Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.
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Film Cast:
- Dug (voice): Eddie Redmayne
- Lord Nooth (voice): Tom Hiddleston
- Goona (voice): Maisie Williams
- Chief Bobnar (voice): Timothy Spall
- Queen Oofeefa (voice): Miriam Margolyes
- Message Bird / Brian / Bryan / Gonad the Gaul (voice): Rob Brydon
- Dino / Jurgend (voice): Kayvan Novak
- Treebor (voice): Richard Ayoade
- Magma / Additional Voice (voice): Selina Griffiths
- Asbo (voice): Johnny Vegas
- Barry (voice): Mark Williams
- Gravelle (voice): Gina Yashere
- Grubup (voice): Rich Webber
- Eemak / Thongo / Additional Voice (voice): Simon Greenall
- Hognob (voice): Nick Park
- Hügelgraber / Additional Voice (voice): Luke Walton
- Additional Voices (voice): Antony Bayman
- Additional Voices (voice): Richard Beek
- Additional Voices (voice): Tom Doggart
- Additional Voices (voice): Tim Hands
- Additional Voices (voice): Adrian Rhodes
- Additional Voices (voice): Victoria Stevens
- Additional Voices (voice): Ben Whitehead
Film Crew:
- Producer: Nick Park
- Art Direction: Richard Edmunds
- Editor: Sim Evan-Jones
- Screenplay: James Higginson
- Story: Mark Burton
- Producer: Richard Beek
- Producer: David Sproxton
- Producer: Carla Shelley
- Producer: Peter Lord
- Assistant Camera: Joe Maxwell
- Still Photographer: Chris Johnson
- Original Music Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
- Animation Director: Will Becher
- Executive Producer: Natascha Wharton
- First Assistant Director: Ben Barrowman
- Co-Executive Producer: Paul Kewley
- Animation Supervisor: Loyd Price
- Executive Producer: Didier Lupfer
- Technical Supervisor: Tom Barnes
- Co-Executive Producer: Sean Clarke
- Executive Producer: Alicia Gold
- Animation Director: Merlin Crossingham
- Supervising Sound Editor: Adrian Rhodes
- Casting: Gail Stevens
- Executive Producer: Ron Halpern
- Director of Photography: Dave Alex Riddett
- Production Design: Matt Perry
- Character Designer: Kate Anderson
- VFX Supervisor: Howard Jones
- Co-Executive Producer: Kerry Lock
- Executive Producer: Ben Roberts
- Production Manager: Zoë Starzak
- Executive Producer: Danny Perkins
- Original Music Composer: Tom Howe
- Second Assistant Director: Emma Hanson
- Third Assistant Director: Sarah Hullah
- Second Assistant Director: Georgina Reynolds
- Concept Artist: Giorgio Grecu
- Graphic Designer: Gavin Lines
- Storyboard Artist: Kris Pearn
- Concept Artist: Aurélien Predal
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Burdon
- Sound Recordist: Danny Hambrook
- ADR & Dubbing: Tim Hands
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gilbert Lake
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Sotiris Loukatos
- Gaffer: Richard Hosken
- Production Coordinator: Fawn Mead
- Production Coordinator: Albert Testani
- In Memory Of: Peter Sallis
- In Memory Of: Dave Osmand
- Director of Photography: Charles Copping
- Director of Photography: Paul Smith
Movie Reviews:
- Gimly: I’ve liked a decent amount Nick Park’s work. I grew up on _Wallace & Grommit_ and _Chicken Run_ and enjoy them even now, but I think that maybe you have to like other things if you want to enjoy _Early Man_, things I personally, don’t.
- _Final rating:★★ – Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal_.
- CinemaSerf: I’m not so fond of the Aardman full length features. The standard of stop-motion animation is always great, but the stories and characterisations can prove to be a bit on the thin side – and that’s certainly true here. Some prehistoric folks are harmlessly going about their business when an asteroid strikes the planet. Aside from robbing them of their dino-dinners, this presented them with a glowing sphere that they realised they could kick about – the beautiful game is born! Years later, “Dug” and his pal “Hognob” are caught up in an hunt for mammoths that introduces them to the sophisticates that are the “Bronze Age” warriors who live in a fortified city under the ruthless dominion of the “Lord Nooth”, who is bent on world domination! The cavemen must abandon their homes and flee for their lives – all except “Dug” who is mistaken for a footballer and a bet ensues. His team versus the bronzies. If he wins, then they can return home in peace. If not – then it’s the mines for all of them. There’s not much going on with the plot: that’s fairly predictable, and the comedy is very much in the slightly slap-stick vein of “Wallace and Gromit” but to be fair to Nick Park, if it ain’t broke…. The simple characters are engaging and the dialogue and action scenes keep the film moving along steadily for what ought to have been just an hour or so. I did like the football action replay hut – shades of “Saint & Greavsie” for the Brits who recall Saturday lunchtimes. What this isn’t, is a kids film – which is good news. There is a bit of double-entendre in the humour and though not their best work, it’s still easily worth a watch.