The Flintstones Page #14

Synopsis: Big-hearted, dim-witted factory worker Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) lends money to his friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) so that he can adopt a baby. As thanks, Barney swaps his IQ test for Fred's during an executive search program. After getting promoted, however, Fred becomes embroiled in the dastardly scheming of his boss Cliff Vandercave (Kyle MacLachlan), who enlists his secretary, Sharon Stone (Halle Berry), to seduce Fred, angering Fred's wife, Wilma (Elizabeth Perkins).
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  6 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
PG
Year:
1994
91 min
1,466 Views


shudders --and shakes out a Fibre statue of... Fred!

154 BELOW 154

The real Fred, moving stiffly like a robot, is getting

to his feet when his Fibre doppleganger slams him to the

mat again! A moment later, another "Fred" drops down

beside him.

155 PILTDOWN 155

Has descended the ladder, hopping mad. Now, he sees

Fred coming toward him... Piltdown breaks a big lever off

the equipment, swings --reacts astonished as "FRED"

SHATTERS.

156 FRED 156

Back down the line, he's seen this. His clay-caked

Adam's apple gulps. Quickly, he turns and tries to

"tip-toe" away --then, with a CREAK and CRUNCH --the

clay and Fibre all over him solidifies! Desperate, he

tries to move... can't!

71.

157 PILTDOWN 157

Watches, confused, as dozens of Fred Flintstones chug

towards him on the belt. He shrugs, smashes the next

one in line. Another phoney. He smashes the next one...

CUT TO:

158 UP ABOVE -BARNEY 158

Dodging Pyrite's renewed attack. Now, Barney becomes

aware of the activated assembly line. Getting an idea,

he moves behind an inspection table, grabs a big rubber

stamp.

Pyrite comes around the corner... Barney's head butts him

in the gut, dodges under his legs! Then, as Pyrite

stumbles, Barney stamps his ass with the word "REJECT."

Pyrite looks back, sees this, reddens... raises his club.

PYRITE:

Reject, huh? Whaddya say we

reject your head?

He raises the club... when an alligator swings down and

grabs him by the seat of his pants! Pyrite drops the

club, howls -

159 WIDER 159

The alligator crane swings him away and over a big bin

marked REJECTS --and drops him.

Howling, Pyrite falls into a big bin of broken and

defective Fibrerock goods.

160 BARNEY 160

Chuckles to himself... and then looks down, reacts.

CAMERA ADJUSTS and we see that Piltdown has smashed yet

another of the duplicate Freds.

Worried, Barney looks around, sees that he's just above

the Fibrefoam chute. Without another thought, he jumps

into it --slides downward like a passenger on the

Magerock Mountain Log Flume ride -

161 BELOW 161

Piltdown is about to swing at the real Fred --when

Barney sails out of the end of the chute and slams into

him and Fred! All three of them roll across the floor

towards -

72.

162 THE END OF THE BUILDING 162

where a squad of policemen has just appeared --led by a

dripping wet Feldspar and Gravel!

All right!

FELDSPAR:

You're all under arr --

Wham! Barney, Fred and Piltdown roll right into the

cops, who go flying like (what else?) tenpins, complete

with appropriate sound.

BARNEY:

(sitting up)

Whattya know. Even got the spare

again...

Then he gasps as he looks over at Fred, whose head has

just fallen off!

Pause. Fred's real head slowly pokes up out of the clay

and Fibre shoulders. Before he can extricate himself

further, Feldspar and his men are dragging them out of

the building.

CUT TO:

163 INT. BEDROCK POLICE STATION -NIGHT 163

Wooden bars delineate the holding cells. "Wanted"

posters of stone are hanging on the walls.

As we watch, the contrite buffalos are bailed out by

friends and relations. Wilma and Betty are just now

clunking down stone money on the night sergeant's desk.

BETTY:

Barney, I don't understand... what

came over you boys?

EXITING BUFFALO:

'Night, Barney.

