Caveman

Caveman is a 1981 slapstick comedy film financed by George Harrison, written and directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Shelley Long and Dennis Quaid. Atouk is a bullied and scrawny caveman living in "One Zillion BC - October 9th" (apparently in memory of John Lennon, Ringo Starr's friend and bandmate with The Beatles, whose birthday was October 9). He lusts after the beautiful but shallow Lana, who is the mate of Tonda... more

Caveman is a 1981 slapstick comedy film financed by George Harrison, written and directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Shelley Long and Dennis Quaid. Atouk is a bullied and scrawny caveman living in "One Zillion BC - October 9th" (apparently in memory of John Lennon, Ringo Starr's friend and bandmate with The Beatles, whose birthday was October 9). He lusts after the beautiful but shallow Lana, who is the mate of Tonda, their tribe's physically imposing leader. After being banished along with his friend Lar, Atouk falls in with a band of assorted misfits, among them the comely Tala and the elderly blind man Gog. The group has ongoing encounters with hungry dinosaurs, and rescues Lar from a "nearby ice age", where they encounter an abominable snowman. In the course of these adventures they discover sedative drugs, fire, cooking, music, and learn how to walk fully upright. Atouk uses these advancements to lead an attack on Tonda, overthrowing him and becoming... less