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6.6Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
Released: 1981-04-1791 minDir: Carl GottliebComedy, AdventureBox office: $16.0M
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Cast
- Ringo Starr as Atouk
- Dennis Quaid as Lar
- Shelley Long as Tala
- Jack Gilford as Gog
- Barbara Bach as Lana
- Carl Lumbly as Bork
Themes
- stone age
- slapstick comedy
- prehistory
- dinosaur
- cavemen
- prehistoric man
- caveman
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- parody film
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- dinosaur
- Director
- Carl Gottlieb
- Screenwriter
- Rudy De Luca
- Cast member
- Jack Scalia
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Producer
- David Foster
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Alan Hume
- Filming location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 172387
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-04-17
- title
- Caveman
- film editor
- Gene Fowler Jr.
- distributed by
- United Artists
- review score
- 33%
- capital cost
- 5000000
- box office
- 15965924
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