Innerspace (1987)

Director:

Joe Dante

Writers:

Chip Proser (story)
Jeffrey Boam (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

1 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

This summer take a trip you'll never forget.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Miniaturization | Inside | Hypochondriac | Syringe | Secret

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Lt. Tuck Pendleton
Martin Short	...	Jack Putter
Meg Ryan	...	Lydia Maxwell
Kevin McCarthy	...	Victor Eugene Scrimshaw
Fiona Lewis	...	Dr. Margaret Canker
Vernon Wells	...	Mr. Igoe
Robert Picardo	...	The Cowboy
Wendy Schaal	...	Wendy
Harold Sylvester	...	Pete Blanchard
William Schallert	...	Dr. Greenbush
Henry Gibson	...	Mr. Wormwood
John Hora	...	Ozzie Wexler
Mark L. Taylor	...	Dr. Niles
Orson Bean	...	Lydia's Editor
Kevin Hooks	...	Duane
Kathleen Freeman	...	Dream Lady
Archie Hahn	...	Messenger
Dick Miller	...	Cab Driver
Kenneth Tobey	...	Man in Restroom (as Ken Tobey)
Joe Flaherty	...	Waiting Room Patient
Andrea Martin	...	Waiting Room Patient
Jason Laskay	...	Scrimshaw's Henchman
Frank Miller	...	Scrimshaw's Henchman
Shawn Nelson	...	Wendell
Christine Avila	...	Lab Technician
Alexandra Borrie	...	Lab Technician
Jenny Gago	...	Lab Technician
Robert Gounley	...	Lab Technician
Grainger Hines	...	Rusty
Mike Garibaldi	...	Cop
Richard McGonagle	...	Cop
Terence McGovern	...	Travel Agent
Robert Neches	...	Lab Guard
Rance Howard	...	Supermarket Customer
Chuck Jones	...	Supermarket Customer
Laura Waterbury	...	Supermarket Customer
Kurt Braunreiter	...	Lab Assault Henchman
Robert Gray	...	Lab Assault Henchman
Brewster Sears	...	Lab Assault Henchman
Alan Blumenfeld	...	Man with Camera
Jeffrey Boam	...	Lydia's Interviewee
Sydne Squire	...	Stewardess
Paul Barselou	...	Man on Plane
John Miranda	...	Man in Elevator
Jordan Benjamin	...	Little Kid in Mall
Roberto Ramirez	...	Chef
Virginia Boyle	...	Shopping Lady
Herb Mitchell	...	Camera Store Clerk
John Harwood	...	Lab Henchman
Neil Ross	...	Pod Computer (voice)
Charles Aidman	...	Speaker at Banquet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Dante	...	Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)
Arthur Kane	...	Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Anita Sax	...	Woman outside Dancing Club (uncredited)
James Vandervort	...	Man Dancing in Club (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe Dante

Writing credits
Chip Proser		(story)
Jeffrey Boam		(screenplay) and
Chip Proser		(screenplay)

Produced by
Michael Finnell	....	producer
Peter Guber	....	executive producer
Kathleen Kennedy	....	co-executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	co-executive producer
Jon Peters	....	executive producer
Chip Proser	....	co-producer
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Andrew Laszlo

Film Editing by
Kent Beyda

Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Judy Taylor

Production Design by
James H. Spencer

Art Direction by
William F. Matthews		(as William Matthews)

Set Decoration by
Richard C. Goddard

Costume Design by
Rosanna Norton

Makeup Department
Stephen Abrums	....	makeup artist (as Steve Abrums)
Rob Bottin	....	special makeup effects designer and creator
Barbara Lorenz	....	hair stylist
John Rizzo	....	makeup artist
Joy Zapata	....	hair stylist

