Quest for Fire (film)
1981 adventure film by Jean-Jacques Annaud / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quest for Fire (French: La Guerre du feu) is a 1981 prehistoric fantasy adventure film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, written by Gérard Brach and starring Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nameer El-Kadi and Rae Dawn Chong. The Canadian-French co-production is a film adaptation of the 1911 Belgian novel The Quest for Fire by J.-H. Rosny. The story is set "80,000 years ago", with a plot concerning the struggle for control of fire by early humans.
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Directed by | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Screenplay by | Gérard Brach |
Based on | The Quest for Fire by J.-H. Rosny |
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Cinematography | Claude Agostini |
Edited by | Yves Langlois |
Music by | Philippe Sarde |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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Budget | $12 million[1] |
Box office | €40.6 million ($55.2 million) |
The film was critically acclaimed. It won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Makeup, and the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director. At the 4th Genie Awards, the film was nominated in seven categories and won in five (Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Overall Sound).