The Flintstones (film)

This article is about the live-action film. For other uses, see The Flintstones.

The Flintstones
Theatrical poster.
Production company	Amblin Entertainment
Distributor	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 27, 1994
Starring	John Goodman Rick Moranis Elizabeth Taylor Rosie O'Donnell Kyle MacLachlan Halle Berry
Executive producer(s)	Steven Spielberg William Hanna Joseph Barbera Kathleen Kennedy David Kirschner Gerald R. Molen
Producer(s)	Colin Wilson Bruce Cohen
Music composed by	David Newman
Screenplay by	Tom S. Parker & Jim Jennewein and Steven E. de Souza
Director(s)	Joseph Barbera William Hanna
Title card

The Flintstones is a 1994 American live-action family comedy film based on Hanna-Barbera's animated sitcom of the same name, which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1966. The film was produced by Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures (credited as Univershell) on May 27, 1994. It was written by Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, and Steven E. de Souza, produced by Bruce Cohen, and directed by Brian Levant.

Fred finally gets the big promotion he's been waiting years for, changing his family's life around for the better. But this is all a ploy by his superior to use him as a scapegoat in embezzling Slate and Company. Having been manipulated in every which way, Fred loses his family and friends, becoming Bedrock's most wanted.

In 2000, Universal released a prequel called The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, which detailed how Fred and Barney wooed and married Wilma and Betty. Although the cast failed to return (for obvious reasons), it continued to be backed by Amblin Entertainment and director Brian Levant.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Foreman	Bradford Bryson
Shelba	Unavailable (voice)
Joe Rockhead	Richard Moll
Cliff Vandercave	Kyle MacLachlan
Miss Stone	Halle Berry
Fred Flintstone	John Goodman
Wilma Flintstone	Elizabeth Taylor
Pebbles Flintstone	Elaine and Melanie Silver
Dino	Mel Blanc (voice)
Baby Puss	N/A
Gorge Lucas
Stewardess	Janice Kent
Airline captain	Unavailable
Barney Rubble	Rick Moranis
Timmy
Charlie	Unavailable
Pigasaurus	Unavailable
Betty Rubble	Rosie O'Donnell
Wilma's sister
Wilma's niece
Mrs. Pyrite	Sheryl Lee Ralph
Hendersons' baby	Unavailable
Mr. Henderson	Unavailable
Mrs. Henderson	Unavailable
Bamm-Bamm Rubble	Hlynur and Marino Sigurdsson E.G. Daily (voice)
Hoagie	Irwin Keyes
Elliot Firestone
Pearl Slaghoople	Elizabeth Taylor
Colonel Slaghoople
Jerry Slaghoople
Fred's father
Albert Einstone
Betty Rocker
Dictabird	Harvey Korman
Mrs. Feldspar	Jean Vander Pyl
Bruce Springstone (drawing)	N/A
Boardroom executive	William Hanna
Mr. Slate	Dann Florek
Mica	Rod McCrary
Woman at Chevrox	Lita Stevens
Aerobics instructor	Andy Steinfeld
Man in Mersandes	Joseph Barbera
Maitre'd	Jim Doughan
BC-52's singer	Kate Pierson
BC-52's singer	Fred Schneider
BC-52's singer	Keith Strickland
Susan Rock	Laraine Newman
Cliff Slate
Barney's father
Cliff Vandercave's mother
Bedrock's Most Wanted host	Jay Leno
Miss Stone lookalike	Messiri Freeman
Fred Flintstone lookalike	Alan Blumenfeld
Cliff Vandercave lookalike	Sam Raimi
Grizzled man	Jonathan Winters
Concretia Slate