Production Management
John C. Broderick	....	unit production manager (as John Broderick)
Sheridan Dar Reid	....	unit production manager: second unit (as Sheridan 'Dar' Reid)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Del Valle	....	first assistant director: second unit
Carol Green	....	first assistant director: second unit
Carol Green	....	second assistant director
Pat Kehoe	....	first assistant director
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	second unit director
Eric Wall	....	second second assistant director
Lope Yap Jr.	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Henry Alvarez	....	sculptor
Judy Cammer	....	set designer
Ronnie Chambers	....	lead man
Bruce E. Kasson	....	assistant property master (as Bruce Kasson)
Dick Lasley	....	production illustrator (as Richard Lasley)
Michael Muscarella	....	construction coordinator
David J. Negron	....	production illustrator (as David Negron)
Gene Nollman	....	set designer
Craig Raiche	....	property master
John Schacht	....	lead man
John Alvin	....	poster artist (uncredited)
John Eaves	....	model maker (uncredited)
John Eaves	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Jim Pohl	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Wayne Allwine	....	sound editor
Teresa Eckton	....	sound editor
Christopher Flick	....	assistant sound editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.	....	sound editor
Ken King	....	production sound mixer
Robert J. Litt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Mangini)
Steve Maslow	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Matheny	....	sound editor
Sonny Pettijohn	....	assistant sound editor
John Pospisil	....	sound editor
Stephen Purvis	....	adr editor (as Steve Purvis)
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
David Schneider	....	cable person
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor (as Solange Schwalbe)
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Douglas Vaughan	....	boom operator
David Williams	....	foley editor
Walter A. Gest	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Al Broussard	....	special effects (as Alfred Broussard)
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects foreman (as Michael Edmonson)
James Fredburg	....	special effects foreman
Mike Paris	....	special effects
Joseph C. Sasgen	....	special effects (as Joe Sasgen)
David Wood	....	special effects
Michael Wood	....	special effects supervisor
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Rick Anderson	....	model maker: ILM
Carl Assmus	....	stage technician: ILM
Gordon Baker	....	effects animator: ILM
Tom Bertino	....	rotoscope technician: ILM
Barbara Brennan	....	rotoscope technician: ILM
Jo Carson	....	assistant cameraperson: ILM
Sean M. Casey	....	sculptor: ILM (as Sean Casey)
Eric Christensen	....	model maker: ILM
Blair Clark	....	puppeteer: ILM
Gordon Clark	....	effects animator: ILM
Walt Conti	....	modelshop project chief: ILM (as Walter Conti)
Jeff Doran	....	optical camera operator: ILM (as Jeffrey L. Doran)
Don Dow	....	visual effects cameraman: ILM
Chrissie England	....	production supervisor: ILM
Chuck Eyler	....	effects animator: ILM
John V. Fante	....	first unit effects cameraman: ILM
Pat Fitzsimmons	....	stage manager: ILM (as Patrick Fitzsimmons)
Warren Franklin	....	general manager: ILM
Bill George	....	model shop supervisor: ILM
Ned Gorman	....	visual effects manager: ILM
Cris Hammond	....	modelshop project chief: ILM
Robert Hill	....	assistant cameraperson: ILM
Edward Hirsh	....	stage manager: ILM (as Edward Hirsch)
Jonathan Horton	....	sculptor: ILM
Tony Hudson	....	sculptor: ILM
Brad Jerrell	....	stage technician: ILM
Harley Jessup	....	visual effects art director: ILM
Ira Keeler	....	model maker: ILM
John Knoll	....	animation camera operator: ILM
Pete Kozachik	....	visual effects cameraman: ILM (as Peter Kozachik)
James Lim	....	optical camera operator: ILM
Caren Marinoff-Montante	....	visual effects coordinator
Kim Marks	....	visual effects cameraman: ILM
Roberto McGrath	....	still photographer: ILM
Scott McNamara	....	model maker: ILM
Richard Miller	....	sculptor: ILM
Craig Mohagen	....	stage technician: ILM
Michael Moore	....	visual effects editor: ILM (as Michael S. Moore)
Deborah Morgan	....	assistant cameraperson: ILM (as Deborah M. Morgan)
Claudia Mullaly	....	sculptor: ILM
Dennis Muren	....	visual effects supervisor
Kerry Nordquist	....	still photographer: ILM
Buck O'Hare	....	stage technician: ILM
Michael Olague	....	stage technician: ILM
Ease Owyeung	....	modelshop project chief: ILM
Thomas Rosseter	....	assistant cameraperson: ILM (as Tom Rosseter)
Wesley Seeds	....	sculptor: ILM
Kenneth Smith	....	optical supervisor: ILM
Larry Tan	....	modelshop project chief: ILM
Rich Townsend	....	model maker: ILM
Richard Vander Wende	....	conceptual designer: ILM
Harry Walton	....	visual effects cameraman/go-motion animator: ILM
Christopher Duddy	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Timothy Eaton	....	assistant visual effects editor: ILM (uncredited)
Steve Gawley	....	model maker (uncredited)
Juniko Moody	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Mark Setrakian	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunts (as Bruce Barbour)
Simone Boisseree	....	stunts
Russell Dean Bollinger	....	stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunts (as Corey Eubanks)
Dean Raphael Ferrandini	....	stunts (as Dean Ferrandini)
Robin Grathwol	....	stunts
Clifford Happy	....	stunts (as Cliff Happy)
Gene Hartline	....	stunts
John Hateley	....	stunts
Kent Hays	....	stunts
Mike Johnson	....	stunts
Joel Kramer	....	stunts
Julius LeFlore	....	stunts
Bill McIntosh	....	stunts
Bill Orsini	....	stunts (as Billy Orsini)
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts
Raphael Rey Gomez	....	stunts
Greg Walker	....	stunts
Rock A. Walker	....	stunts
Dick Warlock	....	stunts (as Richard Warlock)
Richard Washington	....	stunts
Webster Whinery	....	stunts
Jack Williams	....	stunts
Cindy Wills	....	stunts (as Cindy Wills Hartline)
Al Wyatt Sr.	....	stunts
Anthony Muto Jr.	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Wayne Baker	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Larry Barbier	....	still photographer
Timothy Brennan	....	dolly grip
Rudy Cruz	....	best boy grip
R. Michael De Chellis	....	electrical best boy (as Michael De Chellis)
Gene Glick	....	gaffer: second unit
Ray Kinzer	....	key grip
Jeffrey Laszlo	....	camera operator
Ned Martin	....	second assistant camera
Stan McClain	....	camera operator: second unit
James Plannette	....	gaffer
Douglas Ryan	....	camera operator: second unit (as Doug Ryan)
Glenn K. Shimada	....	first assistant camera (as Glenn Shimada)
Philip Sloan	....	key grip: second unit
Joseph A. Unsinn	....	video technician (as Joe Unsinn III)
Lynda Vincent	....	second assistant camera
David Worth	....	director of photography: second unit
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)
Randy Jonsson	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	still photographer: props (uncredited)
Peter Santoro	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victoria J. Auth	....	wardrobe (as Victoria Auth)
Chuck Velasco	....	costume supervisor (as Charles Velasco)

