Caveman (1981)
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Caveman (1981)
This was the silly comedy version of Quest For Fire (also 1981), about a small tribe of cavemen dominated by the biggest brute (football star John Matuszak) in "One Zillion BC" (a take off on One Million Years BC-1966) . Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr stars as the loser of the bunch, pitiful even for a dopey caveman and picked on by the big one. Ringo's wife, ex-Bond girl Barbara Bach, is the resident spoiled sexpot. Dennis Quaid and Shelley Long are in early roles as Ringo's buddies. As expected, the characters speak a limited prehistoric language or grunt a lot. This gets by mostly on sight gags but there are also moments of clever humor as the tribe experience various discoveries, such as learning how to stand up straight. Since this is a comedy-fantasy, the pic also throws in comical dinosaurs, suggesting that this might take place in some alternate universe or another planet. The FX, a form of stop motion animation, are pretty good, sort of half-baked Harryhausen.
The theme, not too shabby for a silly comedy, turns out to be non-conformity and excelling based on your differences or quirks. Ringo and a few others become outcasts, forming their own smaller tribe, but they end up succeeding at life due to their idiosyncrasies. This also reminded me of some Mel Brooks comedies; Brooks tackled similar material in his later History of the World Part 1. Small roles for Evan Kim ("A Fistful of Yen" in Kentucky Fried Movie-77) and Richard Moll as an abominable snowman. BoG's Score: 6.5 out of 10
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