Movie Description

Up From The Ape

Up From The Ape

(1975)

Overview

A documentary based on Robert Ardrey's books that presents 15 million years of human evolution. The author believes that man began killing systematically 30,000 years ago when the Cro-Magnon Man killed off the Neanderthal Man because the latter was different. Man has been killing ever since. This very rare and most unusual docudrama with a cast made up entirely of men in ape suits is based on the work of the impossibly pompous anthropologist/ screenwriter Robert Ardrey, who attempts to unpack the origins and evolution of the killer instinct.

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Facts

Original TitleUp From The Ape

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1975-01-29

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 24m

Genres

  • Documentary