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RUNTIME
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Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Rites of Passage
1983 0h 10m EN
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6.5
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★6.5TMDB · 4
Synopsis
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A disillusioned modern man is haunted by memories of a previous life as a primitive caveman who lived in a hostile past world. The caveman walks across a harsh landscape, hunts animals for food, battles savage apes, and scales a deep cliff.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Roderick Harrison
Modern Man
Richard Stanley
Primordial Man
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Richard Stanley
- Writers
- Richard Stanley
- Countries
- South Africa
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The take
Richard Stanley directs. Justin Fox cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in South Africa.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Justin Fox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Roderick Harrison and Richard Stanley carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0392717 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Justin Fox
- Runtime
- 10 min · 0h 10m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Richard Stanley
Production companies
Who made it
- SH
Shadow Theatre Films
GB
Key crew
- EditorJustin Fox
- CinematographyGreg Copeland
- Costume DesignerPenny Miller
- Special EffectsGreg Copeland
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1983-01-01
