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The Man Called Flintstone | 
 enlarge | Actors: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Harvey Korman, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 9058
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 89
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: 1000042580
UPC: 883929037124
EAN: 0883929037124
ASIN: B001E2PQAC
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Studio: Hanna Barbera Release Date: 12/02/2008 Run time: 87 minutes Rating: Nr
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One of the odder bits of pop culture cross-pollination from the 1960s, The Man Called Flintstone thrusts Fred Flintstone into the spy game for a feature-length animated musical adventure that's probably best appreciated by die-hard fans of the modern stone-age family. Released to theaters immediately after the network series left the air in 1966, Flintstone reunites the vocal cast from its final two seasons--Alan Reed as Fred, Mel Blanc as Barney, Jean VanderPyl as Wilma, and Gerry Johnson, who replaced Bea Bernadet as Betty--for this tale of mistaken identities and international intrigue. Veteran voice actor Paul Frees is secret agent Rock Slag, who is injured in his pursuit of the villainous Green Goose (Harvey Korman). His identical twin (Fred Flintstone, natch) is recruited to impersonate Slag and continue the chase in "Eurock," with Wilma, Barney and Betty in tow under the pretense of a joint family vacation. Flintstone has its moments, most notably a musical number featuring the voice of Louis Prima, but on the whole, it pales by comparison to the smart writing of the series (which addressed several of the feature's plotlines in individual episodes). Still, Reed, Blanc and the rest are game, and nostalgists may enjoy this rare feature-length outing, which has gone unseen save for sporadic TV broadcasts since its release. Flintstones scholars may note that Henry Corden, who took over as the voice of Fred Flintstone following Reed's death in 1977, provides Fred's singing voice in musical numbers. --Paul Gaita
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 Good but... December 29, 2008
I miss the Wilma Columbia Pictures opening. At least they didn't cut the music. They just replaced the Wilma image with other images from the film.
 Our Man Flintstone December 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In the midst of the mid- 'sixties spy craze came this 90 minute feature length film. It was Hanna- Barbera's second theatrical feature, the first being Hey There, It's Yogi Bear. Everything good about the Flintstones to date found its way into this 1966 movie, but this Columbia release (now Warner Bros.) also features seven songs and two different animation looks in the opening and closing title sequences. HB, to their credit, kept the loved look of the long running prime time TV show for the entire feature. The DVD release was held up for a long time due to various debacles, but amazingly, this release managed to keep the cel-look cover art, while the back features three title cards used in theaters.
The film is in English with French and Spanish subtitles, but other than that, there are no extra features, which seems surprising, but perhaps an enhanced version will be released if this one does well. All the classic characters are here: Alan Reed as Fred, Mel Blanc as Barney, Jean Vanderpyl as Wilma, Gerry Johnson as Betty, not to mention June Foray, Harvey Korman, Paul Frees, Don Messick, and Janet Waldo. The Man Called Flintstone, coming two years later, is more developed than Hey There, Yogi Bear, which is also a musical, and which also gave the HB art department a chance to experiment with different visual styles in the musical numbers.
This is a delightful film, well-drawn, fast paced, well-plotted, with the usual cartoon conundrums and domestic dilemmas, drawing to a satisfying denoument. In other words, three times the length, but following the formula of every Flintstones episode. Here though, the genius of this cartoon, in writing, character, and story, clearly shines, whereas in the episodes, it's easily taken for granted. The film clips right by, whereas another well-known HB feature, The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, which runs two hours instead of 90 minutes, seems to drag. Flintstones fans, cartoon lovers, and animation buffs won't want to miss The Man Called Flintstone.
LOVE this movie. Seriously. December 5, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Haven't seen the DVD yet, but I own an old VHS copy of it I transferred over to DVD. It's a family staple; as kids it used to air annually on (I think) ABC in 2 halves, one half on Thanksgiving Day and the second the day after. Everything you love about Flintstones - the physical gags, the Fred-Can't-Do-Anything-Right bumbling, the great cartoon voice-over work from the original cast plus Harvey Korman & June Foray, the "eh, it's a living" use of prehistoric animals (who knew so many of them could speak perfect English, it really IS Intelligent design!) - it's just all done up a little bigger, with Fred being recruited by the goverment to finish an assignment started by a secret agent (who happens to be Fred's double, and quite a hit with the female spy set...meee-yowwww). And the assignment is coinciding with the Flintstones' & Rubbles' joint vacation, & Fred's not allowed to tell anyone else what's going on. Add some catchy tunes, and be amazed as time flies by and you forget how old you are.
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