Year One (2009)

Director:

Harold Ramis

Writers (WGA):

Harold Ramis (screenplay) &
Gene Stupnitsky (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Meet your ancestors

Plot:

Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe...

Plot Keywords:

Sodom | Hunter | Cain And Abel | High Priest | Box Office Flop

Awards:

1 nomination

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John McTasney	...	Hebrew Guard & Elder
Michael C. 'Mike' Allen	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Joe Basile	...	Bedouin Guard (uncredited)
Dale Beasley	...	Sodom Citizen-Action (uncredited)
Amanda Bosley	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Daulton Brewer	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
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 (uncredited)
Ella Davidson	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Matthew Davidson	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Sarah Davidson	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
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)
Juanita Harrison	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Brandon B. Helmes	...	Trumpeter (uncredited)
Christopher M. Holland	...	Beggar Man (uncredited)
Scott Jackman	...	Sodom Stoner (uncredited)
Reece Kirk	...	Cave Man (uncredited)
Adam Knapp	...	Slave (uncredited)
Eric Michael Kochmer	...	Caveman (uncredited)
Rick LaCour	...	Male Advisor (uncredited)
Jimmy Lee Jr.	...	Hebrew Soldier (uncredited)
Gregory Leiker	...	Hebrew / Mid Level Buyer (uncredited)
Kimberly Liddell	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
JaLynn Martin	...	Queen's Handmaiden (uncredited)
Dennis Massey	...	Sodom Citizen / Slave (uncredited)
Krystal Mayo	...	Kissing Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Cindy McBride	...	Sodom Citizen Woman (uncredited)
Lee Ann McDade	...	Begger Woman / Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
James B. McDaniel	...	Sodom Buyer (uncredited)
Jessica "Ameelah" McDaniel	...	Eema's Priestess (uncredited)
Eric Kelly McFarland	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Darcel White Moreno	...	Golden Statue (uncredited)
Alexandria Morrow	...	Abrahams Wife (uncredited)
Rick Overton	...	Sodom Officer Rick (uncredited)
Ashley-Anne Parker	...	Sodom Citizen / Cavewoman (uncredited)
Chris Parson	...	Guard / Man in Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
Jeannie Perrin	...	Priestess / Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Shelby Purchner	...	Handmaiden / Citizen (uncredited)
Halley Rachal	...	Citizen of Sodom (uncredited)
Matthew Ramsaur	...	Sodom Slave / Trumpeter (uncredited)
Chris Ranney	...	Merchant (uncredited)
Colvin Roberson	...	Royal Guard (uncredited)
Johnny Rock	...	Foot Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Roffe	...	Slave (uncredited)
Paul Rudd	...	Abel (uncredited)
Chaz Smith	...	Hebrew Man (uncredited)
Katie Soo	...	Abraham's Daughter (uncredited)
Sarah J. Thompson	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Jonathan Tripp	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
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 (uncredited)
Steven E. Williams	...	Merchant / Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Margaret Wren	...	Merchant wife / Sodom citizen (uncredited)
Johnny Wright	...	Sodom Citizen (uncredited)
Courtney Shay Young	...	Belly Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Harold Ramis

Writing credits (WGA)
Harold Ramis		(screenplay) &
Gene Stupnitsky		(screenplay) &
Lee Eisenberg		(screenplay)
Harold Ramis		(story)

Produced by
Judd Apatow	....	producer
Andrew Epstein	....	associate producer
Harold Ramis	....	co-producer
Rodney Rothman	....	executive producer
Clayton Townsend	....	producer
Laurel A. Ward	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography by
Alar Kivilo

