The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (film)
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| Production company | Amblin Entertainment |
| Distributor | Universal Pictures |
| Release date | April 15, 2000 |
| Run time | 1:30:52 |
| Starring | Mark Addy Stephen Baldwin Kristen Johnson Jane Krakowski Thomas Gibson Alan Cummin Harvey Korman Joan Collins |
| Executive producer(s) | Steven Spielberg William Hanna Joseph Barbera Kathleen Kennedy David Kirschner Gerald R. Molen |
| Producer(s) | Bart Brown Colin Wilson Bruce Cohen |
| Music composed by | David Newman |
| Screenplay by | Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont and Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. |
| Storyboard artists | Darryl Henley |
| Director(s) | Brian Levant |
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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is an American live-action prehistoric family comedy film produced by Amblin Entertainment, based on Hanna-Barbera's animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1966. It was distributed by Universal Pictures (credited as Univershell) on April 15, 2000. It was written by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfront, and Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., produced by Bruce Cohen, and directed by Brian Levant. It is a prequel to the previous 1994 film, The Flintstones.
Fred and Barney are just starting to make a life for themselves when meeting the girls of their dreams, Wilma and Betty. But when Wilma's jealous, rich ex-boyfriend finds out he has a rival, he sets Fred up. With a little help from the alien the Great Gazoo, he may just prove his innocence and get Wilma back.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
Organizations
- Slate and Company (mentioned)
- Bank of America
- Loyal Order of the Water Buffalos (mentioned)
- The Bedrock News (mentioned)
- Mick Jagged and the Stones
- Rock Vegas Police Department
- Rockettes
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Bedrock
- Bronto Crane Academy
- Slaghoople Manor
- Bedrock Bowl-O-Rama
- Toy-S-Aurus
- Marshy Fields
- Bank of America building
- Bronto King
- Upper Crust Mobile Estates
- Melrock Place
- Betty's residence
- Carnival
- Bedrock Gardens
- New Jersey (indirectly mentioned)
- Princestone (mentioned)
- Nevada
- Rock Vegas
- Tardust
- Precinct III
- Rock Vegas
- Bedrock
- England (indirectly mentioned)
- Salisbury (indirectly mentioned)
- Stonehenge (mentioned)
- Salisbury (indirectly mentioned)
- United States
- Great Gazoo's planet (mentioned)
- The Moon
Objects
- Hamilstone juicer
- Fruity Pebbles
- Roca-Cola
- The Bedrock News newspaper
- American Gothic
- Nighthawks
- The Scream
- Holy slab
Vehicles
- Great Gazoo's spaceship
- Flintmobile
Production
Development
Filming
Music
- Main article: The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (album)
The music was composed by David Newman.
Songs
- "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals
- "Viva Rock Vegas" - Ann-Margret
- "This Isn't Love" - Mark Addy
- "Rock This Town" - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- "Seven Nights to Rock" - Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit
- "Half a Boy, Half a Man" - Nick Lowe
- "Viva Las Vegas (Viva Rock Vegas)" - Alan Cumming
- "(Meet) The Flintstones"
- "Rise and Shine"
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: April 15, 2000
Behind the scenes
- Incidentally, Fred and Wilma also had a Rock Vegas marriage in the animated TV movie I Yabba-Dabba Do!
- Fred mentions going to work at Slate and Company setting up his future job.
- Gazoo alludes to the Disney film Aladdin.
- Bronto King is a parody of Burger King. Similarly in the last film, McDonald's was parodied with RocDonald's.
- Jurassic Park the Ride is a parody of the film Jurassic Park, which Steven Spielberg directed, with Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment distributing and producing respectively; in the previous film there was an actual park/playground called Jurassic Park.
- Post's cereal Fruity Pebbles makes an in-universe appearance.
- Roca-Cola is a parody of Coca-Cola.
- Chip and Roxie seem to be an allusion to the children of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, who were born in the unrelated animated TV movie Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby.
- Mick Jagged and the Stones are a parody of Mick Jagger and his band, the Rolling Stones.
- Chip has prehistoric paintings of American Gothic, Nighthawks, and The Scream.
- One of the wanted posters in the Rock Vegas jail has a picture of Joseph Barbera.
- Harvey Korman was the voice of the Great Gazoo in the sixth and final season of The Flintstones.
- "Viva Rock Vegas" sung by Ann-Margret is both an allusion to the 1964 film she starred in Viva Las Vegas, and the time she guest-starred as Ann-Margrock in The Flintstones episode "Ann-Margrock Presents."
- Irwin Keyes reprises his role of Joe Rockhead from the previous film, making him the only actor to play the same role in both movies. Harvey Korman and Rosie O'Donnell both appeared in the previous film, but as the dictabird and Betty, instead.
Errors
- If Wilma is so rich, then why does she act like Fred's promotion and subsequent raise and bonus is a big change for her in the previous film?
Everlasting influence
- In the Family Guy episode "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream," The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is Peter's favorite period film.
Marketing and promotion
Critical reception
Box office
In other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- September 26, 2000: Universal Studios Home Entertainment releases The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas on VHS.
- September 26, 2000: Universal Studios Home Entertainment releases The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas on DVD.
- June 4, 2019: Universal Studios Home Entertainment releases The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas on Blu-ray Disc.
- In the United Kingdom:
- October 23, 2017: Fabulous Films releases The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas on Blu-ray Disc.
Trailers
References
