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First Review: Year One is a broad but quick-witted costume comedy by Harold Ramis, who wrote Animal House and directed 'Caddyshack' and 'Groundhog Day'. The American critics aren't happy with it, though if Monty Python had made it, which isn't impossible, they'd be a whole lot more enthusiastic. ('Life of Brian' and 'Apocalypto'were both inspirations.) Ramis succeeds very well in his purpose, which is to entertain and make us laugh. There's a range in the humor from the crude to the subtly satirical. Ramis dips lower than the Brits and doesn't fly as high, but there's some wit and for a few moments the Old Testament gets taken for a bracingly wild ride. The basic joke, well emphasized in the colloquial dialogue, is the contrast between the modern sensibility of the two protags and the ancient settings they roam through.
Ramis gets off to a good start by combining the crude, boisterous Jack Black and the dry, fey Michael Cera as buddies from a stone-age tribe: they make a good contrast, Black's invincible confidence set off against Cera's restraint and exquisite timing. Zed (Black) and Oh( Cera) are outcast members of a hunter-gatherer village: Zed is full of bravado, daring to sample the apple of the tree of knowledge, for all the good it does him (which is none), but still a totally incompetent hunter. Oh is a multi-talented gatherer, the smartest guy in town, though as he says, "that's a low bar." Oh was the one who thought of using gourds to drink out of instead of cupping one's hands ("it just seemed practical"). Oh and Zed, Cera and Black, provide a running series of jokes about masculinity and intelligence throughout. Ramis has fun with Cera's girlish voice and soft face. He's still the smartest guy around -- and also a big guy, towering above squat, plump Jack. Oh's also unmistakably interested in girls, proclaiming himself to be a "male virgin," a status he is aiming to lose. But his looks mean he has to watch out for Zaftig the bald eunuch (Kyle Gass) and the flaming hirsute high priest of Sodom (Oliver Platt).
Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Release Year: 2009
Country:USA
Runtime: 107 minutes
Rating: 5.7/10
Languages: English
Director:
Harold Ramis
Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Writing by :
Harold Ramis
Gene Stupnitsky
Lee Eisenberg
Harold Ramis
Produced by:
Judd Apatow
Andrew Epstein
Harold Ramis
Rodney Rothman
Clayton Townsend
Laurel A. Ward
Music By:
Cast:
Jack Black - Zed
Michael Cera - Oh
Oliver Platt - High Priest
David Cross - Cain
Christopher Mintz-Plasse - Isaac
Vinnie Jones - Sargon
Hank Azaria - Abraham
Juno Temple - Eema
Olivia Wilde - Princess Inanna
June Diane Raphael - Maya
Xander Berkeley - King
Gia Carides - Queen
Horatio Sanz - Enmebaragesi
David Pasquesi - Prime Minister
Matthew Willig - Marlak (as Matthew J. Willig)
Harold Ramis - Adam
Rhoda Griffis - Eve
Gabriel Sunday - Seth
Eden Riegel - Lilith
Kyle Gass - Zaftig the Eunuch
Bill Hader - Shaman
Marshall Manesh - Slave Trader
Rion Hunter - Bedouin Sheik
Gene Stupnitsky - First Guard
Lee Eisenberg - Sodom Sentry
Eric Gipson - Sodom Vendor
Lacie Manshack - Banana Girl
Matt Besser - Guy in Crowd
Drue Franklin - Squanto
Weston Hollenshead - Kid Stoner
Paul Scheer - Bricklayer
Joaquin Townsend - Slave Child
Bryan Massey - New Guard
Keet Davis - Desert Soldier
Tim Hilton - Pedestrian Villager
Ashley Nicole Caldwell - Gold Statue
Mark Cotone - Angry Baker
Jack Walker - Village Child
Jamal Sims - Dancer
Paul Benshoof - Dancer
Kelly Connolly - Dancer
Leslie Geldbach - Dancer
Katherine Miller - Dancer
Michael Morris - Dancer
Sarah Christine Smith - Dancer
John McTasney - Hebrew Guard & Elder
Michael C. 'Mike' Allen - Sodom Citizen
Joe Basile - Bedouin Guard (uncredited)
Dale Beasley - Sodom Citizen-Action (uncredited)
Daulton Brewer - Sodom Citizen
McIntyre Bridges - Cave Man (uncredited)
Rose Brumbaugh - High Priestess / Queens Handmaiden (uncredited)
Michael Byrnes - Royal Guard (uncredited)
Joseph Cintron - Slave (uncredited)
Kayla Clary - Primitive Child Bully (uncredited)
Lucas CorVatta - Teenage Servant (uncredited)
Jenna Craig - Slave Girl
Ella Davidson - Sodom Citizen
Matthew Davidson - Sodom Citizen
Sarah Davidson - Sodom Citizen
Christian Di Salvo - Flutist Band Member (uncredited)
Sierra Lyn Duncil - Cave Girl (uncredited)
Tammy Eaton - Priestess / Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Ted Ferguson - Royal Acolyte (uncredited)
Lacey Ford - Handmaiden (uncredited)
John Gearries - Caveman (uncredited)
Brandon B. Helmes - Trumpeter (uncredited)
Christopher M. Holland - Beggar Man (uncredited)
Scott Jackman - Sodom Stoner (uncredited)
Adam Knapp - Slave (uncredited)
Eric Michael Kochmer - Caveman (uncredited)
Jimmy Lee Jr. - Hebrew Soldier (uncredited)
Gregory Leiker - Hebrew / Mid Level Buyer (uncredited)
JaLynn Martin - Queen's Handmaiden
