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Summary
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+14)
Critics 43Audiences 57GoodWatch 51
Metascore55
Tomatometer30%
User score6.4
IMDb5.8
Audience score54%
Letterboxd · 6 K ratings2.7/5
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for comedies, −9 min on the typical 100
typical 10091Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1981
April 17, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
ComedyAdventureLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Mexico- United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 17 more32 people
- Ringo StarrAtouk
- Dennis QuaidLar
- Shelley LongTala
- Jack GilfordGog
- Barbara BachLana
- Carl LumblyBork
- John MatuszakTonda
- Avery SchreiberOck
Richard MollAbominable Snowman
Cork HubbertTa
Mark KingRuck
Paco MoraytaFlok
Evan C. KimNook- EGEd GreenbergKalta
- JSJack ScaliciFolg
- ECErika CarlssonFolg's Mate
Gigi VorganFolg's Daughter
Anaís de MeloMeeka
Miguel Ángel FuentesGrot
Ana De SadeGrot's Mate
Gerardo ZepedaBoola- TÁTere ÁlvarezOck's Mate
- HMHector MorenoNoota
- PGPamela GualNoota's Mate
Directing · 4
- Carl Gottlieb Director, Writer
- Doris Grau Script Supervisor
- Peter Bogart First Assistant Director
- Mario Cisneros Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Rudy De Luca Writer
Production · 5
- Lawrence Turman Producer
- David Foster Producer
- Lynn Stalmaster Casting
- Chip Fowler Production Coordinator
- Theodore R. Parvin Production Manager
Camera · 6
- Alan Hume Director of Photography
- Juan Iniestra Grip
- Andrew D. Schwartz Still Photographer
- Mike Frift Focus Puller
- Simon Hume Clapper Loader
- Genaro Hurtado Second Unit Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Gene Fowler Jr. Editor
- Carlos Puente Assistant Editor
- Roy E. Peterson Assistant Editor
Sound · 8
- Lalo Schifrin Original Music Composer
- Claude Hitchcock Production Sound Mixer
- Theodore Soderberg Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Paul Wells Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Douglas O. Williams Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Eric Lindemann Sound Editor
Art · 4
- Philip M. Jefferies Production Design
- Macedonio Ramos Assistant Property Master
- José Rodríguez Granada Art Direction
- Antonio Mata Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 9
- Robert Fletcher Costume Design
- Del Armstrong Makeup Supervisor
- Bertha Chiu Hairdresser
- Adolfo Ramírez Wardrobe Supervisor
- Tom Lucas Makeup Artist
- Rosa Guerrero Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- David Allen Visual Effects Supervisor
- Roy Arbogast Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 1
- John Tythe Gaffer
Other crew · 13
- Ron Stein Stunt Coordinator
- R.A. Rondell Stunt Coordinator
- James M. Halty Stunt Coordinator
- Jeannie Epper Stunts
- John C. Meier Stunts
- Glenn R. Wilder Stunts
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