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	The Flintstones (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It stars John Goodman and Elizabeth Perkins as Fred and Wilma Flintstone, Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell as Barney and Betty Rubble, Halle Berry as Fred Flintstone's assistant Sharon Stone, Kyle MacLachlan as Fred's evil boss Cliff Vandercave and Elizabeth Taylor as Wilma's mother, Pearl Slaghoople.
		This film was not critically acclaimed, but was a box office hit grossing over $130 million domestically during the Veteran's Day weekend in 1994.
		The film was a box office disaster making just near $30 million domestically, $100 million less than the first Flintstones picture made, which stalled the film franchise indefinitely.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Flintstones_(movie) (668 words)

	Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas - Reviewed @ Videoflicks.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On the disc is a video log by the director (David O. Russell) which features a moment of pre-production on the film.
		Admittedly, this film is a step up from the first but so is a slap in the face.
		Brian Levant, the director behind such horrid cinema experiences as Leave It To Beaver, Problem Child 2, Jingle All The Way and the first mess that is The Flintstones had four (credited) writers take a swing at this one and none of them could write a gag to their life on this project it appears.
	www.videoflicks.com /features/reviews/FlintstonesVRV.htm?19071 (713 words)

	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
		The film recounts — with less wit than the worst episode of the original cartoon series — the initial meeting and romance of Hanna-Barbera's most beloved stone-aged couples.
		Bachelors Fred Flintstone (Mark Addy, The Full Monty) and Barney Rubble (Stephen Baldwin, finally playing a character that's as dumb as he looks) are lowly Bedrock quarry workers.
		The film's few bright spots are provided by Alan Cumming, who does double-duty as the diminutive, adorable space alien Gazoo (ironically, one of the most annoying characters in the cartoon series), and later as rocker Mick Jagged.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=129821&Tab=reviews&CID=13 (611 words)

	Film Reviews E-F
		With all the disaster films that are out there these days, it’s worth noting that some of these classics of the 70's set the tone for what we see today.
		Billed as an animal comedy film for kids, this isn't funny, doesn't appeal to kids, and doesn't really have an animal as the star, though the ape mask is fairly well-made.
		Sets, costumes, and props also provide an authentic feel to the film, and we feel the tension build as loyalties are tested and as a hero struggles to just be a man. R for violence, sex, and language.
	www.nightcoaster.com /showtimes/reviewsef.htm (21163 words)

	Film & TV: The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Austin Chronicle . 05-08-00)
		And of course it's not much of a stretch to say that without the foresight (or is that hindsight?) of The Flintstones we might not have the Simpson clan today.
		The original live-action cast John Goodman, Rosie O'Donnell, and the rest have decided to sit this one out, perhaps out of concern for not only their legitimate careers but also for the love of the source material.
		Tellingly, even the youngest members of the audience appeared to be more interested in their dwindling soda supply than anything up on the screen.
	weeklywire.com /ww/05-08-00/austin_screens_film2.html (429 words)

	The Flintstones (1994) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This multi-million dollar live-action remake must count as one of the most obsessive of Eco's "more real than the real thing" replications in that it goes so far as to three-dimensionally recreate characters that were originally rendered flat and build an entire town that originally only appeared as sketchy background.
		There is something quite odd to this when one considers that the film has hired a number of name actors not for their ability to give a role depth but rather for the purpose of getting them to appear as close to the two-dimensional originals as they possibly can.
		The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) was a prequel, also from director Brian Levant but with a different cast.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/flintstones.htm (760 words)

	DVD REVIEW: THE FLINTSTONES - COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		An animated version of "The Honeymooners," "The Flintstones" was a big hit in the 1960's, and thanks to the film, an even bigger hit in the 1990's.
		The plot is just a mechanism for the writers and Levant to share in their favorite "Flintstone's" moments, including the dead-on live-action opening that mimics the animated series with accuracy.
		Most of the cast members and the production team clock in with their insights and gossip, and even though making the film was a tremendous task, you can tell that everyone had a good time making it.
	www.lightviews.com /flintstonesdvd.htm (1188 words)

	The Flintstones (1994) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Feldspar, was the actress who voiced Wilma Flintstone in the original cartoon series.
		Live-action adaptation of Hanna-Barbera's TV cartoon brings prehistoric blue-collar family man Fred Flintstone to life with the help of John Goodman, exceptional in the role.
		The world of Bedrock is excitingly captured, all the surrounding details look right, but unfortunately the script is a pale, shapeless mess.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0109813 (385 words)

