California Man

• 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:

Screenplay:

Music:

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)

Way down deep in the middle of the congo, a hippo took an apricot, a guavaand a mango, but enough of Um Bongo as we’re here today to talk aboutthe filmCalifornia Man.

It’s a well-worn plot, but a likeable one for most of the time. Teenage best friends, DaveMorgan (Sean Astin) and Stoney Brown (Pauly Shore) are the school nerds. There’sno way they’ll ever get the girls unless they can come up with something special that will makeeveryone sit up and take notice (in a nice way), not to mention dispatch of the school bullywho 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 andthey come across a huge piece of ice under the earth, which appears to have something trappedinside. They place it in the shed and defrost it, the end result being that it contains acaveman from prehistoric times who they call Link (Brendan Fraser, in his firstmajor role).

From here on in, Dave and Stoney introduce Link as the new boy at school, getting up toall sorts of high-jinks such as climbing about the joint, driving recklessly around theschool 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 howit ends.