Movie, "Quest for Fire"?

Answer 1

About cavemen who discover fire. Stars Rae Dawn Chong and everyone is essentially naked and covered in mud for like the entire movie.

Answer 2

great flick

I remember having to sneak into it because I lent my ID to an undereage friend.

Also it was Ron Perlman's (Beauty and the Beast TV series, Blade2) first film.

It is not about inventing fire, it was about how difficult it was to create and sustain a fire in harsh conditions.

It was also about the clash of high and low neolithic cultures, a kind of prehistoric Romeo and Juliet

I think it was also about the discovery of the missionary position.

Answer 3

I loved that movie!!! I love movies about cavemen. True to life not cartoonish. When the source of heat from one tribe is taken by another tribe they send out 3 hunters to find some fire not knowing how to create it themselves. It's about their adventures. It's a great movie.

Answer 4

Yes, it is a movie

Answer 5

yes, this is a movie....next question?

Answer 6

Hello,The 1981 Movie, "Quest for Fire," is an excellent study of how the prehistoric humans might have interacted with each other using a combination of sign gestural language and body language.One almost expects to see Captain Kirk over the hill as the cave people fight over fire flames.I have a copy of the film which was shown on a local channel years ago. It is a good thing to remember the beginning of human survival in those tumultuous and disorientating days. I have enclosed a description of the film and acknowledgements.


In the beginning of the film, members of the Wagabu tribe invade the Ulam tribe's territory, and a battle breaks out. The Wagabus are depicted as animal-like savages, covered in hair, who show no sign of mastering advanced tools or fire, and demonstrate scant evidence of language. Despite this, the Wagabus manage a victory over the Ulams, using superior numbers, brute force, and cunning strategic skills. Some of the Ulams escape, leaving casualties on both sides. The Ulams' remaining fire tender (the rest was stolen by the Wagabus) escapes with the tribe's fire, but then accidentally extinguishes it, just when a member finds the remnants of the tribe. Without fire, they are doomed to freezing and starvation. So the Ulams, not wishing to turn to cannibalism, decide to send three men, Naoh (Everett McGill), Amoukar (Ron Perlman) and Gaw (Nameer El-Kadi), out on a dangerous quest for fire. During their journey, they encounter several different kinds of wild beasts and other primitive species of human beings.

Eventually, the Ulam scouting trio enters territory of the Kzamm tribe, who (in some cases) resort to capturing members of the Ivaka tribe as cannibalistic victims. Despite the Kzamm's brutish culture, low social status, and inhuman practices, they are masters at the art of producing fire. Naoh manages to steal some fire from the Kzamms, but he is injured in a fight with two of them. He rejoins Gaw and Amoukar. A young woman named Ika (Rae Dawn Chong), an Ivaka prisoner who escapes with Naoh, joins them seeking protection.

One day, Ika recognizes that she is near her home. She tries to persuade the Ulam trio to go with her, but either lack of a common language or a sense of purpose keeps them on their way back to the Ulam. When Ika leaves them the next morning, Naoh is upset and at first continues on without her, but finds that he can not stop thinking about her. He turns around, followed by the reluctant Gaw and Amoukar. Naoh leaves the others behind to scout a village and is ambushed by the Ivakas.

At first, he is teased and subjected to several forms of humiliation, but eventually the Ivaka accept him and show him their ways. The Ivaka tribe is the most advanced tribe depicted. They have atlatls, arts (body painting, huts, ornaments, primitive pottery), and most importantly, fire. When Naoh is taught how to make fire, he is overwhelmed and his life is changed forever.

Growing impatient, Gaw and Amoukar go to find Naoh and are also captured. During their ordeal, they are disturbed to realize that one of the teasers is Naoh, almost unrecognizeable as he now resembles the Ivaka! Gaw and Amoukar escape during the night, 'persuading' Naoh to come along by knocking him unconscious. Ika, realizing she loves Naoh, follows the trio and helps them escape.

On their way back to the Ulam tribe, the foursome must deal with a bear and a group of renegades who were formerly part of the Ulam tribe. Gaw is severely wounded in a fight with the bear, but he manages to escape. The other three members of the group find Gaw, and Amoukar carries him over his shoulder. Then, when engaging the Ulam renegades in battle, the group uses several spear throwers stolen from the Ivaka, and use them to dispatch their enemies, demonstrating the advantages of embracing new technologies.

Upon rejoining the Ulam tribe, the fire tender, having been given the flame, falls in the water, extinguishing the fire. Naoh tries to create fire by using some sticks, dung and dry grasses. After several failed attempts, Ika takes over, carefully rubbing the dry sticks together. Once the spark is lit, the tribe is overjoyed, silent and overwhelmed. In the end, Ika and Naoh discover that Ika is pregnant with their child.
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Trivia

* Scenes were planned to be shot in Iceland, but it was actually filmed in Kenya, Scotland, and Canada.
* Actress Rae Dawn Chong is nude (apart from body paint) throughout her entire screentime in the film.
* Anthony Burgess created the primitive language for the Paleolithic characters to speak in the film.
* The film is Ron Perlman's film debut.
* The heavy metal band Iron Maiden's album Piece of Mind contains the track "Quest for Fire", inspired by this film.

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External links

* Quest for Fire at the Internet Movie Database
* http://www.moria.co.nz/sf/questforfire.htm

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Reference

* http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

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