	THE FLINTSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS movie review (with photos and clips where possible)
		For conflict, there are the efforts by rich-girl Wilma's snobby mother to break up the romance between Wilma and the blue-collar Fred by pushing her in the direction of the preferable Chip Rockefeller (Thomas Gibson, another TV refugee), who also wants to get Fred out of the way.
		The film is awash in the kind of cheap sound effects (bongo flurries, comic xylophone riffs) that marked the cartoon.
		Enduring The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is enough to make even the most dedicated civil libertarian question whether there is such a thing as too much free speech.
	www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/f/flints.html (683 words)

	The Flintstones (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This film was again directed by Brian Levant.
		This article about a children's film is a stub.
		This page was last modified 00:14, 9 June 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Flintstones_(film) (668 words)

	UGO.com Film/TV - The Flintstones - Television on Film
		The Flintstones were basically an animated Honeymooners, with fewer threats of marital violence and more beleaguered, talking prehistoric birds.
		The 1994 film adaptation is a threat to that happy place.
		To be fair, we probably didn't see the movie - we say probably, because we accept the possibility that we did and have just repressed the memory.
	www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/televisiononfilm/flintstones.asp (102 words)

	SCREEN IT! ARTISTIC REVIEW: THE FLINTSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS
		As directed by Brian Levant (who helmed the first "Flintstones" film as well as "Jingle All the Way"), the film is all about individual moments and sight gags.
		The performances and cast decisions for the major roles are a mixed bag and inevitably will draw comparisons to those in the first film (simply because the viewer won't have much else to do while watching this one).
		While it's understood that the film isn't meant to be an Oscar contender and is primarily aimed at kids who will probably enjoy the slapstick shenanigans, fun costumes and overall visual look, it's simply not that good.
	www.screenit.com /ourtake/2000/the_flintstones_in_viva_rock_vegas.html (1171 words)

	Film Scouts Reviews: Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Meanwhile, Wilma Slaghoople, an heiress is miserable as she is set to be married to Chip Rockefeller, a rich playboy.
		This second installment and prequel to 1994's abysmal "The Flintstones" is an eye catching, slapsticky and mostly vapid attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the classic cartoon.
		There are long stretches in this film where it seem as though the screenplay pages were missing and the film just lumbers on until the next bad joke or sequence.
	www.filmscouts.com /scripts/review.cfm?File=2396 (379 words)

	NG BBS - "Sin City" and "the Flintstones"
		Not only did this have an effect on the atmosphere of the film, but it also showed that the actors were uninspired starring at a green wall.
		The Flintstones had one story, and every event in the film was related and vital to that plot.
		Maybe the Flintstones isn’t a classic, but in comparison with what some people are labeling a classic, the Flintstones is truly a great movie.
	www.newgrounds.com /bbs/topic.php?id=334067 (1462 words)

	`Flintstones': Caveman Courtship, Without Clubs
		This sequel to the 1994 live-action "Flintstones" is actually a prequel to the saga of Fred Flintstone, his pal Barney Rubble and their respective wives, the former Wilma Slaghoople and Betty O'Shale.
		The young Dino, the purple Flintstone pet hatched from an egg won at a carnival, proves a lovable, slobbering bundle of saurian energy.
		Cumming (again) as the Great Gazoo, an extraterrestrial from a species that reproduces by division who is sent to Earth to study the mating habits of humans, fails to capitalize on its comic potential.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/042800flint-film-review.html (803 words)

	LIGHT VIEWS FILM REVIEW: THE FLINTSTONES-VIVA ROCK VEGAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		One thing I appreciated about the first "Flintstones" film was the production designers ability to capture the economical look of the animated series in the sets and costumes.
		One of the strengths of the first film was perfect casting.
		The only laugh in the film comes at the very beginning, when the pint-sized alien The Great Gazoo (Alan Cummings) comments on the "Univershell" logo circling the globe.
	www.lightviews.com /flintstones-vivarockvegas.htm (941 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"
		I don't remember the original film impressing me as much with its extras (it also tried to tie a story in there as well...brrrrr), but this movie is chockfull of fun eye-candy, starting with an excellent representation of Gazoo.
		It was great, I have loved the Flintstones since I was little and this one actually didn't disappoint me. It had pretty good actors and a decent plot.
		My wife and I loved it, we go to Vegas all the time and loved watching the Flintstones as kids, we loved talking about it all the way home as we now know how the two couples met, and how Dino came to be.
	www.joblo.com /vivarockvegas.htm (1478 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| The Source
		Of course, the authentic article is always better than such pastiches, and the film interpolates welcome archival footage and interviews with the major players.
		This former football player was also, by some recent accounts, a "homosexual homophobe" who also became a sexist, racist drunk and all manner of anti-social creature due perhaps to his inability to acknowledge his queer side.
		Surprisingly, Ginsberg, at least in the film, avoids saying what most in their circle knew — that he had indeed slept with Kerouac, as had, again by recent accounts, Gore Vidal, Neal Cassady, and, toward the end of his life, "hundreds of men." Ginsberg leaves it with a coy "I had a crush on him."
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /26/thesource.html (765 words)

