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Innerspace (1987)

PG  120 min  -  Action | Adventure | Comedy   -  1 July 1987 (USA)
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A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.

Director:

Joe Dante

Writers:

Chip Proser (story), Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Quaid ...
Martin Short ...
Meg Ryan ...
Kevin McCarthy ...
Fiona Lewis Fiona Lewis ...
Vernon Wells Vernon Wells ...
Robert Picardo ...
Wendy Schaal ...
Harold Sylvester ...
William Schallert ...
Henry Gibson ...
John Hora John Hora ...
Mark L. Taylor ...
Orson Bean ...
Kevin Hooks ...
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Storyline

Tuck Pendleton is a cocky pilot, who is taking part in a miniaturization experiment. When some bad guys break into the lab to steal the technology, one of the scientists takes a syringe which contains the miniaturized Tuck and vessel. Now in the vessel is part of the material needed to restore him. But the other part which is the lab is stolen. The scientist's shot but before dying he injects Tuck into Jack Putter, a hypochondriac, who feels that something is wrong with him all the time. When Tuck links himself to Jack's systems, he discovers that something happened. So they go back to the lab, and discover what happened. Now they are told that unless they retrieve the material that was stolen they won't be able to restore Tuck before his oxygen is depleted. Now the government rep decides that the only thing that matters that as long as they have the other half of the material... Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Miniaturization | Syringe | Hypochondriac | Science | Rabbit  | See more »

Taglines:

An Adventure of Incredible Proportions See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Viaje insólito See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,739,000 (USA) (5 July 1987) (1603 Screens)

Gross:

$25,893,810 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

All of the cells seen outside the pod were in fact made out of Jello according to Peter Kuran, the special effects supervisor. See more »

Goofs

Boom mic visible: A boom mic is reflected in the car window when Mr Igoe parks in front of the mall. See more »

Quotes

Dr. Greenbush: Uh, good news Jack! I think we can rule out demonic possession right off the bat.
Jack Putter: But, the little voice from inside was talking to me.
Dr. Greenbush: See, that proves it: demons talk THROUGH you - not TO you.
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Soundtracks

"WILL I EVER UNDERSTAND YOU"
Performed by Berlin
Written by John Crawford
Courtesy of GEFFEN RECORDS and POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
By Arrangement with WARNER SPECIAL PRODUCTS See more »