Missing Link (1988) - full transcript
A million years ago in Africa: the last of the ape-humans is on flight from the humans, who killed the rest of his clan. Alone, seeking others of his kind, he traverses steps, deserts and mountains until he reaches the coast. But there are already humans, too.
[ Animals Chittering ]
[ Lion Snarling ]
[ Snarling Continues ]
[ Man Narrating ] Dinosaurs have long since vanished from the earth,
and our primitive ancestors share the planet...
with animals that have already evolved into familiar forms.
But there exists a race with whom man will not share,
and there is conflict in the land.
Man has mastered fire and can make tools and weapons from stone.
The simple man-apes know nothing of tools or weapons,
and in the competition for food and shelter, they are no match for man.
[ Zebra Snorts ]
The sound and scent of man are everywhere.
At night, his fires have become beacons on the edges of the man-ape's shrinking world.
[ Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Winces ]
[ Birds Squawking ]
[ Bird Cawing ]
[ Cawing Continues ]
[ Blusters ]
[ Snorts ]
[ Zebras Grunting ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Birds Chittering ]
[ Shouting, Faint ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Shouting Continues ]
[ Grunts ][ Screaming, Faint ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Shouting
In Primitive Language, Faint ]
[ Bird Squawking ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Faint Shouting Continues ]
[ Muttering ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Gasps, Whimpers ]
- [ Blow Lands ]
- [ Body Thuds ]
[ Animals Grunting, Barking ]
[ Growling ]
[ Growling, Snarling ]
[ Gasps, Screams ]
[ Growling, Snarling Continue ]
[ Chattering
In Primitive Language, Faint ]
♪ ♪ [ Singing In Primitive Language ]
♪ ♪ [ Sticks Drumming ]
♪ ♪
[ Singing, Drumming Continue ]
[ Lion Snarling ]
[ Snarling Continues ]
[ Insects Buzzing ]
[ Hyenas Grunting, Whining ]
[ Narrator ] Man has destroyed the clan,
and the lions and hyenas have had their fill.
Only one has survived the slaughter.
He is the last of his race.
[ Chattering
In Primitive Language ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Chirping ]
The ax still carries the scent of his enemy and the blood of his mate.
But what it is, he cannot know.
It is an object full of mystery.
[ Bird Cawing ]
[ Yelps, Whimpers ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Men Chattering, Faint ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Chattering Grows Louder ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Animals Grunting ]
[ Grunting Continues ]
[ Grunting Continues ]
[ Grunting ][ Man-ape Chuckles ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Chuckling ]
[ Birds Chittering ]
[ Ducks Squawking ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Loud Roaring ]
[ Roars ][ Gasps ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Squawking ]
[ Squawking ]
[ Squawking ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling Continues ]
[ Animal Calling ]
[ Exclaims Softly ]
[ Gasps, Grunts ]
[ Elephant Trumpets ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Groans ]
[ Narrator ] He cannot remain where his clan once lived.
The presence of man is everywhere.
If he stays, he is sure to be killed.
Tonight, he'll be safe in the upper branches of a tree.
But tomorrow, he must go in search for others of his kind...
and a place where they can live in peace.
[ Wailing ]
[ Animal Calling ][ Grunts ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Burps ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Barks ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Jackal Yelps ]
[ Scoffs ]
[ Narrator ] The man-ape has become a solitary wanderer...
among the herds and families that live on the plains.
He has the gentle nature of a race that had no defense against the violence of man.
Now he is more alone than he knows.
[ Animal Squeaks ]
[ Animal Squeaking ]
[ Squeaking Continues ]
[ Squeaking Continues ]
[ Scoffs ]
[ Birds Cawing ]
[ Roaring ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Thunderclap ][ Grunts ]
[ Thunderclap ]
[ Thunder Rumbles ]
[ Lightning Cracks,
Thunderclap ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Thunderclap, Rumbling ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Thunderclap ]
[ Grunts Softly ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Thunderclap, Faint ]
[ Water Splashing ][ Animal Grunting ]
[ Mutters ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Chattering
In Primitive Language, Faint ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Spitting ]
[ Muttering ]
[ Grunts Softly ]
[ Groans ]
[ Exhales ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Crunching ][ Grunts Softly ]
[ Murmuring ]
[ Man-ape Chuckles ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Crunching ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Narrator ] Every step now takes him deeper into strange lands...
where his kind have never ventured before.
