Encino Man (1992)

Director:

Les Mayfield

Writers (WGA):

George Zaloom (story) &
Shawn Schepps (story) ...

Release Date:

22 mayo 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Frase comercial:

Where The Stone Age Meets The Rock Age!

Plot:

When they find a frozen caveman in their backyard, two high school outcasts thaw him out and introduce him to modern day life while he in turn, gets them to actually enjoy life.

Plot Keywords:

School Life | Video Game | Ice Age | Skateboard | Assumed Identity

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Ice Man Cometh....Dude.

Cast

Sean Astin	...	Dave Morgan
Brendan Fraser	...	Link
Pauly Shore	...	Stoney Brown
Megan Ward	...	Robyn Sweeney
Robin Tunney	...	Ella
Michael DeLuise	...	Matt Wilson
Patrick Van Horn	...	Phil, Matt's Thug #1
Dalton James	...	Will, Matt's Thug #2
Rick Ducommun	...	Mr. Brush
Jonathan Ke Quan	...	Kim (as Jonathan Quan)
Mariette Hartley	...	Mrs. Morgan
Richard Masur	...	Mr. Morgan
Ellen Blain	...	Teena Morgan
Esther Scott	...	Mrs. Mackey
Steven Elkins	...	Mr. Beady

También conocida como:

California Man (Europe: English title) (UK)
Hombre de California, El (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and sensuality.

Duración:

88 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

South Korea:12 | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Mission College - 13356 Eldridge Avenue, Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Encino Man Productions

Trivialidades:

The group that is playing in the party scene is "Infectious Grooves" and features Mike Muir of the heavy metal band Suicidal Tendencies and Robert Trujillo, who currently plays bass with Metallica.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Link and Stoney are in the convenience store and steal the Squishy from the machine, Link has it all down his shirt when they leave. When Link returns the shirt has no marks on it at all.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Stoney: Meat group!

Movie Connections:

Features The Terminator (1984)

Soundtrack:

Frankenstein

The Ice Man Cometh....Dude.

Encino Man is a comedy influenced by the wackiness of the grunge generation. The young cast, which stars Astin, Shore, and Fraser, is likely to be a major draw for teenagers and younger viewers, who will likely enjoy this movie.

The story is pretty goofy. Dave (Sean Astin) has major plans for putting a swimming pool in his backyard to at least get some popularity points with the neighborhood teens who could lounge by the water in the blazing California summer sun. But, when he's breaking ground, he digs up a block of ice with a casualty of the Ice Ages, primitive fellow who he and his hip buddy, Stoney (Pauley Shore), clean off and try to disguise him as a regular American teenager. Needless to say, a lot of mishaps arise out of this. But eventually, the grizzly Link (Fraser), is a pretty popular kid at the high school, and one that Dave thinks will help him get popular, too, in that popularity-by-association kind of way.

Matt Wilson, a jerky jock (Michael DeLuise) interferes with Dave's plans to just try and pass off Link as a normal exchange student. Already p***ed with Dave and Stoney for getting friendly with his girlfriend Robyn (Megan Ward), and with their increasing popularity--especially Link, who Robyn has a little crush on. Matt figures out Link's real identity, and it's a question of whether anyone will believe his story that Link is really from the Ice Ages. Not even the school's most popular jerk can get off easy with a line like that.

The cast and this silly story make it an enjoyable comedy. Teens are likely to enjoy Pauley Shore's scenes as the happy-go-lucky hippie throwback friend, Stoney, as he just seems like such a nice, giant goofball who can really have fun with this material. It's also pretty funny to watch a fellow from the Ice Age trying to adapt to modern teenage life, much like the historical dudes did in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. It's even got some sweet tunes on the soundtrack. So loosen up and enjoy it already.