(to Fred)

So long, fatso.

BUFFALO #2

See ya, Barn.

(pause)

Flintstone, you're dead meat.

'Night, pal.

BUFFALO #2

'Night, slimeball.

WILMA:

Fred, is there something you want

to tell me about the lodge meeting?

(CONTINUED)

73.

163 CONTINUED:
163

FRED:

I don't wanna talk about it.

Besides, who cares about a bunch

of jerks running around with furs

on their heads? I'm more of a

country club guy myself anyway...

He goes out, hardly looking at Barney. Wilma and Betty

look at each other, mystified... then Wilma follows Fred

out, puzzled.

164 EXT. POLICE STATION -NIGHT 164

Lava stands in the shadows beside his Porscherock.

Piltdown and Pyrite are with him. In the b.g., Fred and

Wilma drive away.

LAVA:

A simple little heist --I gave

you everything but the keys and

you blew it -PILTDOWN

Hey, we got the union guys to

break in and create a distraction,

didn't we? Who knew Flintstone

and Rubble would show up, too?

LAVA:

The day after Slate City opens

there's going to be an audit. If

the stuff isn't gone by then we'll

all be doing time until the

Bronze Age.

PYRITE:

Don't worry, Mister Lava... we're

on top of it.

They both turn and start down an alley... jamming

together as they do. Lava sighs... then jumps as Barney

comes up behind him and taps him on the shoulder.

BARNEY:

Excuse me, Mister Lava --? I

think you oughta know... something

could be wrong with the Fibrerock

mix.

LAVA:

(thrown)

How do you know that?

(recovering)

I mean... ah, why do you say that?

(CONTINUED)

74.

164 CONTINUED:
164

BARNEY:

It tastes different.

LAVA:

Tastes... different?

BARNEY:

Yup. See, ever since I started

with Fibrerock --I mean, since

me and Fred started with it, I

always take a little taste of the

Fibre foam. And tonight's batch,

well... I didn't get much of it,

but it seems a little off.

(smacking his lips)

Can't fool the old taste buds,

heh-heh. I think there might be

an ingredient missing. So

tomorrow, I'll run a couple of

tests and stuff -

LAVA:

Rubble, Rubble! We're fighting a

deadline to finish Slate City...

and we're not pulling the plug on

production to satisfy your

tastebuds! If you ask me, you

and your tastebuds are overworked

... overwrought... how long have

you been with us, anyway?

BARNEY:

Nine days, Mister Lava.

LAVA:

Jumping Jurrasic, no wonder you're

so run down.

He puts his arm around Barney, leads him towards the

car where Betty is waiting.

LAVA:

I'm authorizing a nice vacation

for you, Rubble. Starting

tomorrow. You can catch some rays,

maybe invent something... hey,

how about Fibrerock, the sequel,

part II --?

BARNEY:

But -

LAVA:

No, don't try and thank me.

CUT TO:

75.

165 INT. SLATE'S OFFICE -DAY 165

Slate and Lava are examining a newer and larger model of

Slate City. It's even more grandiose than its

predecessor. Now the housing development has two huge

office buildings beside it, and then a convention center

beyond that.

LAVA:

... As you can see, the Fibrerock

is so light we're using it for

construction, for furnishings...

for everything. You can't stack

a two-bedroom cave this high...

but the sky's the limit with

Fibrerock!

SLATE:

'Sky's the limit'... 'sky's the

limit'... why, these two buildings,

they... they practically scrape

the sky! We should call them...

Slate scrapers!

LAVA:

That's brilliant, Unc... Mister

Slate. In fact, maybe you can

help me with the centerpiece of

the complex...

(indicating the

convention center)

... I wanna call 'em the

FibreSphere and the '____'

something Needle... but I just

can't...

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Jim Jennewein

Jim Jennewein is a screenwriter and writer. In 2008, he partnered with author Tom S. Parker and together they wrote their first novel, Runewarriors: Shield of Odin, which is based on Norse mythology. more…

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