Innerspace (1987)
- Starring:
- Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joe Dante
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Director Joe Dante infuses this science fiction comedy with the visual razzle-dazzle and manic, goofball performances typical of his cartoon-inspired sensibilities. Navy test pilot Lt. Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid) has volunteered for a highly dangerous medical experiment. A submersible craft, with Tuck at the controls, is to be shrunk down to molecular size and inserted into the body of a living rabbit. If successful, the test could result in radical breakthroughs in surgical techniques, but some high-tech thieves attempt to steal Tuck and his ship while both are in miniature form. Enter Jack Putter (Martin Short), a mild-mannered, hypochondriac retail store clerk, a nerd who suddenly finds himself injected with Tuck and his tiny ship. Now poor Jack's got to rise above his mundane existence to help an American hero get back to safety, while also trying to reunite Tuck with his beautiful estranged girlfriend Lydia (Meg Ryan). Innerspace (1987) won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 120 mins
Complete Cast:
- Dennis Quaid - Lt. Tuck Pendelton
- Meg Ryan - Lydia Maxwell
- Fiona Lewis - Dr. Margaret Canker
- Vernon Wells - Mr. Igoe
- Wendy Schaal - Wendy
- William Schallert - Dr. Greenbush
- Mark L. Taylor - Dr. Niles
- Kevin Hooks - Duane
- Archie Hahn III - Messenger
- Joe Flaherty - Waiting Room Patient
- Terry McGovern - Travel Agent
- Alan Blumenfeld - Man with Camera
- Charles Aidman - Speaker at Banquet
- Herb Mitchell - Camera Store Clerk
- Chuck Jones - Supermarket Customer
- Laura Waterbury - Supermarket Customer
- Dick Miller - Cab Driver
- Rance Howard - Supermarket Customer
- Robert Gray - Lab Assault Henchman
- Martin Short - Jack Putter
- Kevin McCarthy - Victor Scrimshaw
- Henry Gibson - Mr. Wormwood
- Robert Picardo - The Cowboy
- Harold Sylvester - Peter Blanchard
- John Hora - Ozzie Wexler
- Orson Bean - Lydia's Editor
- Kathleen Freeman - Dream Lady
- Kenneth Tobey - Man in Restroom
- Andrea Martin - Waiting Room Patient
- Frank Miller - Scrimshaw's Henchman
- Christine Avila - Lab Technician
- Jason Laskay - Scrimshaw's Henchman
- Neil Ross - Pod Computer
- Jeffrey Boam - Lydia's Interview
- John Miranda - Man in Elevator
- Richard McGonagle - Cop
- Grainger Hines - Rusty
- Jenny Gago - Lab Technician
- Director(s):
- Joe Dante
- Writer(s):
- Jeffrey Boam, Charles "Chip" Proser
- Producer(s):
- Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Charles "Chip" Proser
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Profanity, Adult Situations, Mild Violence, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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