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Early Man
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Early Man is a 2018 British-French-American animated comedy adventure family film made using clay animation and stop-motion techniques, directed by Nick Park and written by Mark Burton and Park for Aardman Animations. Produced by Peter Lord, David Sproxton, and Park, with a score by Harry Gregson-Williams, it is set in Manchester across the Stone Age and Bronze Age and depicts an underdog story involving association football. Its voice cast includes Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and Timothy Spall.
The film was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film and the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. Rated PG and running 89 minutes, it had a budget of 50,000,000 and revenue of 53,431,158, distributed by StudioCanal and Disney+.
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6.1Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.
Cast
- Eddie Redmayne as Dug (voice)
- Tom Hiddleston as Lord Nooth (voice)
- Maisie Williams as Goona (voice)
- Timothy Spall as Chief Bobnar (voice)
- Miriam Margolyes as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
- Rob Brydon as Message Bird / Brian / Bryan / Gonad the Gaul (voice)
Themes
- sports
- stone age
- mining
- stop motion
- prehistory
- cavemen
- claymation
- plasticine
- football (soccer) match
- bronze age
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
24,697 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Animation, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 15 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nick Park
- Screenplay by
- Mark Burton James Higginson
- Story by
- Mark Burton Nick Park
- Produced by
- Peter Lord David Sproxton Nick Park Carla Shelley Richard Beek
- Starring
- Eddie Redmayne Tom Hiddleston Maisie Williams Timothy Spall
- Cinematography
- Dave Alex Riddett
- Edited by
- Sim Evan-Jones
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams Tom Howe
- Production companies
- StudioCanal Aardman Animations
- Distributed by
- StudioCanal
- Release dates
- 20 January 2018 ( 2018-01-20 ) ( BFI Southbank ) 26 January 2018 ( 2018-01-26 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $54.6 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- colonialism
- Depicts
- underdog
- Director
- Nick Park
- Screenwriter
- Nick Park
- Voice actor
- Simon Greenall
- Composer
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Production company
- Aardman Animations
- Narrative location
- Manchester
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 583443
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.earlymanmovie.com
- Image
- Stagecoach Midlands TransBus Trident (TransBus ALX400) 18150 PX04 DOU on route 9A to Duston (39992916392).jpg
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- distributed by
- Disney+
- publication date
- 2018-02-16
- title
- Early Man
- fabrication method
- stop-motion
- nominated for
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
- social media followers
- 4057
- review score
- 68/100
- set in period
- Bronze Age
- set in environment
- association football pitch
- box office
- 54622814
- capital cost
- 50000000
- Commons category
- Early Man (film)
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
Early Man is a 2018 stop motion animated sports comedy film directed by Nick Park, and written by Park, Mark Burton and James Higginson. It was produced by Aardman Animations, and stars the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and Timothy Spall. The film follows a tribe of primitive Stone Age valley dwellers who have to defend their land from bronze-equipped invaders in a football match.
Early Man premiered on 20 January 2018 at the BFI Southbank cinema, and was released theatrically on 26 January 2018. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the visuals and humor, although it was considered inferior to previous Aardman works. The film was also less successful financially compared to previous Aardman offerings, grossing just $54 million against a budget of $50 million. The film was also the last Aardman film to be released theatrically in the United States, until Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom on September 18, 2026, as Netflix acquired streaming rights to further Aardman films in late 2019.
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