Film Editing by
Craig Herring
Steve Welch

Casting by
Tara Duncil
Chris Gray
Jeanne McCarthy

Production Design by
Jefferson Sage

Art Direction by
Richard Fojo

Set Decoration by
Dorree Cooper

Costume Design by
Debra McGuire

Makeup Department
Kim Ayers	....	key makeup artist (as Kimberly Ayers)
Robin Beauchesne	....	makeup artist
John Blake	....	makeup department head
Yvonne Depatis-Kupka	....	department head hair
Patricia Gundlach	....	key hair stylist
Stacey Herbert	....	makeup artist
Jules Holdren	....	hair stylist (additional photography)
Ann-Maree Hurley	....	makeup artist
Jennifer Jane	....	hair stylist
Jack Lazzaro	....	makeup artist
Norma Lee	....	hair stylist
Courtney Lether	....	makeup artist
Rose Librizzi	....	makeup artist
Ann Marie Luddy	....	hair stylist
Maxine Morris	....	hair stylist
Roz Music	....	make-up and hair: Mr. Black
Kim Perrodin	....	makeup artist
Theraesa Rivers	....	hair stylist
Viola Rock	....	makeup artist
Yolanda Sheridan	....	makeup artist
Nicole Sortillon	....	makeup artist
Justin Stafford	....	wigs
Tommie Strawther	....	hair stylist
Tony Ward	....	hair stylist
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker: Mr. Black

Production Management
Barrett J. Leigh	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dieter 'Dietman' Busch	....	first assistant director: second unit
E.J. Foerster	....	second unit director
Eric Glasser	....	second second assistant director
Jon Mallard	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Dawn Massaro	....	second assistant director
Matt G. Sheets	....	second assistant director: additional photography, second unit
Yumiko Takeya	....	second assistant director

Art Department
RA Arancio-Parrain	....	set dresser
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	....	property master
Jeff Broome	....	construction medic
Jeffrey Broome	....	construction medic
Kenneth Brown	....	sculptor
Eddie Burcham	....	set dresser
William Burck	....	propmaker carpenter
Lance Cheatham	....	set dresser
Michael Chochol	....	set dresser
John B. Clarey III	....	foreman
Randall S. Coe	....	construction coordinator
David Corral	....	greensman
Gus Coto	....	set dresser
Lisa Akes Crouch	....	greensman
Lisa Akes Crouch	....	utility technician
Matthew L. Crowson	....	painter
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
Byron Denson	....	labor foreman
James Doh	....	storyboard artist
Timothy M. Earls	....	set designer
Michael J. Flynn	....	greensman
Mimi Gauthier	....	buyer: reshoots
Mimi Gauthier	....	set decoration buyer
Christopher Gilman	....	props
David Goldstein	....	painter
Ram Goradia	....	set dresser
Linda R. Gore	....	set dresser
Trevor Goring	....	storyboard artist
John Gorman	....	assistant property master
Shawn M. Gray	....	assistant property master
Geoffrey S. Grimsman	....	assistant art director
Julie Gueydan	....	construction purchaser
Shannon Harrelson	....	set designer
Roland Heart	....	carpenter
Anthony J. Henderson	....	lead sculptor
Mike Herriage	....	greensman
Trent Hevener	....	propmaker
J.D. Jacoby	....	third assistant props
Robin D. Jones	....	carpenter
Julie Kobsa	....	prop assistant
Nicole LaBranche	....	set decoration coordinator
Nicole LaBranche	....	set decoration coordinator: reshoots
Robert Larriviere	....	art department coordinator
Robert Loring Jr.	....	greensman
Dale Lotreck	....	painter
Ted Lubonovich II	....	propmaker foreman
Jim Magdaleno	....	storyboard artist
Christopher Martin	....	key greens
Eric A. Martin	....	propmaker
Trey Merrill	....	plasterer
Trey Merrill	....	propmaker
Robert Possum Miller	....	propmaker
Christopher Lee Moore	....	props
John W. Morgan	....	plaster foreman
Robbie Mueller	....	set dresser
William Nutt	....	shop assistant
Greg O'Donohue	....	leadman: additional photography
Darren Patnode	....	key set dresser
Adele Plauche	....	set designer
Roger Prater	....	head greens coordinator
Wm. Michael Rafter	....	set dresser
Jeremy Alan Read	....	set dresser
Taylor Savas Reese	....	propmaker gangboss
Johnny Rock	....	plaster crew
Paul Schultz	....	propmaker
Charles Seale	....	carpenter
Bob Trevino	....	propmaker
Marcus Turchi	....	carpenter
Bryan Turk	....	general foreman
Daniel Turk	....	construction coordinator
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Darrell L. Wight	....	set designer
Michael Wilks	....	on-set dresser
James Dupuy	....	foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve C. Aaron	....	sound mixer
Ulrika Akander	....	adr editor
George H. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Burns	....	assistant adr editor
Anne Couk	....	assistant ADR editor
Tammy Fearing	....	adr supervisor
Alison Fisher	....	adr editor
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Larry Kemp	....	sound editor
Susan Kurtz	....	adr editor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Chris Main	....	boom operator
Cindy Marty	....	sound editor
James Matheny	....	dialogue editor
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Brandon Prodger	....	adr mixer
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Joe Schiff	....	foley supervisor
Joel Shryack	....	additional sound supervision
Dirk Stout	....	boom operator: New Mexico
Jared Watt	....	sound utility
Brad Lokey	....	sound utility (uncredited)
Fred Peck III	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Michael H. Clark	....	special effects technician
G. Heath Hood	....	special effects technician
Eric A. Martin	....	special effects technician
Matt Neel	....	special effects technician
Richard E. Perry	....	special effects technician
Lisa Reynolds	....	special effects foreman
Bob Shelley	....	special effects supervisor
Randy Southerland	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Aliza Corson Chameides	....	digital compositor
Jamie Dixon	....	visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
Collin Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator
Les Hunter	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead Productions
Justin Jones	....	cg supervisor
Kelly Rae Kenan	....	visual effects coordinator: Hammerhead Productions
Shira Mandel	....	visual effects: Hammerhead Productions
Richard Matsushita	....	generalist
Daniel Mellitz	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions

Stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunt performer
Kevin Beard	....	stunt performer
Kevin Cassidy	....	utility stunts
Trace Cheramie	....	stunts
Keet Davis	....	stunts
Brian Duffy	....	stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Chris J. Fanguy	....	stunt performer
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt performer
Teri Garland	....	stunts
Lex D. Geddings	....	stunt double
Derek Graf	....	stunts
Chad Guerrero	....	stunts
Greg Harris	....	stunt performer
Danny Cosmo Higginbottom	....	stunt double (as Danny Cosmo)
Kurt Hockenberry	....	stunts
Bobby C. King	....	stunt performer
Ralf Koch	....	stunt double
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunts
Malosi Leonard	....	stunt coordinator
Matt Leonard	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Li	....	stunt rigger
David Mueller	....	stunts
Carrick O'Quinn	....	stunts
Alec Rayme	....	stunt performer
Kevin Reid	....	stunts
Sam Situmorang	....	stunts
Alison R. Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tim J. Smith	....	stunt performer
Russell Thomas	....	stunts
Jay Veltri	....	stunts
Jimmy Waitman	....	stunt double
Van White	....	stunts
Boni Yanagisawa	....	utility stunts
John Zimmerman	....	stunt performer
Antal Kalik	....	stunts (uncredited)
Justin Riemer	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Bacharka	....	lighting technician
Brent Bazinski	....	electrician
Adam Beard	....	grip
Sarah Bowman	....	second assistant camera
Buzzy Burwell	....	assistant chief lighting technician: additional photography
Jeffrey N. Civa	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Brown Cooper	....	camera operator: second unit
Stephen Crowley	....	key rigging gaffer
Sean Cruz	....	rigging electrician
Morgan Davis	....	grip
John Gregory Edwards	....	electrician
Eli Everhard	....	lighting technician
Chris Fisher	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Robert Foster	....	camera operator: second unit
Brouke Franklin	....	first assistant camera: re-shoots
Dan Furst	....	video assist operator
Teena Garcia	....	film loader: Los Angeles unit
Justin Geoffroy	....	video assist
Gonzalo Gonzalez	....	electrician
Geoff Gregg	....	camera production assistant
Craig Grossmueller	....	first assistant camera
Suzanne Hanover	....	still photographer
Gaylan Andrew Hussain	....	dolly grip
Tom Hutchinson	....	camera operator: second unit
Daniel H. Jacobs	....	additional electrician
Paul Lambiase	....	grip
Morgan Michael Lewis	....	key grip
Charles Libin	....	director of photography: second unit
Otis Mannick	....	b dolly grip
Halley Manning	....	rigging electrician
Bradley Martin	....	lamp operator
James Trapper McEvoy	....	key rigging grip
Fred L. McLane	....	first assistant camera
Jerome Miller Jr.	....	grip
Brian Minzlaff	....	set lighting: additional photography
Frank Parrish	....	second assistant camera
Michelle Pizanis	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jason Prowell	....	rigging electrician
Robert Rendon	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Monty Rowan	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ted Sapp	....	key rigging grip: re-shoots
Gerard Sava	....	camera operator: second unit
David Schmalz	....	second video assist operator
Jonathan Shier	....	film loader: additional photography
John Sizer	....	second assistant camera:second unit
Peter M. Smith	....	lighting technician
Alejandro Snodgrass	....	grip
C. Ashley Sudge	....	dolly grip
Nathan Tape	....	rigging electrician
Karina Teismann	....	electrician
Rick Thomas	....	gaffer
Tonja Thomas	....	film loader (as Tonja Greenfield)
Bas Tiele	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Daniel Tkaczyk	....	lighting technician
Stan Torres	....	grip
Mike Tyson	....	dimmer technician
Robert Veliky	....	additional second assistant camera
Alex Willson	....	electrician
Earl Woods	....	rigging electrician
Steve Zeiger	....	grip
Ty Zenter	....	grip
Steve Zigler	....	rigging best boy

