Encino Man

Encino Man (known as California Man in Europe) is a 1992 American comedy movie. It was directed by Les Mayfield and was produced by George Zaloom, Hilton A. Green, and Michael Rotenberg. Encino Man was released on May 22, 1992. The movie is about two teenagers from Encino, Los Angeles, California, who discover a caveman in their backyard that is frozen in a block of ice. The caveman has to try and learn to live in the 20th century. A television movie spin-off titled Encino Woman was released in 1996.

Encino Man
Directed by	Les Mayfield
Produced by	George Zaloom Hilton A. Green Michael Rotenberg
Written by	George Zaloom Shawn Schepps
Starring	Sean Astin Brendan Fraser Pauly Shore
Music by	J. Peter Robinson
Cinematography	Robert Brinkmann
Edited by	Michael Kelly Eric A. Sears
Production company	Hollywood Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	May 22, 1992
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million
Box office	$40,693,477

The movie gained negative reviews from movie critics and holds a 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Pauly Shore won a Razzie Award for Worst New Star.

Cast

• Sean Astin as David "Dave" Morgan
• Brendan Fraser as Linkovich "Link" Chomovsky
• Pauly Shore as Stanley "Stoney" Brown
• Megan Ward as Robyn Sweeney
• Robin Tunney as Ella
• Michael DeLuise as Matt Wilson
• Patrick Van Horn as Phil
• Dalton James as Will
• Rick Ducommun as Mr. Brush
• Jonathan Quan as Kim
• Rose McGowan as Nora
• Michole White as Kathleen
• Mariette Hartley as Mrs. Morgan
• Richard Masur as Mr. Morgan
• Ellen Blain as Tenna Morgan
• Sandra Hess as Cave Nug
• Mike Diamente as Steve Morgan
• Erick Avari as Raji
• Gerry Bednob as Kashmir

Other websites

• Encino Man on IMDb