Movie Description
Yabba dabba doo! That modern stone-age family is back and on the big screen in this live-action version of the beloved cartoon series. When Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) generously loans his pal Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) enough money to adopt a child, Barney wants to return the favor. So he helps Fred on his IQ test at the quarry... which gets Fred an executive position. But what Fred doesn't know is he's the sap meant to take the fall for a bunch of corporate con-men out to rook the company. The all-star cast is rounded out by Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone and Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble, with special appearances by Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor, Jay Leno, and the B-52's.
| Credits | | Cast: | B-52'S, Elizabeth Taylor, Halle Berry, Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee Ralph |
| Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes
Sharon Stone was initially asked to play the quarry temptress, Ms. Stone, before Halle Berry.
The voice of the original Wilma, Jean Vander Pyl, seventy-four years old, was cast behind Dino in the congo line.
Alan Reed, the original voice of Fred Flintstone, invented the phrase, "Yabba-dabba-do!"
THE FLINTSTONES grossed a record-breaking $37.5 million in its first weekend, Memorial Day, on its way to a total haul of $130 million.
Flintstonian fast food was offered at over 15,000 McDonald's world-wide.
Copyright 1994 Universal City Studios, Inc. and Amblin Entertainment, Inc.
"The Flintstones" and Flintstones characters copyright and trademark Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
Rated BBFC U by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews
"...A bravura, chest-thumping central performance from John Goodman..."
Sight and Sound - p.39-40 - Geoffrey Macnab (08/01/1994)
"...Goodman centers the movie with his majestic good nature..." -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly - pp.64-66 - Owen Gleiberman (05/27/1994)
"...[Featuring] an adorably hyper Dino..."
USA Today - Susan Wloszczyna (05/27/1994)
"...A live-action cartoon in every sense of the word....Clever, lively..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (05/27/1994)
"...This is a great looking movie, a triumph of set design and special effects, creating a fantasy world halfway between suburbia and a prehistoric cartoon. The frame is filled with delightful and inventive notions..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (05/27/1994)
"...The familiar, likable old Fred is back....A colorful playland..."
New York Times - p.C1 - Caryn James
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