The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (film)

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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Viva Rock Vegas poster.jpg
Theatrical poster.
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
Title card
Viva Rock Vegas title card.png

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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Great Gazoo Alan Cumming
Gazaam Taylor Negron
Gazing Taylor Negron
Fred Flintstone Mark Addy
Barney Rubble Stephen Baldwin
Bronto crane instructor #1 Jack McGee
Bronto crane instructor #2 David Jean-Thomas
Bronto crane Richard Karron
Bronto worker Brian Coughlin
Melvin Granite Unavailable
Bride-to-be Jennifer Simard
Tennis girl Heather McClurg
Kitty Chene Lawson
Pearl Slaghoople Joan Collins
Wilma Slaghoople Kristen Johnston
Chip Rockefeller Thomas Gibson
Eugene
Colonel Slaghoople Harvey Korman
Betty O'Shale Jane Krakowski
Old man Buck Kartilian
Joe Rockhead Irwin Keyes
Dino Mel Blanc
Mr. O'Shale (chiseled photo) N/A
Mrs. O'Shale (chiseled photo) N/A
Photographer Beverly Sanders
Joan Crawfish
Valet John Cho
Genieve Cheryl Holdridge-Post
Isaac Mizrocki
Wilma's great-great grandmother
Stony Bennett
Roxie Alex Meneses
Little Rocko Danny Woodburn
Big Rocko Tony Longo
Octopus masseuse Rosie O'Donnell
Barney's uncle
Mick Jagged Alan Cumming
Keith Rockhard John Taylor
Casino security guard John Wills Martin
Cliff Unavailable
Julius Unavailable
Confessor #1 Rachel Winfree
Confessor #2 Ted Rooney
Confessor #3 Jim Doughan
Lieutenant Lapis Unavailable
Choregrapher Jason Kravitz
Rockette Jennifer Arden
Rockette Jennifer Bachler
Rockette Tracie Burton
Rockette Jacqueline Case
Rockette Jennifer Chang
Rockette Teresa Champman
Rockette Darlene Dillinger
Rockette Kristen Dinsmore
Rockette Tracie Hendricks
Rockette Helena Hultberg
Rockette Katherine Miller
Rockette Jessica Page
Rockette Kim Timbers-Patteri
Rockette Cristal Williams
Audience woman Anne Martel Mahoney
Audience man Brian Mahoney
Wedding minister Walter Gertz
John Stephenson (voice)
Wedding guest Joseph Barbera
Wedding guest William Hanna


Organizations

Locations

Objects

  • Hamilstone juicer
  • Fruity Pebbles
  • Roca-Cola
  • The Bedrock News newspaper
  • American Gothic
  • Nighthawks
  • The Scream
  • Holy slab

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

Main article: The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (album)

The music was composed by David Newman.

Songs

  1. "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals
  2. "Viva Rock Vegas" - Ann-Margret
  3. "This Isn't Love" - Mark Addy
  4. "Rock This Town" - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
  5. "Seven Nights to Rock" - Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit
  6. "Half a Boy, Half a Man" - Nick Lowe
  7. "Viva Las Vegas (Viva Rock Vegas)" - Alan Cumming
  8. "(Meet) The Flintstones"
  9. "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?

In popular culture

Main article: List of pop culture references to Flintstones
  • 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

Home availability

Trailers

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