Encino Man, released in Europe as California Man, is a 1992 comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin and Pauly Shore. The plot revolves around two geeky teenagers from Encino, Los Angeles, California played by Astin and Shore, who discover a caveman in their backyard frozen in a block of ice. The caveman, played by Fraser, has to learn to live in the new 20th century. Along the way, he teaches them one or two t...
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Encino Man, released in Europe as California Man, is a 1992 comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin and Pauly Shore. The plot revolves around two geeky teenagers from Encino, Los Angeles, California played by Astin and Shore, who discover a caveman in their backyard frozen in a block of ice. The caveman, played by Fraser, has to learn to live in the new 20th century. Along the way, he teaches them one or two things about life. It was followed by a TV movie sequel, Encino Woman, in 1996.
During the first ice age, a caveman (Brendan Fraser) is seen with his cavewoman girlfriend (Sandra Hess) as he makes a fire, until an earthquake causes a cave-in that buries them.
In the present day, Dave Morgan (Sean Astin) and Stanley "Stoney" Brown (Pauly Shore) are two high school outcasts who strive for popularity.
While digging in Dave's backyard to make a swimming pool, they find a block of ice containing the caveman. While Dave and Stoney are at school, the...
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