Belgium, France, 1980
90m
35mm film, colour
Dolby Stereo
A Belgian/French animated fantasy film directed by Picha.
Plot Summary
On Wednesday 25 May 196,303 B.C. O is born into a tribe of troglodytes that’s so dim-witted even the other other troglodytes look down on them. Cast out and raised by foster parents, O eventually sets out in search of his real family.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Picha
A Société Nouvelle de Doublage release of a Pils Films-Société Nouvelle de Doublage coproduction
Produced by: Picha, Jenny Gerard, Michel Gast
Written by: Tony Hendra
Story by: Picha, Pierre Bartier, Jean Collette
Director of Photography:
Editor: Claude Cohen
Songs: Leo Sayer
Sound: Roy Baker
Designer: Picha
Art Directors: Jean Lemens, Claude Lambert, Jean-Jacques Maquaire
Cast
Ron Venable
Marc Smith
John Graham
Bob Kaliban
Christopher Guest
Warren Clark
Alternative Titles
The Missing Link
Press
1980
Variety 14 May 1980 p.19
This new film is richer, more elaborate, funnier. The prehistoric setting, natural follow-up to the background in Shame of the Jungle, gives Picha a larger frame for his exuberant imagination, with its Rabelaisian verve and bracing disdain for good taste. With its marvelously naive graphic delirium, picture should find wide response in international markets, particularly among the younger sectors. […] Credit must go to the task force animators who helped execute Picha’s warped visions of pre-history, to Roy Baker for his effective aural ambiance; to Roy Budd for the orchestrations, partiularly the musical pastich underlining Picha’s parodies of films like “Jaws,” “Star Wars” and “2001“, musicals and horror films. – from a review by Len
References
Periodicals
- Cinéma de France no.44 (April 1980) p.14 – review
- Cinema Magazine vol.4 no.34 (May 1980) pp.236-237 – review
- Cinema Novo no.26-28 (November 1982-April 1983) pp.7-10 – article
- L’Écran Fantastique no.14 (1980) pages 63; 64-66 – illustrated interview with Picha
- Le Film Français no.1803 (14 March 1980) p.6 – review
- Positif no.232/233 (July 1980) p.110 – review
- Pour le Cinéma Belge no.38/39 (May/June 1979) p.21 – review
- Pour le Cinéma Belge no.43/44 (May/June 1980) pp.5-6; 6-7; centre section – credits; interview with Picha; synopsis
- Revue Belge du Cinéma no.17/18 (June 1980) pp.46-47 – review
- Télérama no.1584 (21 May 1980) p.111 – review
- Variety 14 May 1980 p.19 – credits, review (by Len)
