Caveman (1981) starring Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach,
Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, John Matuszak. Directed by Carl Gottlieb.
Screenplay by Rudy De Luca, Carl Gottlieb. Produced by Lawrence Turman, David
Foster. Run time: 91 minutes. Color. Mexico, US. Comedy, Adventure
To quote the late character actor Edmund Gwenn, who on is
deathbed supposedly said, “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” That might have been a clue for Lawrence
Turman, one of the producers of Caveman. Around 1978, Turman saw
comedian Buddy Hackett in a caveman loincloth in a sketch on the ''Tonight Show''
and thought: ''Wouldn't it be a great idea to do a prehistoric comedy?''. He
said: ''As a kid, I loved the film 'One Million Years B.C.' [1966] and the
thought of doing a picture like that, using the same wardrobe and the same
language, but played for laughs, seemed like a great
idea.''