Dennis Massey - Sodom Citizen
Krystal Mayo - Kissing Sodom Citizen
Cindy McBride - Sodom Citizen Woman
Lee Ann McDade - Begger Woman / Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
James B. McDaniel - Sodom Buyer
Jessica "Ameelah" McDaniel - Eema's Priestess
Eric Kelly McFarland - Sodom Citizen
Darcel White Moreno - Golden Statue (uncredited)
Alexandria Morrow - Abrahams Wife (uncredited)
Rick Overton - Sodom Officer Rick (uncredited)
Ashley-Anne Parker - Sodom Citizen
Chris Parson - Guard / Man in Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
Jeannie Perrin - Priestess / Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Shelby Purchner - Handmaiden / Citizen (uncredited)
Halley Rachal - Citizen of Sodom
Matthew Ramsaur - Sodom Slave / Trumpeter (uncredited)
Chris Ranney - Merchant
Colvin Roberson - Royal Guard (uncredited)
Johnny Rock - Foot Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Roffe - Slave (uncredited)
Paul Rudd - Abel
Chaz Smith - Hebrew Man (uncredited)
Katie Soo - Abraham's Daughter
Sarah J. Thompson - Citizen (uncredited)
Jonathan Tripp - Sodom Citizen
Daniel Vincent - Sodom City slave (uncredited)
Z. Ray Wakeman - Obidia (uncredited)
Thomas Wallace - Male Minister (uncredited)
Angela Ware - Sodom Kissing Lesbian (uncredited)
Steven Whiteman - Sodom Citizen
Steven E. Williams - Merchant
Margaret Wren - Merchant wife / Sodom citizen (uncredited)
Johnny Wright - Sodom Citizen
Courtney Shay Young - Belly Dancer (uncredited)
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Plot: Zed (Jack Black) is a hunter and Oh (Michael Cera) is a gatherer. After being informed that Zed ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, the shaman banishes him from the tribe. Oh decides to go with Zed on his journey to find the end of the Earth. Along the way, they encounter Cain and Abel (David Cross and Paul Rudd). Cain kills Abel and informs Zed and Oh that they must escape with him or else be accused of killing Abel.
Afterwards, Zed and Oh find that the girls they wanted to "lay with" (Maya and Eema) from their former tribe, have been captured and are being sold into slavery. They try to buy the girls' freedom, but Cain ends up selling Zed and Oh. While being taken to a village by the owner with all the other slaves from their tribe, Sodomites attack and take the slaves prisoner, though Zed and Oh escape and hide in the desert, watching the Sodomites.
The next morning, Zed and Oh discover that the Sodomites have left with the slaves. They head off to save the slaves. They come to a mountain and find Abraham (Hank Azaria) about to kill his son Isaac (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). Zed stops them, claiming that the Lord sent him to do so. Abraham takes them to his Hebrew village and tells them about the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Zed and Oh head off for Sodom after Abraham offers to circumcise them. As they arrive in Sodom, they are captured. Cain, now a Sodomite soldier, saves them from being tortured, calling them "his brothers." While being given a tour of the city by Cain, Zed and Oh see the princess, who is starving herself because she feels guilty that everyone else in the city is starving. That night, at a party, Zed is invited by the princess to talk with her.
Inside the palace, Zed sees Maya and Eema serving as slaves, while Oh is forced to follow the very effeminate high priest around the palace. Zed meets the princess and she asks him to enter the Holy of Holies and tell her what it is like, thinking that Zed is the "Chosen One." Inside the temple, Zed encounters Oh, who is hiding from the high priest. There, they get into a heated argument and are then imprisoned for going inside the temple. The two are sentenced to be stoned to death but Zed convinces the Sodomites to have mercy, so they are instead sentenced to hard labor until they die from work. The king then announces that he will be sacrificing his daughter and two virgins (Maya and Eema) as a gift to the gods.
Zed goes and interrupts the ceremony, claiming he is the "Chosen One." A riot starts and Oh saves Eema. The two have sex inside the palace and then come out to help Zed fight the soldiers (including Cain). The crowd kills all the leaders and proclaim Zed as the Leader. Zed turns this down and instead becomes an explorer with Maya. Oh becomes the leader of the village where the whole adventure started. The two say their goodbyes and head their separate ways.
Goofs:
Trivia:
- 6 Videos: Year One
- Break Videos: Year One Trailer
- DailyMotion: Watch the NEW trailer for Year One!
- Google video: Year One
- Ku 6 Video: Year One
- Metacafe: Year One: Official Movie Trailer
- MySpace Video: Catch the new YEAR ONE clip starring JACK BLACK
- Tudou: Year One
- Yahoo Video: ICYMI - Year One Teaser Trailer
- Youku: Year One search
- YouTube: Watch an extended clip from YEAR ONE
