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Explorers is a 1985 American science fantasy film written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante. The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, both in their film debuts, and Jason Presson as young teenage boys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space.
Jul 12, 1985 · Explorers: Directed by Joe Dante. With Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg. 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.
- (24K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Joe Dante
- 1985-07-12
72% Tomatometer 29 Reviews. 66% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings. Young Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke) spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books.
- (29)
- Joe Dante
- PG
- Ethan Hawke
Ben Crandall ( Ethan Hawke) is a young teenage boy living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., who experience vivid dreams about flying through clouds and over a vast, city-like circuit board, usually after falling asleep watching 1950s sci-fi movies ( The War of the Worlds (1953) is a favorite).
Explorers - Metacritic. 1985. PG. Paramount Pictures. 1 h 49 m. Summary Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, he and his friends Wolfgang and Darren set it up, and discover they have been given the basis for a starship.
- (14)
- Joe Dante
- PG
- Ethan Hawke
The film begins inside a surreal dream sequence, where a young boy Ben Crandell (Ethan Hawke's film debut) is flying above a circuit-board that is a dizzying array of colours, electrical flashes and breakers.
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This adventurous space tale stars Ethan Hawke (in his film debut at the age of 14) and young star River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality when they create an interplanetary spacecraft in their homemade laboratory.
