Caveman (film)

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Caveman
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Directed by	Carl Gottlieb
Produced by	David Foster Lawrence Turman
Written by	Rudy De Luka Carl Gottlieb
Starring	Ringo Starr Barbara Bach Dennis Quaid
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Editing by	Gene Fowler Jr.
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	1981
Running time	91 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Caveman is a 1981 slapstick comedy film, financed by George Harrison, which stars Ringo Starr as a caveman who applies some modern day ideas in his comical prehistoric adventures. This movie was filmed in "Sierra de organos", in Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico.

The dialog is almost entirely in "caveman" language, which is very simple and can easily be understood by the audience. The words for basic concepts are all made clear throughout the course of the film: "ool" is food, "zug zug" is sex, "araka" is fire, "Pooka" as broken and so on. The only English dialog is used for comedic effect: it is spoken by an Asian caveman (Evan Kim) who speaks perfectly but is understood by no one.

The story follows Atouk (Ringo Starr) and Lana (played by Barbara Bach), as well as dinosaurs, an abominable snowman (Richard Moll), and several other cavemen and members of their tribe (including Dennis Quaid as Lar and Shelley Long as Tala). Throughout their adventures they discover drugs, fire (and fried chicken), music, and how to walk upright.

Includes memorable stop-motion animated (and stoned) dinosaurs by David W. Allen.