[ Animal Chittering ]
[ Chittering Continues ]
[ Chittering ]
[ Chittering In Distance ]
[ Bird Cawing ]
[ Cawing, Echoing ]
[ Shouts ][ Echoing ]
[ Shouts Twice ][ Echoing ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Shouts ][ Echoing ]
[ Exhales ]
[ Murmuring ]
[ Shouting ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Narrator ] He has found a sanctuary,
an oasis full of pools and trees,
a place where he can recover.
[ Water Splashing ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Rocks Clattering ]
[ Animal Grunts ]
[ Grunting Continues ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Grunting Continues ][ Murmurs ]
[ Narrator ] This little paradise cannot shelter him for long.
Man will claim it for himself.
The man-ape must move on.
On the edge of the oasis lies a desert wilderness.
It's a new world for him and tempting to explore.
[ Wind Whistling ]
[ Wind Howling ]
[ Man-ape Shouts ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Man-ape Grunts ]
[ Grunting, Sighs ]
[ Snoring ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Grunts, Mutters ]
[ Scoffs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Panting ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Farts ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Farts ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Screams ]
[ Howls ]
[ Howls ]
[ Howling ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Chattering In Primitive Language ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Animal Growls ]
[ Animal Snarling ]
[ Shouts, Screams ]
[ Blow Lands ]
- [ Screams ]
- [ Blow Lands ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Exclaims ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Rumbling, Faint ]
[ Seagulls Calling ]
[ Surf Crashing ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Spits, Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling ]
[ Laughs, Gasps ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Narrator ] Here, at the edge of his world,
the man-ape's journey has ended,
and so too the monumental journey of the gentle race...
that shared the planet with man for nearly two million years.
Rooted in their own primordial past,
they could not survive into the violent future that belongs to mankind.
[ Lion Snarling ]
[ Snarling Continues ]
[ Man Narrating ] Dinosaurs have long since vanished from the earth,
and our primitive ancestors share the planet...
with animals that have already evolved into familiar forms.
But there exists a race with whom man will not share,
and there is conflict in the land.
Man has mastered fire and can make tools and weapons from stone.
The simple man-apes know nothing of tools or weapons,
and in the competition for food and shelter, they are no match for man.
[ Zebra Snorts ]
The sound and scent of man are everywhere.
At night, his fires have become beacons on the edges of the man-ape's shrinking world.
[ Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Winces ]
[ Birds Squawking ]
[ Bird Cawing ]
[ Cawing Continues ]
[ Blusters ]
[ Snorts ]
[ Zebras Grunting ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Birds Chittering ]
[ Shouting, Faint ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Shouting Continues ]
[ Grunts ][ Screaming, Faint ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Shouting
In Primitive Language, Faint ]
[ Bird Squawking ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Faint Shouting Continues ]
[ Muttering ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Gasps, Whimpers ]
- [ Blow Lands ]
- [ Body Thuds ]
[ Animals Grunting, Barking ]
[ Growling ]
[ Growling, Snarling ]
[ Gasps, Screams ]
[ Growling, Snarling Continue ]
[ Chattering
In Primitive Language, Faint ]
♪ ♪ [ Singing In Primitive Language ]
♪ ♪ [ Sticks Drumming ]
♪ ♪
[ Singing, Drumming Continue ]
[ Lion Snarling ]
[ Snarling Continues ]
[ Insects Buzzing ]
[ Hyenas Grunting, Whining ]
[ Narrator ] Man has destroyed the clan,
and the lions and hyenas have had their fill.
Only one has survived the slaughter.
He is the last of his race.
[ Chattering
In Primitive Language ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Chirping ]
The ax still carries the scent of his enemy and the blood of his mate.
