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Explorers (1985)
Directed by Joe Dante
“The adventure begins in your own back yard.”
Science Fiction, Adventure, Family · 1h 49m
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.
Cast
Ethan Hawke
Ben Crandall
River Phoenix
Wolfgang Müller
Jason Presson
Darren Woods
Amanda Peterson
Lori Swenson
Bobby Fite
Steve Jackson
Dana Ivey
Mrs. Müller
James Cromwell
Mr. Müller
Dick Miller
Charlie Drake
Bradley Gregg
Steve Jackson's Gang
G
Georg Olden
Steve Jackson's Gang
C
Chance Schwass
Steve Jackson's Gang
Meshach Taylor
Gordon Miller
Crew
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Screenplay
- Eric Luke
- Director of Photography
- John Hora
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Editor
- Tina Hirsch
- Producer
- David Bombyk, Edward S. Feldman
Details
- Release date
- 1985-07-12
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Adventure, Family
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box office
- $9,900,000