The Flintstones
The Flintstones is a 1994 American family comedy film directed by Brian Levant and written by Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, and Steven E. de Souza based on the 1960–1966 animated television series of the same name by Hanna-Barbera. The film stars John Goodman as Fred Flintstone, Rick Moranis as Barney Rubble, Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone, and Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble, along with Kyle MacLachlan as Cliff Vandercave, a villainous executive-vice president of Fred's company, Halle Berry as Sharon Stone, his seductive secretary, and Elizabeth Taylor (in her final theatrical film appearance) as Pearl Slaghoople, Wilma's mother. The B-52's performed their version of the cartoon's theme song, playing cavemen versions of themselves as the BC-52's.
Plot
In prehistoric suburban Bedrock, Slate & Co.'s new vice-president Cliff Vandercave and his glamourous secretary Sharon Stone discuss their plan to swindle the company of its vast fortune, pin the theft on an employee, and flee. Fred Flintstone loans his best friend and neighbor Barney Rubble money so that he and his wife Betty can adopt a little boy named Bamm-Bamm, who can only pronounce his own name. Though initially hard to control because of his super strength, Bamm-Bamm eventually warms up to his new family and befriends Fred’s daughter Pebbles. Despite his mother-in-law Pearl Slaghoople's objections, Fred's wife Wilma remains supportive of his decision to loan the Rubbles money.
More details
author | Steven E. de Souza |
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contentLocation | Bedrock |
director | Brian Levant |
editor | Kent Beyda |
events | dinosaur embezzlement |
genre | action animation comedy live-action |
keywords | aptitude test bamm-bamm bamm-bamm rubble barney rubble best friend betty betty rubble break in burglarize change of heart concrete dino fall fred flintstone hang kill learn little boy machine new family pearl slaghoople pebble pebbles flintstone return home stone age struggle super strength tie up truck driver wilma wilma flintstone |
musicBy | David Newman |
producer | Bruce Cohen |
productionCompany | Amblin Entertainment Hanna-Barbera Productions |
publisher | Universal Pictures |
recordedAt | Utah |
theme | buddy comedy cartoon children's children's comedy |