
Pretty much all of their stuff is criminally underrated in the public eye but among Steely Dan fans Caves of Altamira would be less widely celebrated than say. Sorta hard to define what's considered underrated in the scheme of Steely Dan's music though. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Finding Altamira in select theaters + on VOD starting September 16th this fall. For me, Caves of Altamira, Your Gold Teeth II, Throw Back The Little Ones are up there. The screenplay is by Olivia Hetreed and José Luis López-Linares.

The theory threatens to tear Maria and Marcelino’s family apart while the outside world’s astonishment soon turns to fury and fear… Finding Altamira is directed by filmmaker Hugh Hudson, of Chariots of Fire, Revolution, Lost Angels, My Life So Far, and I Dreamed of Africa previously.

But, Marcelino soon realizes that the art on the walls must be 10,000 years old, earlier than anyone believes possible. On the island in question, beaches are being eroded by rising sea levels and by general ocean activity (the movement of waves and such). The cave of Altamira brings the world together in amazement, drawing people of all types to see the paintings in person. The focus of the documentary is on Long Beach Island, an island off the coast of New Jersey that is 18 miles long and about 400 meters (around a quarter of a mile) wide. In 1879, Spanish archaeologist Marcelino (Banderas) and his daughter Maria (Allen) discover seemingly impossible paintings of galloping bison adorning the walls of a hidden cave in northern Spain. Steely DanThe Royal Scam 1976 Geffen RecordsReleased on: Producer: Gary KatzAs.Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Hugh Hudson's Finding Altamira, direct from YouTube: Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupThe Caves Of Altamira
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The full cast includes Golshifteh Farahani, Rupert Everett, Pierre Niney, and Clement Sibony. This isn't the same cave that Werner Herzog visits in Cave of Forgotten Dreams, but it's similar, and it's cool to see a feature film told around the initial discovery of one of these caves. At the time, this discovery made him the target of the Catholic Church since no one could believe it was possible humans were alive back then.

The cave contains paintings of running bison that date back over 10,000 years. Johnathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter called the film 'picturesque, but routine' and wrote that 'little of the wow factor is felt on a first viewing of the Antonio Banderas-starring, Hugh Hudson-directed Finding Altamira, where events which played a. The film has a score of 57 on Metacritic. Back in 1879, Marcelino and his daughter Maria (played by Allegra Allen) discovered the now-famous cave called Altamira in northern Spain. The music was composed by guitarist Mark Knopfler and percussionist Evelyn Glennie. "Perhaps all of our ideas are wrong?" Samuel Goldwyn has unveiled an official trailer for the film Finding Altamira, starring Antonio Banderas as Spanish archaeologist Marcelino.