Casting Department
Nicole Abellera	....	casting associate
Jamie Baremore	....	extras casting
Joanne Bloom	....	casting assistant
Andrei Constantinescu	....	extras casting assistant: additional photography
Ryan Glorioso	....	extras casting coordinator: additional photography
Juan Carlos Ortiz-Duran	....	extras casting scout
Kyle Register	....	extras casting assistant
Selisa Sirls	....	extras casting assistant
Kate Warren	....	extras casting assistant: additional photography
Steven Whiteman	....	extras casting
Leslie Woo	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gayle Anderson	....	costumer
Erica Callais	....	specialty costumer
Lorraine Calvert	....	assistant costume designer
Suzanne M.B. Chambliss	....	seamstress
Donna Chance	....	key set costumer
Joseph Cigliano	....	key costumer
Careen Fowles	....	costume supervisor
Caryn Frankenfield	....	set costumer
Gordana Golubovich	....	assistant costume designer
Ren Heeralal	....	set costumer
Brett Heicher	....	costumes production assistant
Sarah Larson	....	costumer
Frances LeCompte	....	seamstress
Tonya Leonard	....	set costumer
Shea Marcus	....	wardrobe assistant
Dena Matranga	....	principal set costumer
Chandra Moore	....	head costume ager
Meriwether Nichols	....	set costumer
Kent Alan Parker	....	set costumer
Chuck ReCar	....	costume ager/dyer
Melissa Reed	....	set costumer
Claire Sandrin	....	costumer
Giselle Spence	....	workroom supervisor
Susan Thomas	....	key costumer
Omar Leo Torres	....	set costumer
Rodney Williamson	....	costumer
Tyra Youland	....	head costume ager/dyer (uncredited )

Editorial Department
Shaun Aprahamian	....	assistant editor
Maria Gonzales	....	first assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Hugh Ross	....	assistant editor
Zared Shai	....	editorial staff
Jeff Smithwick	....	digital film colorist
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)
Dave Pickett	....	colorist (television version) (uncredited)
Benjamin Sutor	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator
Sally Boldt	....	music editor
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Thomas S. Drescher	....	music editor
Chris Fogel	....	music mixer
Ludwig Goransson	....	composer: additional music
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Michael T. Ryan	....	music editor
Andrew Shulman	....	musician
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Skip Barbay	....	transportation co-captain
David Beard	....	driver
Rupert Cole	....	transportation dispatcher: reshoots: L.A.
John DeVay	....	driver: camera truck
Winston A. Hall	....	driver: cast
Chris Haynes	....	driver
Kenny Heath	....	production driver
Jerry Jackson	....	transportation coordinator
Jodie Jones	....	driver: cast
Charles Landers	....	driver: cast
John Lybrand	....	transportation captain
Vicki Lybrand	....	transportation dispatcher
Jack Jay Reece	....	driver
Richard C. Ryan	....	transportation coordinator: Los Angeles
Paul Salard III	....	production van driver
John F. Teeple	....	driver
James Waitkus	....	transportation captain: Los Angeles
Christopher Weippert	....	driver
John Yarbrough	....	driver

