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Director: Brian Levant
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From Time Out Film Guide
This 'Spielrock' production is faithful to the original in everything but scale. The trick was not to stray too far from the cartoon simplicity of the Hanna-Barbera TV series, so the movie is a spectacular celebration of the superficial and the reassuring. The town of Bedrock is a genuine foam- design wonder: the bustling quarry, the monumental high street with its stone-roller cars. The exploited Jurassic-era fauna, from Dino the pet dinosaur to the lobster lawnmowers, all courtesy of Henson puppet technology and enhanced computer animatronics are so sympathetic you wish they'd organise a 'toon union. The actors, on the other hand - Goodman's Fred, Moranis's Barney, Perkins' Wilma - replicate the voices, manners, tics and tropes of the originals so accurately, they seem like programmed automatons.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Brian Levant
Producer: Bruce Cohen
Cast: John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor full cast
Genre(s): Children's
Duration: 92 mins
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