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Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
1985 · Directed by Joe Dante · 109 min · Science Fiction · Adventure · Family · 10 frames
Tagline
The adventure begins in your own back yard.
Crew
- Screenplay: Eric Luke
- Cinematography: John Hora
- Edited by: Tina Hirsch
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Robert F. Boyle
- Produced by: David Bombyk, Edward S. Feldman
Cast
- Ethan Hawke as Ben Crandall
- River Phoenix as Wolfgang Müller
- Jason Presson as Darren Woods
- Amanda Peterson as Lori Swenson
- Bobby Fite as Steve Jackson
- Dana Ivey as Mrs. Müller
- James Cromwell as Mr. Müller
- Dick Miller as Charlie Drake
- Bradley Gregg as Steve Jackson's Gang
- Georg Olden as Steve Jackson's Gang
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: German, English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $9,900,000
- Themes: spacecraft, dreams, washington dc, usa, space travel, bullying, alien, best friend, middle school, extraterrestrial life form, young love
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