I will give it one prop though- the alien ship act is so bizarre, when they come back to earth, it really feels like they've been somewhere, for a much longer time than they screams actually were. Released by Intrada in 2011 (Special Collection Volume 180) containing music from Explorers (1985). I was about the age of these kids when it came out, and even now am hopelessly bored during the sequence because though I generally recognize the pop references, it's only in a clinical way. Explorers soundtrack from 1985, composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It's not just the alien sequence is so tonally inconsistent, the pop culture references the aliens use are 20 to 30 years to old for the target demographic.
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It contained a 73 megabyte hard drive, 1.5 megabytes of memory, weighed 130 lbs and required a custom portable wooden crate to house it on set. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. The actual computer that was used to make the screen display for Wolfgang's computer was not an Apple IIc, it was an SGI Iris 1400 Workstation that cost 35,000. A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. Paramount Pictures Release Date: J PG Starring: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix Summary: Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board.
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And his performance is so spot on, I'm skeptical studio interference impacted this movie as much as the director claims. With Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Bradley Gregg. Hawke's performance when they're on the alien ship is very authentically "this sucks." It's sad, but it's how we feel too. The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, both in their film debuts, and Jason Presson as teenage boys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space. Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix teamed together, the cop that wasn't a bad guy, etc etc. Explorers is a 1985 American science fantasy film written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante. It's rather notorious for having one of the worst third acts because it started so wonderfully. It just occurred to me, this would be a GREAT movie to do a fan edit on.