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\n\tThe film adaptation of Jean M. Auel\u2019s novel The Clan of the Cave Bear<\/em> might never have made it to the big screen if it were not for Mark Damon\u2019s Producers Sales Organization aggressively walking the halls of the American Film Market in the \u201980s, finding foreign buyers for big-name film packages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers Gerald Isenberg and Stan Rogow, having optioned the book \u2014 a prehistoric adventure about a Cro-Magnon girl adopted by a family of Neanderthals \u2014 tried to interest NBC in a movie-of-the-week to no avail. But then PSO, which Damon co-founded, entered the picture, selling off rights to raise financing for the $16 million project, which was shot in British Columbia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDaryl Hannah, fresh off her starring role in Splash<\/em>, was cast as Ayla \u2014 images of her in revealing animal furs no doubt proved catnip to AFM buyers. In a prerelease interview with John Hanrahan, she described the grueling shoot. \u201cLogistically, it was difficult,\u201d she said. \u201cThere were helicopters, you had to hike, live in a tent. There was no warm water to shower in. It was difficult in that respect. But to me, I don\u2019t find that strenuous. It was more difficult because it was so hard to get the script<\/a> right. It was a difficult book to translate into a film format because it was not in any language that can be readily understood.\u201d Instead, the cast spoke in guttural sounds that were accompanied by subtitles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Chapman, the famed cinematographer of Taxi Driver<\/em> and Raging Bull<\/em>, took the directing reins, but while the finished film, released domestically by Warner Bros. in 1986, had some striking visuals, critics found the drama lacking. Two follow-up films were in the planning stage, but though Clan<\/em> earned an Oscar nomination for its makeup, after it grossed less than $2 million in the U.S., the proposed trilogy was quietly shelved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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