When they find a frozen caveman in their back yard, two high school outcasts thaw him and introduce him to modern life while he in turn gets them to actually enjoy life.When they find a frozen caveman in their back yard, two high school outcasts thaw him and introduce him to modern life while he in turn gets them to actually enjoy life.When they find a frozen caveman in their back yard, two high school outcasts thaw him and introduce him to modern life while he in turn gets them to actually enjoy life.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Ke Huy Quan
- Kim
- (as Jonathan Quan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, the filmmakers offered the role of Link to Pauly Shore. When Shore first went in to meet with Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, he told him he didn't want to play Link. Because he knew, since cavemen don't talk, that the film would lose the appeal of his humor and unique "Paulyspeak", (where Shore would pause between syllables of key adjectives). Instead, Shore wanted to play one of the two teens who find the caveman. So, Katzenberg insisted that Shore, along with the writers, re-write Harold (the character's original name) to become the Stoney Brown character. Shore improvised most of his lines.
- GoofsWhen Link and Stoney are in the convenience store and steal the Squishy from the machine, Link has it all down his shirt when they leave. When Link returns the shirt has no marks on it at all.
- Crazy creditsBefore the end credits, the screen shows "THE END" ... and then "BUD-DY"
- Alternate versionsTV version adds a scene that occurs right before Dave and Stoney find Link in his pool. It's a conversation between Dave and his mother about her plans of opening up a "Homeless Home" in their house and using Dave's room as a place for them to stay.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Sister Act/Encino Man/Alien³/Far and Away (1992)
Featured review
Entertainment From The Stone Age...Bud-dy
Entertainment that does not try to be more than that and manages to provide the viewer with the necessary escape from reality.
The movie is fun, with solid actors who have fun in their roles. The film is certainly not a masterpiece, but it is underrated because it succeeds in what many films fail in, which is to provide the viewer with good entertainment.
And there's a lot of good fun in this movie, from the colorful characters and the hilarious Brendan Fraser to the fun 90s look.
The idea is really fun and Brendan Fraser is a great choice for the role. Brendan Fraser is an underrated actor, after all, just as this film is underrated, which certainly deserves a higher rating.
It's fun, cheerful and provides the viewer with what a film like this should provide, which is good entertainment.
Definitely a comedy worth watching.
The movie is fun, with solid actors who have fun in their roles. The film is certainly not a masterpiece, but it is underrated because it succeeds in what many films fail in, which is to provide the viewer with good entertainment.
And there's a lot of good fun in this movie, from the colorful characters and the hilarious Brendan Fraser to the fun 90s look.
The idea is really fun and Brendan Fraser is a great choice for the role. Brendan Fraser is an underrated actor, after all, just as this film is underrated, which certainly deserves a higher rating.
It's fun, cheerful and provides the viewer with what a film like this should provide, which is good entertainment.
Definitely a comedy worth watching.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- California Man
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,693,477
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,866,120
- May 25, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $40,693,477
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- 1.85 : 1
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