Organizations

• Slate and Company
• Triassic World Airlines
• The Bedrock News
• Bedrock Adoption Agency
• Water Buffalos
• BC-52's
• Bedrock Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Bedrock
      • Quarry
      • Slate and Company offices
      • Flintstone residence
      • Drive-in movie theater
      • Toy-S-Aurus
      • Bedrock Adoption Agency building
      • RocDonald's
      • Bedrock Bowl-O-Rama
      • Rubble residence
      • Bedrock Swamps (mentioned)
      • Jurassic Park
      • Marshy Fields
      • Snob Auto
      • Cavern on the Green
    • Arizona (indirectly mentioned)
      • Grand Canyon (mentioned)
  • South America (indirectly mentioned)
    • Andes (mentioned)
  • Rocapolco (mentioned)

Objects

• The Bedrock News newspaper
• Bolda Cola
• Cooking with Betty Rocker
• Bone to Run
• Slab-O-Matic Stone Teller

Vehicles

• Flintmobile

Production

Casting

In 1989, Steven Spielberg directed John Goodman in the film Always. Spielberg was determined on having Goodman playing Fred, going so far as to announce this during a table read of Always. Goodman wasn't enthusiastic about playing the role, believing it would typecast him. Goodman dyed his hair black for the role.

Rick Moranis was cast as Barney, who felt more comfortable in the role, even going so far as to say he'd be open to playing it again. Moranis also dyed his hair blond.

Rosie O'Donnell was cast as Betty, despite not having the slim figure, based purely on the fact she could do the signature laugh.

Music

Main article: The Flintstones: Music from Bedrock

The score was composed by David Newman.

Songs

1. "(Meet) The Flintstones" - B-52's
2. "The Bedrock Twitch" - B-52's
3. "Walk the Dinosaur" - Was Not Was
4. "Rock With the Caveman" - Big Audio Dynamite
5. "Hit & Run Holiday" - My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
6. "Prehistoric Daze" - Shakespear's Sister & The Holy Ghost
7. "I Showed a Caveman How to Rock" - Us 3 featuring Def Jef
8. "Anarchy in the UK - Green Jelly

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 27, 1994

Behind the scenes

• The film advertised at the drive-in movie theater at the beginning of the film, is Gorge Lucas's Tar Wars, a parody of George Lucas's Star Wars.
• "The Bedrock Twitch" song was adapted from The Flintstones episode "The Twitch."
• Toy-S-Aurus is a parody of toy chain Toys-R-Us.
• RocDonald's is a parody of McDonald's. Similarly in the next film, Burger King will be parodied with Bronto King.
• The cooking book that was written by Betty Rocker is a parody of Betty Crocker.
• Jurassic Park is a parody of the film Jurassic Park, which Steven Spielberg directed, with Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment distributing and producing, respectively; in the next film, there is also an upcoming carnival ride announced called Jurassic Park the Ride.
• CNN is parodied as the Cave News Network.
• The Young and the Thumbless is a parody of the soap opera The Young and the Restless.
• The dictabird is voiced by Harvey Korman, who was the voice of the Great Gazoo in the sixth season of The Flintstones cartoon.
• Jean Vander Pyl, the voice of Wilma, makes a cameo at Fred's party.
• Chevrox is a parody of Chevron.
• Flintstones series creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera make cameos as boardroom executive and the Mersandes owner outside the restaurant, respectively.
• The B-52's spoof themselves as The BC-52's.
• The Bedrock News reports the on "Jetstones" referring to The Jetsons, the futuristic counterpart to the animated series.
• When the newspaper reports on Fred being indicted, the cartoon version of him has been chiseled in.
• Avrock is a parody of Avon.
• The dictabird breaks the fourth wall by mentioning that he should've gone with Disney.

Errors

• Fred says he met Wilma at a restaurant she was working at, which is true when shown in the prequel, but he didn't win an all-you-can-eat contest.

Everlasting influence

• In the Dawson's Creek episode "Full Moon Rising," The Flintstones movie is being rented at Screen Play Video.

Marketing and promotion

Main article: The Flintstones (film)/Marketing and promotion

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  Teaser poster.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
• In the United Kingdom:
  • February 29, 2016: Fabulous Films releases The Flinstones on Blu-ray.
  • June 12, 2017: Fabulous Films releases The Flintstones on Blu-ray.