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Cat.no: D 034595

Cert: PG

Running time: 85 minutes

Year: 1992

Pressing: 1999

Region(s): 2, PAL

Chapters: 13 plus extras

Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround)

Languages: English, French, Italian

Subtitles: English (and hard of hearing), Spanish

Widescreen: 1.70:1

16:9-enhanced: No

Macrovision: Yes

Disc Format: DVD 5

Price: £15.99

Extras : Scene index

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Director:

Les Mayfield (Flubber, Miracle on 34th Street (1994))

Producer:

George Zaloom

Screenplay:

Shawn Schepps

Music:

J. Peter Robinson

Cast:

Dave Morgan: Sean Astin (The Goonies, Memphis Belle, Rudy, Toy Soldiers, Where The Day Takes You)
Link: Brendan Fraser (Airheads, Blast From the Past, Dudley Do-Right, George of the Jungle, Gods and Monsters, In the Army Now, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, The Mummy, Now and Then, School Ties, Son in Law)
Stoney Brown: Pauly Shore (Bio-Dome, Class Act, In The Army Now, Jury Duty, Son in Law)
Mr. Morgan: Richard Masur (Always Remember I Love You, Far From Home, Licence To Drive, The Man Without a Face, Multiplicity, My Girl 2, Stephen King's IT, The Thing)

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It's a well-worn plot, but a likeable one for most of the time. Teenage best friends, Dave Morgan (Sean Astin) and Stoney Brown (Pauly Shore) are the school nerds. There's no way they'll ever get the girls unless they can come up with something special that will make everyone sit up and take notice (in a nice way), not to mention dispatch of the school bully who just so happens to be going out with the most gorgeous girl in school.

Their luck changes when the Morgans are building a new swimming pool in their backyard and they come across a huge piece of ice under the earth, which appears to have something trapped inside. They place it in the shed and defrost it, the end result being that it contains a caveman from prehistoric times who they call Link (Brendan Fraser, in his first major role).

From here on in, Dave and Stoney introduce Link as the new boy at school, getting up to all sorts of high-jinks such as climbing about the joint, driving recklessly around the school and making a big impression, which turns around the fortunes of our hapless heroes. If I was to mention the school prom at the end of the film, I think you can work out how it ends.