The Man Called Flintstone (film)

The Man Called Flintstone is an American animated Stone Age musical comedy film based on The Flintstones TV series. The film was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and distributed by Columbia Pictures on August 3, 1966. It was written by Harvey Bullock and Ray Allen, and produced and directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, the founders of Hanna-Barbera. It was Hanna-Barbera's second full-length theatrical film after Hey There, It's Yogi Bear in 1964.

Characters
Henry Corden (singing)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wilma Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Alan Reed
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Alan Reed
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rock Slag
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ali
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Harvey Korman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bobo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chief Boulder
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Harvey Korman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barney Rubble
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dino
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hoppy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Vet
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Soapstone
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zsa-Zsa
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dolly
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nurse #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Irving
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Moonstone
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nurse #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tanya
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| June Foray
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Turtle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bamm-Bamm Rubble
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pebbles Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Airport PA announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Airport clerk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Helicopter pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Triple X/Green Goose
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Romeo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| George
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Roberta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mario
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cabbie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Street salesman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Harvey Korman]]
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Baby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Recorder bird
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ferocious
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor of Bedrock
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Romeo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| George
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Roberta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mario
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cabbie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Street salesman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Harvey Korman]]
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Baby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Recorder bird
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ferocious
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor of Bedrock
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Recorder bird
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ferocious
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor of Bedrock
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Radio announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Organizations

 * Rocky Press (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Bedrock
 * Flintstone residence
 * Pet hospital
 * Rock Canyon Road
 * Bedrock Hospital
 * Crater Airport
 * France
 * Paris
 * Eiffel Rock Tower
 * Cafe Unic
 * Italy
 * Rome
 * Hotel
 * Park
 * Papa Piccolo's Pizza Palace
 * Rock Park
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Rocky Press newspaper

Vehicles

 * Flintmobile

Development
The idea of the Green Goose's name may have come Hanna-Barbera's unrealized plans of producing a series of live-action films called The Green Goose in 1962.

Music
The music was composed by Marty Paich and Ted Nichols. The music was edited by Tony Milch. The songs were written by John McCarthy and Doug Goodwin. A vinyl was released by Hanna-Barbera Records.

Songs

 * 1) "The Man Called Flintstone"
 * 2) "Spy Type Guy"
 * 3) "Team Mates" - Henry Corden and Mel Blanc
 * 4) "The Happy Sounds of Pareé" - Leo De Lyon
 * 5) "Pensate Amore" - Louis Prima
 * 6) "Tickle Toddle"
 * 7) "(Someday) When I Am Grown Up"

Crew credits

 * Additional story material: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Warren Foster, Alex Lovy
 * Animation director: Charles A. Nichols
 * Art director: Bill Perez
 * Layout artists: Richard Bickenbach, Lance Noley, Iwao Takamoto, Jerry Eisenberg, Bob Singer, Homer Jonas, Bruce Bushman, Jack Huber, Brad Case Walter Clinton, Steve Nakagawa
 * Assistant production supervisor: Bill Schipek
 * Animators: Irv Spence, George Nicholas, Edwin Aardal, Don Lusk, Richard Lundy, Ed Parks, Allen Wilzbach, George Germanetti, Hugh Fraser, George Goepper, Edward Barge, Jerry Hathcock, Kenneth Muse, Bill Keil, John Sparey, George Kreisel, Carlo Vinci, Hicks Lokey
 * Letterer: Robert Schaefer
 * Assistant animators: Sam Jaimes, Frank Parr, Richard Gonzales, Bill Nunes, Grace Stanzell, John Boersema, Jack Parr, Jim Brummett, Tony Love, Veve Risto, Charlotte Huffine, Tom Ferriter, Jack Carr, Joe Roman, Jack Kerns, Joan Orbison, William Pratt, Rae McSpadden, Pat Combs, Dennis Sills
 * Cel production: Harvard Pennington
 * Animation checkers: Janet Gusdavison, Marceil Ferguson, Joyce Gard, Maggie Raymond, Evelyn Sherwood, Grace McCurdy, Annie Lee Holm, Betty MacGowan, Woody Chatwood, Florence Hammontre
 * Special effects artist: Brooke Linden
 * Background designers: F. Montaelegre, Paul Julian, Robert Gentle, Art Lozzi, Ron Dias, Janet Brown, Tom Knowles, Fernando Arce, René Garcia, Richard Knim, Don Watson
 * Ink and paint supervisor: Roberta Greutert
 * Film editors: Milton Krear, Pat Foley, Larry Cowan, Dave Horton
 * Editorial supervisor: Warner Leighton
 * Photographers: Charles Flekal, Roy Wade, Gene Borghi, Bill Kotler, Norm Stainback, Dick Blundell, Frank Parrish, Hal Shiffman, John Pratt
 * Technical supervisor: Frank Paiker
 * Sound recorders: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: August 3, 1966

Behind the scenes

 * The poster is a parody of the film Our Man Flint, itself a James Bond parody, which was released at the beginning of 1966.
 * The poster uses R.S. Allen's name, but the film itself says, Ray Allen.
 * The film opens up with Wilma in place of the torch lady in Columbia Pictures' logo, which is cut from Warner Bros.' DVD print.
 * Don Messick doesn't provide the speaking voice of Bamm-Bamm, who's only time talking is actually singing when he's put to bed by an unknown performer.
 * Fred and Wilma say Eurock, instead of Europe.

Errors

 * Wilma's dress is purple instead of white.
 * While the vet referred to Hoppy's species as being a Hopparoo, he just referred to Dino as a common dinosaur, when his species is a Snorkasaurus.
 * Fred had his hair sliced off by Bobo in one scene, but in the next, it's grown back to its full length.
 * Chief Boulder and Betty say "Papa Piccolo's Pizza Palace," but the building says, "Papa Piccolo Pizza Palace."

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * March 21, 1991: Hanna-Barbera Home Video releases The Man Called Flintstone on VHS.
 * January 30, 1992: Hanna-Barbera Home Video and Image Entertainment releases The Man Called Flintstone on LaserDisc.
 * December 2, 2008: Warner Home Video releases The Man Called Flintstone on DVD.
 * August 4, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: 2 Movies and 5 Specials on DVD.
 * October 27, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Disc.
 * In Canada:
 * March 22, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Man Called Flintstone on DVD.