When they find a frozen caveman in their back yard, two high school outcasts thaw him and introduce him to modern life while he in turn gets them to actually enjoy life.When they find a frozen caveman in their back yard, two high school outcasts thaw him and introduce him to modern life while he in turn gets them to actually enjoy life.When they find a frozen caveman in their back yard, two high school outcasts thaw him and introduce him to modern life while he in turn gets them to actually enjoy life.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Ke Huy Quan
- Kim
- (as Jonathan Quan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, the filmmakers offered the role of Link to Pauly Shore. When Shore first went in to meet with Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, he told him he didn't want to play Link. Because he knew, since cavemen don't talk, that the film would lose the appeal of his humor and unique "Paulyspeak", (where Shore would pause between syllables of key adjectives). Instead, Shore wanted to play one of the two teens who find the caveman. So, Katzenberg insisted that Shore, along with the writers, re-write Harold (the character's original name) to become the Stoney Brown character. Shore improvised most of his lines.
- GoofsWhen Link and Stoney are in the convenience store and steal the Squishy from the machine, Link has it all down his shirt when they leave. When Link returns the shirt has no marks on it at all.
- Crazy creditsBefore the end credits, the screen shows "THE END" ... and then "BUD-DY"
- Alternate versionsTV version adds a scene that occurs right before Dave and Stoney find Link in his pool. It's a conversation between Dave and his mother about her plans of opening up a "Homeless Home" in their house and using Dave's room as a place for them to stay.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Sister Act/Encino Man/Alien³/Far and Away (1992)
Featured review
Excellent light hearted comedy with Brendan Fraser giving an excellent performance and well supported by Pauly Shore. Brendan seems to handle these caveman type roles well, see George of the Jungle, Monkeybones. Good family fun.
- michaelplonsker
- Dec 15, 2003
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- California Man
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,693,477
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,866,120
- May 25, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $40,693,477
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- 1.85 : 1
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