Did a tapir animal play a part in the ice age movie?

Answer 1

The tapir motif has been a staple of cinematography since its inception at the start of the 20th century. There have been appearances in many celebrated Hollywood and European films. The famous 'Odessa steps' scene in Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece 'Battleship Potemkin' features a shot of a lone Baird's tapir eating a mouthful of grass, while a whole family of Malaysian Lowland tapirs appear on screen just after the 'rosebud' scene in Orson Welles' 'Citizen Kane' (1941). Fellini preferred to use South American tapirs in most of his movies, although he reluctantly agreed to use a Malaysian Lowland when his regular tapir fell ill during the shooting of La Dolce Vita (1960), a decision which he regretted bitterly for the rest of his life. Japanese maestro Akira Kurosawa kept three tapirs (the exact species is unknown) permanently in a specially designed shed outside his studio so that they could be filmed at any time, and all three feature extensively in his dark 1950 classic 'Rashomon'. The character 'Beige' in Quentin Tarrantino's 'Reservoir Dogs' was of course played by a Brazilian tapir called Tim.

Answer 2

yes