But what it is, he cannot know.
It is an object full of mystery.
[ Bird Cawing ]
[ Yelps, Whimpers ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Men Chattering, Faint ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Chattering Grows Louder ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Animals Grunting ]
[ Grunting Continues ]
[ Grunting Continues ]
[ Grunting ][ Man-ape Chuckles ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Chuckling ]
[ Birds Chittering ]
[ Ducks Squawking ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Loud Roaring ]
[ Roars ][ Gasps ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Squawking ]
[ Squawking ]
[ Squawking ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling Continues ]
[ Animal Calling ]
[ Exclaims Softly ]
[ Gasps, Grunts ]
[ Elephant Trumpets ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Groans ]
[ Narrator ] He cannot remain where his clan once lived.
The presence of man is everywhere.
If he stays, he is sure to be killed.
Tonight, he'll be safe in the upper branches of a tree.
But tomorrow, he must go in search for others of his kind...
and a place where they can live in peace.
[ Wailing ]
[ Animal Calling ][ Grunts ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Burps ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Barks ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Jackal Yelps ]
[ Scoffs ]
[ Narrator ] The man-ape has become a solitary wanderer...
among the herds and families that live on the plains.
He has the gentle nature of a race that had no defense against the violence of man.
Now he is more alone than he knows.
[ Animal Squeaks ]
[ Animal Squeaking ]
[ Squeaking Continues ]
[ Squeaking Continues ]
[ Scoffs ]
[ Birds Cawing ]
[ Roaring ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Thunderclap ][ Grunts ]
[ Thunderclap ]
[ Thunder Rumbles ]
[ Lightning Cracks,
Thunderclap ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Thunderclap, Rumbling ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Thunderclap ]
[ Grunts Softly ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Thunderclap, Faint ]
[ Water Splashing ][ Animal Grunting ]
[ Mutters ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Chattering
In Primitive Language, Faint ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Spitting ]
[ Muttering ]
[ Grunts Softly ]
[ Groans ]
[ Exhales ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Crunching ][ Grunts Softly ]
[ Murmuring ]
[ Man-ape Chuckles ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Crunching ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Narrator ] Every step now takes him deeper into strange lands...
where his kind have never ventured before.
[ Animal Chittering ]
[ Chittering Continues ]
[ Chittering ]
[ Chittering In Distance ]
[ Bird Cawing ]
[ Cawing, Echoing ]
[ Shouts ][ Echoing ]
[ Shouts Twice ][ Echoing ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Shouts ][ Echoing ]
[ Exhales ]
[ Murmuring ]
[ Shouting ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Narrator ] He has found a sanctuary,
an oasis full of pools and trees,
a place where he can recover.
[ Water Splashing ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Rocks Clattering ]
[ Animal Grunts ]
[ Grunting Continues ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Grunting Continues ][ Murmurs ]
[ Narrator ] This little paradise cannot shelter him for long.
Man will claim it for himself.
The man-ape must move on.
On the edge of the oasis lies a desert wilderness.
It's a new world for him and tempting to explore.
[ Wind Whistling ]
[ Wind Howling ]
[ Man-ape Shouts ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Man-ape Grunts ]
[ Grunting, Sighs ]
[ Snoring ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Grunts, Mutters ]
[ Scoffs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Panting ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Farts ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Farts ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Screams ]
[ Howls ]
[ Howls ]
[ Howling ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Chattering In Primitive Language ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Animal Growls ]
[ Animal Snarling ]
[ Shouts, Screams ]
[ Blow Lands ]
- [ Screams ]
- [ Blow Lands ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Exclaims ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Rumbling, Faint ]
[ Seagulls Calling ]
[ Surf Crashing ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Spits, Grunts ]
[ Murmurs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling ]
[ Laughs, Gasps ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Narrator ] Here, at the edge of his world,
the man-ape's journey has ended,
and so too the monumental journey of the gentle race...
that shared the planet with man for nearly two million years.
Rooted in their own primordial past,
they could not survive into the violent future that belongs to mankind.