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Director:
Writer:
Eric Luke (written by)
Release Date:
12 July 1985 (USA)
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Tagline:
You don't need a driver's license to reach the stars. more
Plot:
Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, he and his friends Wolfgang and Darren set it up...
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Plot Keywords:
Dream
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Space
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Alien
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Alien Contact
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Exploration
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Awards:
1 win
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5 nominations
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(9 articles)
Columbus Day Tales Of Discovery, Real And Imagined
(From MTV Movies Blog. 12 October 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
Exclusive: Down in The Hole - An Interview with Joe Dante
(From Fangoria. 21 September 2009, 11:14 PM, PDT)
(From MTV Movies Blog. 12 October 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
Exclusive: Down in The Hole - An Interview with Joe Dante
(From Fangoria. 21 September 2009, 11:14 PM, PDT)
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Classic 80's Flick
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ethan Hawke | ... | Ben Crandall |
 | River Phoenix | ... | Wolfgang Müller |
 | Bobby Fite | ... | Steve Jackson |
 | Bradley Gregg | ... | Steve Jackson's Gang |
| Georg Olden | ... | Steve Jackson's Gang |
| Chance Schwass | ... | Steve Jackson's Gang |
| Amanda Peterson | ... | Lori Swenson |
 | Danny Nucci | ... | Nasty Kid at School |
| Jason Presson | ... | Darren Woods |
 | Dana Ivey | ... | Mrs. Müller |
| Taliesin Jaffe | ... | Ludwig Müller |
 | James Cromwell | ... | Mr. Müller |
| Brooke Bundy | ... | Science Teacher |
| Tricia Bartholome | ... | Girl in Classroom |
| Eric Luke | ... | Darren's Teacher |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild language and action, and a brief scene involving beer. (special home entertainment version)
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Runtime:
109 min | 100 min (restored video version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:MG6 |
Argentina:Atp |
Peru:PT |
West Germany:12 |
Australia:G |
France:U |
South Korea:12 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
UK:U |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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Continuity: When Ben and Darren walk over to Wolfgang's house, Ben is wearing brown corduroy pants. Then when they go down to the basement, he's wearing blue jeans for a few shots. And then he's back to wearing his brown corduroys for the rest of the scene.
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Quotes:
Mr. Müller:
[to his son's "talking" rat] "Shut up, Heinlein!"
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Featured in Transformers (2007)
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A great movie, the sci-fi Goonies, if you will. Maybe it's because "Explorers" only sports three main characters, and "The Goonies" has seven (plus Sloth) ... but I'd hold this movie up with that one any day.
The humor comes from strange places, and truly lands in bizarro world during the last act, but it captured my imagination seamlessly when I first saw it at the age of eleven. I'm older now, so maybe it's just nostalgia, but if you're into the whole 1980's retro thing, this belongs in your collection with the rest of the Disney-ish buddy movies. Clever idea, and one of the last good movies Joe Dante made. Having a cast like that, though, sure doesn't hurt.