	"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		However, the film may lose a lot of potential viewers who are teen or older.
		But for children and fans of the Flintstones, this lighthearted and delightful story may be worthwhile.
		Rather, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is meant to emulate the feeling of an animated cartoon, not redefine the characters as being graduates of Princestone U. It was a pleasure to take my 12 year-old mentee and watch him laugh at a movie without any of the shortcuts Hollywood usually takes to grab attention.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2000/theflintstonesinvivarockvegas.html (863 words)

	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Flintstones
		Be that as it may, the "modern stone-age family" (Fred and Wilma — and later Pebbles — Flintstone) and their friends and neighbors (Barney and Betty — and later Bamm-Bamm — Rubble) debuted on ABC in 1960, and have been a part of the animation scene ever since.
		The Flintstones was television's first successful prime-time animated series, pre-dating The Simpsons by nearly three decades.
		No Flintstones series is appearing regularly right now, but DC publishes them occasionally as part of their Cartoon Network lineup.
	www.toonopedia.com /flintstn.htm (500 words)

	THE FLINTSTONES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		"The Flintstone" has a lot going for it from a loopy sense of humor and fun performances, to a seamless blend of live- action and effects, both computer-generated and mechanical.
		Much to the film's credit are live-action recreations of the animated series' opening and closing credits, right down to the sabretooth Kitty throwing Fred out at the end.
		Although I would consider "The Flintstones" to be a "must see" film for anyone who has ever enjoyed their animated antics, I don't think the film will do the kind of repeat business that turns hits like "Jurassic Park" into mega-business blockbusters.
	www.xmission.com /~gregorys/reviews/flintsto.htm (658 words)

	Orlando Weekly - Film Review - The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
		Taking the term "prehistoric" literally, director Brian Levant returns with a film that's a prequel to both the animated "Flintstones" TV series and his own live action, big-screen version of 1994.
		Baldwin, who has in most of his films come across as dimwitted as Barney himself, relies on his innate, drop-jawed goofiness to bring the part to life.
		Hanna-Barbera's original program was essentially a witty take on "The Honeymooners." "The Flintstones" mined its humor from the same sort of situations in which the Kramdens and the Nortons found themselves, and at the same time pulled off some pretty clever puns of its own.
	www.orlandoweekly.com /film/review.asp?rid=5131 (512 words)

	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is the second Flintstones film, but it is set before the first one.
		The film begins in a spaceship where some small weird 50's style aliens decide to send one Gazoo to Earth to observe human mating rituals.
		The rest of the film is about Chip trying to undermine Wilma's love for Fred by both making and breaking him at his casino.
	pink-mouse-productions.com /spruce/cinema/20000803.htm (441 words)

	The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That film, with John Goodman perfectly cast as Fred Flintstone, did a good job of translating the TV cartoon (1960-66) to the big screen, and with that I was content.
		But it worked better than I expected; the film gives us a Flintstone much younger than the husband and father of the first film (and the classic cartoon series), and Addy does a good job in the role.
		Brian Levant, who also directed the original Flintstones film, had the challenge of presenting the same characters with an entirely new set of actors.
	www.rambles.net /flintstones_viva.html (482 words)

	The Flintstones
		John Goodman stars as Fred Flintstone, who doesn't realize that his promotion at the quarry is part of an embezzlement scheme by an unscrupulous executive.
		Watch what happens when the Flintstones and Rubbles play host to two of them in "Ann-Margrock Presents" and "The Return of Stoney Curtis" (both with the voices of their real-life counterparts).
		Part-time store Santa Fred Flintstone is asked by some North Pole elves to pinch hit for the real Kris Kringle when sickness threatens Christmas Eve in a stone-age holiday treat for all ages.
	www.mortysmall.com /flintstones.shtml (1557 words)

	Share and Discover yaba daba doo Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Flintstones, an American animated television series created by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, is one of the most successful animated television series of all time, originally running in American prime time for six seasons, from 1960 to 1966, on the ABC network.
		Fred Flintstone worked at a stone quarry and worked for several different bosses, the best known of which was the bald Mr.
		The Flintstones was one of the more musical animated TV series, with many episodes featuring original, slightly rewritten, or actual popular recordings of the day, performed either by Fred, Barney, or a special guest star.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/yaba_daba_doo (3483 words)

	Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The (2000): Reviews
		The Flintstones and the Rubbles go on vacation to Rock Vegas, where Wilma is pursued by a playboy.
		Cute and funny, with plenty of slapstick and cuddly creatures for the kids and enough adult wit to keep parents reasonably amused.
		This movie is a business decision, and about as diverting to watch as someone reading the Universal fiscal report.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/flintstonesinvivarockvegas (566 words)

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