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Explorers
1985
This adventurous space tale stars Ethan Hawke (in his film debut at the age of 14) and young star River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality when they create an interplanetary spacecraft in their homemade laboratory. Ben Crandall (Hawke) is a young visionary who dreams of space travel .. Read more
| Starring | Ethan Hawke, Jason Presson, River Phoenix |
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| Director | Joe Dante |
| Genres | Children |
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Explorers
This adventurous space tale stars Ethan Hawke (in his film debut at the age of 14) and young star River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality when they create an interplanetary spacecraft in their homemade laboratory. Ben Crandall (Hawke) is a young visionary who dreams of space travel while watching late-night B monster movies, pouring over comic books, and playing Galaga in the confines of his bedroom. But one night he has a vivid dream of flying over a space-like circuit board and shares his visions with his best friend Wolfgang (Phoenix), a young scientific genius who is able to translate his dreams into a complex computer program that actually works. With the help of their new friend (Jason Presson), they create a homemade spacecraft and embark on a secret adventure to another galaxy where they find that things are not always as different as they seem. EXPLORERS features highly imaginative special effects and entertaining space creations from George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic.
| Starring | Ethan Hawke, Jason Presson, River Phoenix |
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| Director | Joe Dante |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Children |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1985 |
| Format | DVD |
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This is a minor entry in the Joe Dante canon, but an amusing family yarn all the same. A pre-fame Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix team up with Jason Presson as a trio of kids who build their own spacecraft and set off on the adventure of a lifetime. The youngsters are uniformly excellent, Mary Kay Place and Dante regular Dick Miller stand out among the grown-ups, and the tone is refreshingly unpatronising and unsentimental. Kids will love it, while adults will enjoy spotting the in-jokes Dante could not resist including.
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Three kids are inspired by strange nightmares and a stroke of scientific luck to build their own spaceship, but... read more on Time Out
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
A classic!
I loved this film as a kid, it captured my imagination greatly. I even got the story book from the school book club. Classic Joe Dante stuff, and as ever includes a cameo from his favourite actor.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
A classic!
I loved this film as a kid, it captured my imagination greatly. I even got the story book from the school book club. Classic Joe Dante stuff, and as ever includes a cameo from his favourite actor.
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Explorers
This adventurous space tale stars Ethan Hawke (in his film debut at the age of 14) and young star River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality when they create an interplanetary spacecraft in their homemade laboratory. Ben Crandall (Hawke) is a young visionary ...
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