L'Agent Pierrafeu 007

The first movie of the modern Stone Age family came out in the midst of the spy craze that was all through films and TV at the time (and at the end of the series' run in 1966), so given Hanna-Barbera's fondness for leaping on bandwagons it was a given that Fred would become mixed up with spies (as in fact he was in an episode of the TV show).

The film has a plot that would be flattered by the word "skeletal," and as a result it's padded out with endless musical numbers - even Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm get in on the act! The amazing thing is that despite the emphasis on music and the painfully weak plot it's STILL miles ahead of the 1994 movie...

The 1994 big screen version of "The Flintstones" was undeniably atrocious, so if you want a decent "Flintstones" movie, then "The Man Called Flintstone" works (if only marginally). The plot has secret agent Rock Slang, who just happens to be Fred Flinstone's doppelganger, getting injured and replaced with Fred. This not only complicates Fred's vacation plans, but makes him the target of spies Ali and Bobo (fortunately for Fred, these guys are beyond incompetent). In the end, Fred's big mission is to stop master criminal Green Goose from destroying the world.

Okay, so this movie won't challenge your mind or anything (and I guess that it does go overboard at times), but at least it's not a travesty of the show (I can't say the same for the 1994 movie). This one passes.

just bought this on DVD and have noticed a few dialogue additions and changes throughout that add approx 1 minute to the overall running time. These are mostly attributed to the Ali and Bobo characters. Usually "punchlines" to the on screen action and feature Ali laughing at Bobo's mishaps and vice versa. Possibly removed when originally shown to speed up the movie but if this movie was released today, would definitely be cut for stereotyping our "foreign" friends! nice movie with good songs but nowhere near as funny as it could have been either as a 007 spoof OR as a big screen Flintstones opportunity! Flintstone fan

I grew up watching the re-runs of the original Flintstones and tried to avoid the new Flintstone shows. Some of these new shows had the kids all grown up and many of the original voices were not used or not available. However, the original show, especially before the Great Gazoo(sp) was bought into the series, were great. The only real follow up to the original show that was any good was The Man Called Flintstone.

This movie had most of the original voices, except for Betty, and has a good story line. Fred fills in as a substitute for an injured spy and takes on James Bond type missions.

I found this film held my attention and when I watch it now it brings back the good memories from when I was a kid. I hope the DVD is released soon.

I found the movie a couple years back on a recorded video tape. I watched it and found I was missing around 15-20 minutes of the movie. So for the longest time I had been wanting to buy the DVD and never found the time to do it. I put it on my Christmas list and sure enough got it. I remember growing up with the Flintstones back when Cartoon Network and the Disney channel actually played good classic cartoons and shows (now you have to get Boomerang or Toon Disney in order to see the classics) and I loved the show. I was thrilled to see they would be releasing each season on DVD and have since bought all four seasons that are currently out as well as this DVD. Now back to the movie. It is over all an excellent cartoon. I have always loved it and have found that I can watch it over and over again and never get tired of it (same with the show) One of the few where I can honestly say that. All in all it is a classic and I can't wait until they release the other Flintstone cartoon movies (like a Flintstones Christmas etc.)