Encino Man
When the stone age meets the rock age.
High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their backyard.But the thawed-out Link—as the boys have named him—quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives.After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.
- Director
- Les Mayfield
- Worldwide
- $41M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their backyard. But the thawed-out Link—as the boys have named him—quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Encino Man returned 5.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $41M
- Release date
- May 22, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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