The Flintstones (1994)

In a parallel modern-day Stone Age world, a working-class family, the Flintstones, are set up for an executive job. But they learn that money can't buy happiness.

Director:

Brian Levant

Writers:

Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein

Stars:

John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell

6 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Goodman	...	Fred Flintstone
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Wilma Flintstone
Rick Moranis	...	Barney Rubble
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Betty Rubble
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Cliff Vandercave
Halle Berry	...	Miss Stone
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Pearl Slaghoople
Dann Florek	...	Mr. Slate
Richard Moll	...	Hoagie
Irwin Keyes	...	Joe Rockhead (as Irwin '88' Keyes)
Jonathan Winters	...	Grizzled Man
Harvey Korman	...	Dictabird (voice)
Elaine Silver	...	Pebbles
Melanie Silver	...	Pebbles
Hlynur Sigurðsson	...	Bamm-Bamm (as Hlynur Sigurdsson)

Storyline

The Flintstones and the Rubbles are modern stone-age families. Fred and Barney work at Slate and Company, mining rock. Fred gives Barney some money so he and Betty can adopt a baby. When Fred and Barney take a test to determine who should become the new associate vice president, Barney returns the favor by switching his test answers for Fred's, whose answers aren't very good. Fred gets the executive position, but little does he know that he's being manipulated by his boss to be the fall guy for an embezzlement scheme.

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Plot Keywords:

stone age | 1000000 b.c. | reboot of series | product placement | dinosaur and man | 

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Taglines:

Yabba-Dabba-Doo!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild innuendos

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 May 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Flintstones: The Live-Action Movie

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$46,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$130,512,915

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$228,000,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Since the entire cast performed barefoot, glassware of any kind was banned from the set.

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Goofs

Since the villain's plan called for finding a patsy to pin the blame on, logically they should have "promoted" the employee who scored the *lowest* on the test instead of the highest. They wanted the dumbest, most gullible person possible since he presumably would have been the least likely to figure out exactly what was going on. While looking at the test scores, Cliff expresses his knowledge of Fred being a "dunce and witless" and may very likely know that his test had to have been switch which someone else. They also should have terminated the person with the *highest* score, for the opposite reason, which they did after checking the scores and assumed that Barney had to be the one that Fred had switched tests with.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Foreman: Hey, back to work! You guys had a break two days ago!

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Crazy Credits

The film is book-ended with live-action versions of The Flintstones (1960) opening and closing credits:

• Fred Flintstone knocks off from work and picks up his family and the Rubbles and takes them all to the drive-in cinema
• the Flintstones and Rubbles return home and go to bed, but when Fred puts the cat out it locks him out of his house.

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Alternate Versions

A credit for Mel Blanc as Dino was added to home video versions. The speed of the credits scroll was adjusted to make room without extending the music.

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Connections

Featured in The Universal Story (1996)

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Soundtracks

Dog Pound Hop
from "The Ren & Stimpy show"
Written by John Kricfalusi, Scott Huml, Chris Reccardi, and Jim Smith
The song was played in a bowling scene

User Reviews

Excellent Live-Action Cartoon!

I'm rather disappointed to see that this film has such a low rating on IMDb, this film was great! I was a huge fan of the cartoon back in my childhood and it was great to see the live-action version of the cartoon! The story is pretty good, although it is obviously directed toward it's child audience, but I still loved it.

I can't talk about this movie without talking about the special effects! They were incredible!!! Dino looked absolutely spectacular! As did the other dinosaurs and beasts in the film. I really liked the sets and the wardrobe as well. You can tell that a lot of work went into this film and a great deal of thought.

The cast was nearly perfect! John Goodman was just fantastic as Fred Flintstone and was perfect for the part! Rick Moranis wouldn't have been my first choice for Barney Rubble, but he did a superb job! I've always liked Rick Moranis, this guy needs to do more films! Elizabeth Perkins was excellent as Wilma Flintstone, and is quite the looker in the film. The only complaint I have is Rosie O'Donnell, I'm sorry, but something about her just rubs me the wrong way. I've never really liked her acting very much, and I don't think she really fit the role of Betty Rubble. I would have preferred to see someone else in the role. Kyle MacLachlan was a very good villain and Halle Berry was PERFECT! Elizabeth Taylor was a nice touch as well, I wouldn't have expected to see her in the film, but she did a very good job.

If you like the cartoon, then you should definitely give this a shot. The comedy was very similar to the television show, so I don't think you'll be disappointed. Anyhow, I really enjoyed the film and I hope that you will too. Thanks for reading,

-Chris