Atouk (Ringo Starr) is a bullied and scrawny caveman living in "One Zillion BC – October 9th". He lusts after the beautiful but shallow Lana (Barbara Bach), who is the mate of Tonda (John Matuszak), their tribe's physically imposing bullying leader and brutish instigator. After being banished along with his friend Lar (Dennis Quaid), Atouk falls in with a band of assorted misfits, among them the comely Tala (Shelley Long) and the elderly blind man Gog (Jack Gilford). The group has ongoing encounters with hungry dinosaurs, and rescues Lar from a "nearby ice age", where they encounter an abominable snowman. In the course of these adventures they discover sedative drugs, fire, invent cooking, music, weapons, and learn how to walk fully upright. Atouk uses these advancements to lead an attack on Tonda, overthrowing him and becoming the tribe's new leader. He rejects Lana and takes Tala as his mate, and they live happily ever after.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Comedy, Romance |
Country: | United States, Mexico |
Produced By: | David Foster, Lawrence Turman |
Directed By: | Carl Gottlieb |
Written By: | Carl Gottlieb, Rudy De Luca |
Cast: | Rosa Rodríguez, Tere ÁLvarez, Esteban Valdez, Michelle Wagner, Raúl Martínez, Richard Moll, Marco Antonio Arzate, Barbara Bach, Ana De Sade, Shelley Long, Anaís De Melo, John Matuszak, Gigi Vorgan, Nicolás Jasso, Paco Morayta, Evan C. Kim, Juan Ancona Figueroa, Jack Scalici, Sabina Riba, Carl Lumbly, Avery Schreiber, Humberto Olivares, Sara López Sierra, Juan Omar Ortiz, Gerardo Zepeda, Gerardo Albarrán, Jack Gilford, Cork Hubbert, Vicente Huezo, Ed Greenberg, Pamela Gual, Ringo Starr, Mark King, Miguel ÁNgel García, Erika Carlsson, Miguel ÁNgel Fuentes, Xochitl Del Rosario, Dennis Quaid |
In Theaters: | Apr 17, 1981 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 31 minutes |
Production: | Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A., Turman-Foster Company |
Box Office: | $15,965,924 |
Available On: | Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |