Amblin Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Innerspace
An adventure of incredible proportions.
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
- Original title
- Innerspace
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $27,000,000
- Revenue
- $25,900,000
Filipe Manuel Neto
Sep 4, 2023 · via TMDB
**A funny, effective and familiar comedy that deserves to be brought back from obscurity.** This is one of those “no bones” comedies that we can watch with the whole family without any fear of embarrassing or inappropriate scenes for kids or deeply critical grandparents. It's a film from the 80s, quite dated, but that's not a problem for people like me, who actually like old films. The story is very good and revolves around an experiment that goes wrong and involves the miniaturization of a ship with a human occupant, which should be introduced into a laboratory rabbit: when the laboratory is robbed by bandits who want to steal that technology, one of the scientists escapes and ends up injecting the liquid containing the ship into the body of an inadvertent citizen. What happens next is quite hilarious. Dennis Quaid does a decent job as the ship's pilot, a daring combat aviator who volunteers for the experiment. I thought that the actor doesn't leave his comfort zone, he doesn't have a complicated task, and he just brags. Better than him, Martin Short shone as the fearful and shy man who, by chance, was dragged into that mess after being injected against his will. The actor managed to give the character an interesting evolutionary arc, where the character gradually gains more confidence and an adventurous spirit. Meg Ryan has the worst material: she just needs to be attractive and look scared. Joe Dante deserves a shoutout for the work he did on this film. He's not a director I know very well, but I think this film is in line with what he likes to do most. The film may not be the most scientifically rigorous in the world (never, I believe, has the scientific community thought of anything similar to miniaturizing objects or people), but it makes up for it with humor and an unpretentious and good-natured spirit. The effects team did an excellent job, whether in the moments in which the ship is miniaturized or in the filming inside the human organism, where the realism is well achieved.
John Chard
May 26, 2019 · via TMDB
Eat Me - Drink Me Innerspace is directed by Joe Dante and written by Jeffrey Boam and Chip Proser. It stars Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan and Kevin McCarthy. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Andrew Laszlo. A hapless hypochondriac store clerk battles to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him. The premise is of course absurd, but everyone involved knows this and proceed to entertain with a mixture of thrills, spills and a good old fashioned good versus bad value. Narrative is based around the race against time thematic as miniaturised Tuck Pendleton (Quaid) fights from within the body of Jack Putter (Short). He has to keep Jack out the hands of crooks who are after the secrets of the miniaturisation process, whilst simultaneously being on a clock before he runs out of air - or fall prey to Jack's anti-bodies system etc. Dante strings together some terrific set pieces, while the realisation of the inside of the human body is smartly staged. Cast are on hugely engaging form, with the central relationship between Quaid and Short a pure joy and mined for constant laugh and peril tactics. The dual aspect is niftily handled by Dante and his crew, with the battle within Jack's body running concurrently with Jack's battles out in the real world. What wonderful sci-fi froth this is, as Dante has a blast of a time with the effects tools to hand to take the concept of Fantastic Voyage and make a top line action comedy adventure. Great soundtrack too! 8/10
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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
Joe Flaherty
Waiting Room Patient
Andrea Martin
Waiting Room Patient
Christine Avila
Lab Technician
Jenny Gago
Lab Technician
Grainger Hines
Rusty
Richard McGonagle
Cop
Terence McGovern
Travel Agent
Rance Howard
Supermarket Customer
Chuck Jones
Supermarket Customer
Robert Gray
Lab Assault Henchman
Alan Blumenfeld
Man with Camera
Jeffrey Boam
Lydia's Interviewee
Paul Barselou
Man on Plane
Herb Mitchell
Camera Store Clerk
Neil Ross
Pod Computer (voice)
Charles Aidman
Speaker at Banquet
Joe Dante
Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)
David Oliver Pfeil
Title Designer
Andrew Laszlo
Director of Photography
Rosanna Norton
Costume Design
Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects Designer
Steven Spielberg
Presenter
Pete Kozachik
Special Effects
Al Wyatt Sr.
Stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks
Stunts
Dick Warlock
Stunts
Julius LeFlore
Stunts
Harley Jessup
Visual Effects Art Director
Joe Dante
Director
Mark Goldblatt
Additional Editor
James Plannette
Gaffer
Mike Fenton
Casting
Frank Marshall
Co-Executive Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Co-Executive Producer
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer
Michael Finnell
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Rod Stewart
Songs
Wayne Allwine
Sound Editor
Mark Mangini
Supervising Sound Editor
John Knoll
Visual Effects Camera
Pete Kozachik
Visual Effects Camera
Dennis Muren
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jeffrey Boam
Screenplay
#13
Garden Plot
Mission
The Return of the Forest Monster
Resonances
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
Akira
Frankenstein
The Fly
Dirty Harry
Star Trek
Zatoichi
Mrs. Doubtfire
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
The Rock
Magnum Force
Bullitt
Little Shop of Horrors
Cloud Atlas
Heavy Trip
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Under the Tuscan Sun
The Jacket
The Curse of Frankenstein
Jexi
The Enforcer
Fantastic Voyage
The Quiet Earth
The Last Man on Earth
Falling Inn Love
Shoot 'Em Up
Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime
Forever Young
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Darkman
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Very Bad Things
A View to a Kill
Night Watch
Dr. Cyclops
The Evil of Frankenstein
Herbie Rides Again
Stage Mother
Control
The Philadelphia Experiment
Terminator Salvation
Mimic
Freebie and the Bean
Twins
Human Nature
Doctor X
Around the World in 80 Days
Leviathan
Hollow Man
Anjaana Anjaani
The Golden Child
The Wedding Planner
The Blood of Heroes
Hardware
A Hologram for the King
The Ant Bully
The H-Man
The Fly II
George of the Jungle
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Thawing Out
Three Worlds
The Last Outlaw
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
WolfCop
Tears of Kali
Teeth and Blood
Skinwalkers
Luther the Geek
Attack of the Puppet People
The Bachelor
Butcher the Bakers
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Death Valley
2099: The Soldier Protocol
Raging Sharks
Deedo
The Projected Man
Fist of the North Star
The Phantom Planet
Locusts Beyond a Phantasia
Malignant
Shit & Champagne
Blackenstein
Driftwood
Brainjacked
Angels
Bird, Oh Bird
Blizzard of Time
Sweet Sea
Solomon's Requiem
Alpine Getaway
Micro
Guardians of the Galaxy
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek: First Contact
The Man in the White Suit
Divergent
Sleeper
Venom
Star Trek Beyond
Oblivion
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Star Trek: Generations
Leroy & Stitch
Star Trek: Insurrection
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Star Trek: Nemesis
Waterworld
Surrogates
Push
The One
Real Men
Robot Apocalypse
Allegiant
Impostor
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight
Project: ALF
Rim of the World
The 5th Wave
Planet 51
Absolutely Anything
Space/Time
The Meteor Man
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Asteroid-a-Geddon
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