Other crew
Jesse J. Adams	....	additional production assistant
Steve Aguino	....	assistant location manager
Natalie Alexander	....	ADR voices
Edward Allen	....	production accountant
Neil Andrea	....	marine department
Ginger Attaway	....	location assistant: reshoots
Mark Brooks	....	wrangler
Phillip Jordan Brooks	....	assistant location manager
Toby Burge	....	production assistant
Eric Carlton	....	set production assistant
Claire Chandou	....	key assistant accountant: reshoots
Angie Lee Cobbs	....	assistant coordinator
Greg Cohen	....	assistant: Mr. Apatow
Malika R. Cohen	....	assistant production coordinator
Brooke Coleman	....	production secretary
S.R. Conger	....	first assistant accountant
Joann Connolly	....	production assistant
Christopher Crouch	....	office production assistant: additional photography
Zavion M. Davenport	....	locations assistant
Diane Davis	....	set medic
Jane DeFreese	....	studio teacher
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Lacey Ford	....	stand-in
Jerry D. Funderburk	....	extras coordinator
Kate Galbraith	....	production coordinator
Katy Galow	....	second unit production assistant
Sean Garcia	....	production coordinator
Destin E. Gautier	....	production assistant
Alex Gianopoulos	....	assistant location manager: New Mexico
Charles Gibson	....	production secretary
Rich Gill	....	production assistant: White Sands, New Mexico
Aden Glassman	....	production secretary
Michael Good	....	set production assistant: reshoots
Matthew Goodwin	....	additional production assistant
Geoff Gregg	....	production assistant
Matthew Hadfield	....	assistant production coordinator
David Heffler	....	production assistant
Brandon B. Helmes	....	set production assistant
Jeremy N. Hernandez	....	location assistant
Jim Ivy	....	set medic
Bill Johnson	....	dead animal prop builder
Holly Jordan	....	office production assistant: additional photography
Pam Kasper	....	assistant: Mr. Ramis
Jeremy Konner	....	assistant: Mr. Black
Ryan Lacen	....	set production assistant
Shari LaFranchi Blakney	....	production coordinator: reshoots
Kym Langlie	....	unit publicist
Roxann Langlois	....	travel coordinator
Ian Larsson	....	additional set production assistant: reshoots
Jessica Lee	....	additional production assistant
Daniel F. Malone	....	marine coordinator
David Manzanares	....	location liaison
Brandy Marrs	....	production secretary
Sean McIntosh	....	set production assistant: 2nd Unit
Leslie Merlin	....	set production assistant
Michael W. Miliotti	....	animal wrangler: boar
Dennis Ray Mitchell	....	production assistant
Alexandria Morrow	....	stand-in: maya
Gunnar Moulton	....	production assistant
Dennis Muscari	....	assistant location manager
Fagan O'Reilly	....	production assistant
Shannon Parker	....	additional set production assistant
Laura Pearson	....	marketing and distribution
Ryan J. Pezdirc	....	additional set production assistant
Cali Pomes	....	set production assistant
Anne Rapp	....	script supervisor
Bob Riley	....	production assistant
Robert Rizzolo	....	set production assistant
Rachel Robinson	....	production assistant
Johnny Rock	....	production assistant
Bruce A. Ross	....	marine technician
Bradley Rubin	....	production assistant
Atticus Shaffer	....	adr voice
Jamal Sims	....	choreographer
Keleigh Slaight	....	production coordinator: Studio
Jim Small	....	location manager: Louisiana
Cody Smith	....	animal trainer
Cami Stratton	....	second assistant accountant
Alan Swain	....	location manager: New Mexico
Marcus Taylor	....	set production assistant
Scott Trimble	....	location scout: Los Angeles
Jovanna Vitiello	....	adr voice
Greg Washington	....	construction medic
Jennifer Williamson	....	key set production assistant: reshoots
Jennifer Williamson	....	set production assistant
Wise Wolf	....	location scout: Louisiana
Brook Worley	....	assistant production coordinator
Matthew Wright	....	production assistant
Lisa Yadavaia	....	assistant: Mr. Apatow
James Barbour	....	stand in: Mr. Black (uncredited)
Doré Cermak	....	location assistant: reshoots (uncredited)
Alison R. Smith	....	animal trainer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Apatow Productions
• Ocean Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2009) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Argentina) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland (2009) (Finland) (all media)

