The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

Director:

Brian Levant

Writers (WGA):

William Hanna (animated series) &
Joseph Barbera (animated series) ...

Release Date:

28 April 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy

Tagline:

Get ready to rock!

Plot:

In this live-action prequel to the 1994 comedy hit, the Flintstones and the Rubbles go on a trip to Rock Vegas, where Wilma is pursued by playboy Chip Rockefeller.

Plot Keywords:

The Flintstones | Love | Prequel | Surrealism | Modern Stone Age Humor

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Mark Addy	...	Fred Flintstone
Stephen Baldwin	...	Barney Rubble
Kristen Johnston	...	Wilma Slaghoople
Jane Krakowski	...	Betty O'Shale
Joan Collins	...	Pearl Slaghoople
Thomas Gibson	...	Chip Rockefeller
Alan Cumming	...	Gazoo / Mick Jagged
Harvey Korman	...	Colonel Slaghoople
Alex Meneses	...	Roxie
John Taylor	...	Keith Richrock
Tony Longo	...	Big Rocko
Danny Woodburn	...	Little Rocko
Taylor Negron	...	Gazaam & Gazing
Jack McGee	...	Bronto Crane Examiner
David Jean Thomas	...	Bronto Crane Examiner (as David Jean-Thomas)

Also Known As:

The Flintstones 2 (USA) (working title)
The Flintstones 2: Viva Rock Vegas (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for innuendo and brief language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Australia:G | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | New Zealand:PG | Norway:A | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #37294) | Philippines:G | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

John Stephenson, who plays the Showroom Announcer, was the voice of Mr. Slate Flintstones TV movies.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the party scene, after Dino runs across the table and makes a mess, Wilma's mother's hair has some debris in it. She wipes it off with her hand, then in the next scene a piece is back, she picks it off, and in the next scene, more debris is back in her hair.

Quotes:

Fred Flintstone: Your eyes are like two big blue eyes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Britney Spears (#25.19)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

You Get What You Give

Fossilized dino deposits

This movie makes an awkward attempt to stay faithful to the spirit of the cartoon. It has moments, but far too few of them.

The few things done right first: Jane Krakowski makes a wonderful Betty; why couldn't she have been in the first movie? She makes the silly dialog somehow sweet and fun. The dating sequence is cute and the Vegas arrival scene has some clever sight gags, but these were fleeting montages. Harvey Korman is wasted in a throw-away role with few lines; instead of voicing Gazoo (as he did in the original cartoon), and the guy they use for Gazoo sounds like slate grinding on bedrock.

Joan Collins is obnoxious enough on her own; this movie has her play a wrenching stereotypical loudmouth mother-in-law who you want to feed to the nearest T-Rex you can find. And the guy that plays Barney? What the heck is he doing? His entire performance looked like a rejected audition for a junior high school production of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in Jurassic Park." Fred? The guy had a voice almost as nasally as Joan Collins. Wilma is cast as a 7-foot-tall giraffe. Fred goes gambling: Gee, what's gonna happen there? Fred and Barney dress up as dancers: they even manage to ruin this classic comedy routine. A poorly done triangle story falls flat.

This petrified fossil of a film does little justice to the Modern Stone-Aged Family. Rent some of the original cartoons, instead.