The Man Called Flintstone (1966)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Writers:

Harvey Bullock (screenplay) &
R.S. Allen (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 August 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Tagline:

Their first full-length tune-full adventure!

Plot:

In this feature-length film based on the "Flintstones" TV show, secret agent Rock Slag is injured during a chase in Bedrock...

Plot Keywords:

Secret Agent | Agent | Traveling | Rome Italy | Spoof Title

Cast

Alan Reed	...	Fred Flintstone (voice)
Mel Blanc	...	Barney Rubble / Dino (voice)
Jean Vander Pyl	...	Wilma Flintstone (voice)
Gerry Johnson	...	Betty Rubble (voice)
Don Messick	...	Additional voices (voice)
Janet Waldo	...	Additional voices (voice)
Paul Frees	...	Rock Slag (voice)
Harvey Korman	...	Chief Mountmore / Green Goose / Triple X / Additional Voices (voice)
John Stephenson	...	Additional voices (voice)
June Foray	...	Tanya Malichite (voice)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (ColumbiaColor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:F (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:G (Ontario) (re-rating) (2004) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

During the "Teammates" musical number, when Fred and Barney's airplane falls apart, it becomes the "Flintstone Flyer", the pedal-powered contraption featured in the very first episode of the series.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Fred's tie got ruined by Barney while trying to escape the Green Goose's tower, the tie reappears moments later after Fred and Barney got out from the door of the tower.

Quotes:

Green Goose: These are some of my toys.

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Flintstones" (1960)

Soundtrack:

Team Mates

Benign

The 1994 big screen version of "The Flintstones" was undeniably atrocious, so if you want a decent "Flintstones" movie, then "The Man Called Flintstone" works (if only marginally). The plot has secret agent Rock Slang, who just happens to be Fred Flinstone's doppelganger, getting injured and replaced with Fred. This not only complicates Fred's vacation plans, but makes him the target of spies Ali and Bobo (fortunately for Fred, these guys are beyond incompetent). In the end, Fred's big mission is to stop master criminal Green Goose from destroying the world.

Okay, so this movie won't challenge your mind or anything (and I guess that it does go overboard at times), but at least it's not a travesty of the show (I can't say the same for the 1994 movie). This one passes.