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Quest for Fire (1981) [R]

Release Date:
December 16, 1981

Original Title:
La Guerre du feu

Alternate Titles:
A Guerra do Fogo
En busca del fuego
Kampen om elden
La guerre du feu
Quest for fire
Strijd om het Vuur
Walka o ogień
Ο Πόλεμος της Φωτιάς

Genres:
Adventure | Drama

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Belstar Productions
Ciné Trail
Famous Players Limited
Gruskoff Film Organization
International Cinema Corporation (ICC)
Royal Bank of Canada
Stéphan Films

Production Countries:
Canada | France

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: U  GB: 15  KR: 19  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 100

A Science Fantasy Adventure

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In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.

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Assistant Art Director:
Raymond Larose

Assistant Costume Designer:
Blanche Boileau

Assistant Editor:
Glenn Berman

Boom Operator:
Denis Dupont

Camera Operator:
Paul Van der Linden
Keith Woods
Al Smith
Andy Chmura

Casting:
Ellen Chenoweth
Arden R. Ryshpan
Mamade
Lesley De Pettit
Lois Planco
Andrée Champagne
Karen Hazzard
Dominique Cheminal

Color Timer:
Thomas Metzger

Construction Manager:
Claude Simard
Terry Apsey

Costume Design:
John Hay
Penny Rose

Dialogue Editor:
Martin Ashbee

Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director of Photography:
Claude Agostini

Editor:
Yves Langlois

Electrician:
David Hynes
Adam Swica

First Assistant Camera:
Paul Gravel
George Bottos
Greg Farrow
Robert Guertin

First Assistant Director:
Dominique Cheminal
Matthew Vibert
David Bracknell

Foley Mixer:
Don White

Gaffer:
Maris H. Jansons

Generator Operator:
Jock Brandis

Grip:
Emmanuel Lepine
Pierre Charpentier
Michel Chohin
John Daoust
Carlo Campana

Location Manager:
Rick Anderson

Location Sound Mixer:
Claude Hazanavicius

Makeup & Hair:
Christopher Tucker

Makeup Artist:
Louise Mignault
Normande Campeau
Marie-Josée La Fontaine
Linda Preston
Kathleen Mifsud
Colette Kramer
Lyne Desmarais
Kathryn Casault
Inge Klaudi
Pipsan Ayotte
Micheline Trépanier
Nick Forder
Jocelyne Bellemare
Denise West

Makeup Department Head:
Michèle Burke
Sarah Monzani

Music:
Philippe Sarde

Music Producer:
Michel Larmand

Presenter:
Michael Gruskoff

Production Accountant:
Kay Larlham
Paul Cadiou

Production Assistant:
Valerie Craig

Production Coordinator:
Angela Heald

Production Design:
Brian Morris
Guy J. Comtois

Production Manager:
Stéphane Reichel
Matthew Vibert

Production Secretary:
Luise Massari
Jack Fritz

Property Master:
Dave Jordan
Brian Payne

Script Supervisor:
Joanne T. Harwood

Second Assistant Camera:
Paul Morin
Christophe Bonnière
Larry Lynn
Patrick Clune
Michel Girard

Sound Effects Editor:
Kevin Ward
David Evans

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Austin Grimaldi
Don White
Joe Grimaldi

Sound Supervisor:
Kenneth Heeley-Ray

Special Effects Supervisor:
Martin Malivoire

Special Effects Technician:
Mark Molin
David Neil Trifunovich

Still Photographer:
Takashi Seida
Ernst Haas

Unit Publicist:
Chris Nixon
Quinn Donoghue

Wardrobe Assistant:
Sylvie Bellemare
Fabienne April
Mario Davignon
Marianne Coulon
Maureen Gurney
Martin Sauve
Johanne Prégent

Writer:
Gérard Brach

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