Special Effects

• Hammerhead Productions (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Panavision Remote Systems  Technocranes and Libra Heads
• BAM Casting  local principle and background casting (Louisiana and New Mexico)
• Big Easy Studio Rentals  transportation equipment (uncredited)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Executive Assurance  security
• Hollywood Trucks  entertainment transportation
• Hyperion Sound  music mixed at
• LA House of Props  manufacturer
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Paskal Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• ReadySetMedic.com  first aid/medic
• Reaper's Forge  weapon house
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Scarlet Letters  main and end titles
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

The Year One (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. (edited; originally Rated R for some sexual content and language.)

Runtime:

97 min | 100 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44270) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:7 | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | France:U | Sweden:7 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:B15 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

New Mexico, USA

Company:

Apatow Productions

Trivia:

Stanley Tucci was cast to play the Biblical character Noah. But due to the box-office failure of Evan Almighty (2007) the scenes featuring Noah were not filmed.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Michael Cera's character first appears with the gold paint on he has no eyeliner on. Then midway through his conversation he has thick black eyeliner on.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Zed: To the north!
Maya: You know that that's west.
Zed: Mmm hmm, yeah, I was just checking to see if you knew. To the west!
[under his breath]
Zed: I'm already glad you're here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Fred: Fred Gets Dissed at Bible School (#3.6)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Robot Dance

There's not very many horribly bad moments, but at the same time, there's very few funny moments.

From the reviews, this movie seemed like it would be horribly bad, and full of annoying cringe worthy moments, but this is not true at all. Actually, despite a lazy script full of nonstop crude and sex jokes, and moments that could be really awful, this movie is above the very low bar. Jack Black and Michael Cera take this bad material and make something mediocre out of it, which still isn't saying much.

Zed (Jack Black) is a gatherer who tries to fit in with the hunter clan, but he's just too silly for their tastes. Oh (Michael Cera) is also a gatherer and is a somewhat unpopular with the ladies. After an accident involving fire, this mismatched pair has to leave and they do through various pieces of biblical history, including meeting Cain (David Cross) and Abel (Paul Rudd), and meeting Isaac (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and Abraham (Hank Azaria), who apparently had a thing for cutting foreskin. The movie is a hodge podge of scenes thrown together with very little plot, but by the end Zed and Oh have to save the lives of two girls from their village.

Jack Black and Michael Cera are pretty good here. Jack Black does his typical over the top stoner performance and Michael Cera gives the emotional boy performance. Even David Cross and Oliver Platt manage to squeeze some laughs out of their performances. But nobody really has a lot of material to work with, though at the same time the material isn't the worst out there. It's bad, and oftentimes relies on some outwardly sexual material. In fact, this is the least subtle PG-13 rated film I've seen where sexual or crude jokes are involved. This includes scenes of eating poop and throwing testicles. If something sexual happens, it's not only just implied, but it's flaunted.

One big problem is the lack of plot in the movie. It grows boring going from setpiece to setpiece, never establishing a real plot until the end, and despite being only around 100 minutes, it still feels way too long. The climax is ridiculous and quite boring, and this movie is too filled with scenes that aren't particularly horrible, but they aren't particularly funny, and all too often this movie is just a laugh free staring at the screen. It managed to attain quite consistent mediocrity, with some chuckles every once in a while. It wasn't horrible, it just wasn't good either, by any means.

My rating: ** out of ****. 105 mins. PG-13 for crude sexual humor, drug use, and language.