This Czech-made gem (with additional footage for the U.S. version) is basically Huck Finn and pals travel down the river of time. Four boys on an outing find themselves o a river that travels backward in time. Along the way, they encounter everything from woolly mammoths to pterosaurs, and eventually end up at the beginning of life on Earth. Wonderfully produced and directed by director Karel Zeman, who also gave us the visually stunning "The Fabulous World of Jules Verne." Great for stop-motion fans and anyone who's sick of CGI. Hollywood never made anything like this, and never will. While the evolutionary aspects are a bit outdated today, it's still great fun. It's a fantasy , after all. For one thing, the boys could not have breathed in prehistoric times. They also would have been quick kills by any number of creatures.
Review of A Journey to the Beginning of Time