Editorial Department
Alan Baumgarten	....	assistant editor
Mark Goldblatt	....	additional editor
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Jean Morrisey	....	assistant editor
Hilarie Roope	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	music recording mixer
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator
Bruce Robb	....	music engineer: theme song
Bruce Robb	....	music mixer: theme song
Bruce Robb	....	music producer: theme song
Greg Fulginiti	....	music engineer (uncredited)
Vladimir Horunzhy	....	musician (uncredited)
Vladimir Horunzhy	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Marlo Hellerstein	....	transportation captain
David Marder	....	transportation coordinator
Anthony Muto Jr.	....	picture vehicles (uncredited)

Other crew
Steph Benseman	....	location manager
Peggy Biocini	....	script supervisor: second unit
Ronald Booner	....	craft service
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Scot Holton	....	unit publicist
Scot J. Kelly	....	production runner (as Scot Kelly)
Gentry Lee	....	technical advisor
Kool Marder	....	production secretary (as Kool Lusby-Marder)
Lisa Miller	....	production runner
Mark Miller	....	production runner
Betty Moos	....	assistant: Mr. Dante and Mr. Finnell
Jaime Moriguchi	....	medical advisor
Julie Moskowitz	....	assistant: Mr. Spielberg
Richard Murken	....	production runner (as Rick Murken)
David Oliver	....	title designer
Peggy Rosson	....	production accountant
Scott Shapiro	....	production runner
P.R. Tooke	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Patricia Tooke)
Anne Warner	....	script supervisor
Mady Manson Burza	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic (uncredited)
Blair Clark	....	machinist (uncredited)
Paul Hargrave	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
L. James Langlois	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Amblin Entertainment
• Guber-Peters Company, The (as A Guber-Peters Production)
• Warner Bros

Distributors

• Warner Bros (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1988) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1990) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (1987) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1987) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (1988) (Greece) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Other Companies

• Cherokee Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Geffen Records  soundtrack
• Hansard  process coordination
• La-La Land Records  score album released by (limited edition)
• Novocom Inc.  graphic displays
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Yamaha  digital keybords

Also Known As:

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:G | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:11 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 (f) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/6 | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

The sound that the pod makes spinning in the centrifuge is the same sound that the Tasmanian Devil from "Looney Tunes" makes when he is spinning. Joe Dante is a noted "Looney Tunes" fan.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jack looks in the mirror to make his face visible on Tuck's monitor, the resulting image should be "flipped" to represent his reflection. When compared to his non-reflected image, the part in Jack's hair never changes sides.

Quotes:

[reading from computer, how to enlarge a person]
Jack Putter:Eat me, drink me? What is that? From The Exorcist? No, Alice in Wonderland! Alice she drank something to be big and ate something to be small.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse (2010) (VG)

Soundtrack:

TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY

a less than fantastic voyage

What one critic st the time called "the summer's best summer movie" is, sadly, exactly that: a contrived and familiar cross section of up-to-the-minute trends, with a shelf life just long enough to last beyond the initial video rentals in six months time. Under the direction of Joe Dante (one of the brighter stars in the Steven Spielberg galaxy) it exhibits quite a bit of slapstick flair, while wasting most of its comic potential on frantic over-plotting and miles of distracting hardware.

The idea is almost clever: during a top-secret miniaturization experiment cocky test pilot Dennis Quaid is accidentally injected with his self-contained capsule into the bloodstream of meek, nervous supermarket clerk Martin Short (never mind how or why). But the tone is often uncertain (is Martin Short's howl of pain when he feels tiny grappling hooks on the back of his eyeball supposed to be funny?) and the extraneous plot details – spies, car chases, a cybernetic villain, a beautiful girlfriend (naturally a reporter) – haven't changed much since the last action/comedy hit. The end result is mindless, unmemorable fun for undemanding viewers who don't expect anything more.