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Year One (2009) More at IMDbPro »

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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Year One can be found here.

No. The Year One is based on a screeplay co-written by writing partners Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg along with Harold Ramis (who also directed the movie).

It's a common practice to create Unrated cuts of newly released movies and Year One is no exclusion. This extended version runs approx. 2 and a half minutes longer than the well-known Theatrical version and features harsher language and some story extensions. Due to the fact that both cuts can be found on one disc one can see the Unrated version as a nice bonus. Nonetheless a detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be seen here.