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Explorers
1985
Fourteen-year-old Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke, in his film debut) and Wolfgang (River Phoenix) are misfit best friends -- and science whizzes -- who dream of space travel and manage to create an interplanetary spacecraft in their homemade laboratory. It isn't long before the two pals are zooming off to another galaxy, where they find that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Joe Dante directs.
The adventure begins in your own back yard.
JBscale
66
Good
Film Detail
Genre
Sci-Fi and Fantasy - Family
Length
1 hr. 46 mins.
US Theatrical Release
July 12, 1985
US Box Office
$9,873,000
(#4330 of 7074)
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
Some Mild Language, Some Scenes of Action
Collection Detail
Release Method
Digital Only
Aquired Format
Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
English:
DD+ 5.1
Studio
Paramount
Released
October 19, 2004
Acquired Date
April 29, 2006
Times Seen
4 Times
Last Watched
April 30, 2006
Actors
Ethan Hawke
River Phoenix
Robert Picardo
Jason Presson
Bobby Fite
Dana Ivey
James Cromwell
Karen Mayo-Chandler
Amanda Peterson
Taliesin Jaffe
Robert F. Boyle
Meshach Taylor
Dick Miller
Leslie Rickert
Frank Welker
Directors
Joe Dante
Producers
David Bombyk
Edward S. Feldman
Writers
Eric Luke
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83
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54
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88
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91
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40
40 Mediocre
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3.16.2007 by biglummox (8/10)
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80
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72%
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29 votes
66%
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711 votes
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58
14 votes
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
24,299 votes
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Family
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