Caveman (film)

Caveman is a 1981 American slapstick comedy film written and directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long and Barbara Bach. The film has also gained a cult following.

Filming was mostly done in a protected ecological research area named sierra de organos in the town of Sombrerete in the state of Zacatecas, Mxico. The river and fishing lake scene was shot in the Mexican state of Durango, and some scenes were filmed at the Churubusco Studios in Mxico City. The film features stopmotion animated dinosaurs constructed by Jim Danforth, including a Tyrannosaurus Rex which in one scene becomes intoxicated by a Cannabistype drug, animated by Randall W. Cook. Danforth was a major participant in the special effects sequences, but left the film about twothirds of the way his words through the work because the Directors Guild of America prohibited his contracted onscreen credit, codirection with Carl Gottlieb. Consequently, Danforths name does not appear on the film.At some showings audiences were issued a translation pamphlet forcaveman words. The only English dialog present is used for comedic effect, when it is spoken by a caveman played by Evan Kim who speaks modern English but is understood by none of the other characters. Being a Korean caveman, by speaking English, he appears to be more advanced than the rest. At her audition, Long said she did not speak any English, but responded to everything with grunts. ........

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