Caveman (film)

Caveman is a 1981 American slapstick comedy film financed by George Harrison, written and directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Dennis Quaid and Shelley Long.

Quotes

 * Atouk: [as Bork holds up the corpse of a slain bird-like creature] Ool!
 * Nook: Ool, no. Food!
 * Atouk: [not knowing what Nook is talking about] *Ool.*
 * Nook: [pointing to the campfire] That's fire.
 * Atouk: [looking at Nook like he's lost a few marbles] Haraka.

[Nook puts his face in his palm, looking frustrated]
 * Atouk: Bobo.
 * Nook: Friend.
 * Atouk: 'Fend?' *Bobo!*

[Nook looks back, frustrated]
 * Atouk: Alounda.
 * Nook: Love.
 * Atouk: Zug-Zug.
 * Nook: [pauses, looking puzzled]

[Atouk looks at Lar and they both begin to chuckle triumphantly]
 * Nook: [shrugging in defeat] All right... Zug-Zug.

Quotes about Caveman

 * It's dopey, but it's also lots of fun.
 * Janet Maslin, "'CAVEMAN' WITH RINGO STARR"] ''New York Times (April 17, 1981)


 * ...the characters don't exactly speak. They grunt and gesture in a language the audience gradually comes to understand. This doesn't make them any less articulate than many characters in movies with more elaborate scripts.
 * Janet Maslin, "'CAVEMAN' WITH RINGO STARR"] ''New York Times (April 17, 1981)

Cast

 * Ringo Starr as Atouk
 * Dennis Quaid as Lar
 * Shelley Long as Tala
 * Jack Gilford as Gog
 * Barbara Bach as Lana
 * Evan C. Kim as Nook
 * Carl Lumbly as Bork
 * John Matuszak as Tonda
 * Avery Schreiber as Ock
 * Richard Moll as Abominable Snowman