Up From The Ape (1975)
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.
Director:
Walon Green
Writer:
Robert Ardrey
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Anthony Zerbe as |
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Paula Crist as Earthling Throwback |
| Directing | Walon Green | Director |
| Writing | Robert Ardrey | Story |
| Writing | Robert Ardrey | Screenplay |
| Sound | Lalo Schifrin | Music |