragon | Philippe Nicaud | Bill Murray |
Narrator | Jacques Dacqmine | Mark Smith |
- Additional Voices
Song Performers
- Alan Brewer - "Where I Belong"
- Anna Pepper - "Friends"
- Clarence Clemons - "Feline Blues"
- Genesis - "Afterglow" *
- Hall & Oates - "Alley Katz" *
- Leo Sayer - "Eating" * / "Taking the Brakes Off" * / "Shake the Hand" * / "It Hurts Every Time But We Love It" *
- Rick Derringer - "Afraid of the Night" (duet with Brewer)
- Rick Wakeman - "Flyin'" * (duet with Pepper) / "Steamhole Dance" * / "War Mongers" *
- Kevin Kelley - "Ant Battle"
- Steel Breeze - "This Time 'Round" / "Step By Step"
- Triumph - "Empty Inside" *
A soundtrack for this version has never been released, possibly due to legal issues. However, some of the songs (marked *) have been released officially.
Soundtrack
The Missing Link: Music From The Motion Picture | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 1980 |
Genre | Rock, Soundtrack |
Label | Chrysalis Records |
A soundtrack of the United Kingdom version was released in 1980. The songs were performed by Leo Sayer and were written by Sayer, Alex Master, Les Davidson, and Billy Livsey. Sayer and Davidson also wrote Igua's theme. The score was composed by Roy Budd and performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Additional music was provided by Absolute Elsewhere member Paul Fishmann.
Track listing
- "Shake the Hand"
- "It Hurts Every Time But We Love It"
- "The Missing Link Theme" (score)
- "Paradise" (score)
- "The Only Way to Travel"
- "The Croak" (score)
- "You Can’t Make an Omelette Without Eggs"
- "Creation" (score)
- "Eating"
- "The Mouth" (score)
- "Takin' The Brakes Off"
- "Stand On Your Own Feet"
- "Ant City" (score)
- "The Missing Link"
- "The March of Man"
See also
- List of animated feature-length films
- List of films featuring dinosaurs
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Missing Link". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
- ^ "Picha".
External links
- The Missing Link at IMDb