Up From The Ape

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 29, 1975

Original language

English

Cast

Paula Crist,Anthony Zerbe

Director

Walon Green

Writer

Robert Ardrey

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0072350