Explorers
(1985)
The adventure begins in your own back yard.
Stars: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg, Georg Olden
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Eric Luke
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Duration: 109
Rated: PG
DVD Release: October 2004
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. Setting off in the ThunderRoad, as they name their ship, they find the aliens Ben hopes they would find... but are they what they seem?
Ethan Hawke | Ben Crandall |
River Phoenix | Wolfgang Müller |
Bobby Fite | Steve Jackson |
Bradley Gregg | Steve Jackson's Gang |
Georg Olden | Steve Jackson's Gang |
John Hora | Cinematographer |
Chance Schwass | Steve Jackson's Gang |
Tina Hirsch | Editor |
Amanda Peterson | Lori Swenson |
Danny Nucci | Nasty Kid at School |
Jason Presson | Darren Woods |
Dana Ivey | Mrs. Muller |
Taliesin Jaffe | Ludwig Müller |
James Cromwell | Mr. Müller |
Brooke Bundy | Science Teacher |
Tricia Bartholome | Girl in Classroom |
Eric Luke | Darren's Teacher |
Robert Picardo | Starkiller / Wak / Wak and Neek's Father |
Michael Finnell | Executive Producer |
Karen Mayo-Chandler | Starkiller's Girlfriend |
Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
Robert F. Boyle | Starkiller's Girlfriend's Father |
John P. Navin, Jr. | Couple at Drive-In |
John P. Navin Jr. | Couple at Drive-In |
Mary Hillstead | Couple at Drive-In |
Simone Blue | Snack Bar Girl |
Meshach Taylor | Gordon Miller |
Dick Miller | Charlie Drake |
Leslie Rickert | Neek |
Frank Welker | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Mary Kay Place | Mrs. Crandall (uncredited) |
Fred Newman | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Joan Gerber | Special Vocal Effects (voice) (as Joanie Gerber) |
Belinda Balaski | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Roger Behr | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Roger Peltz | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Neil Ross | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Marilyn Schreffler | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Bill Ratner | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Jane Kean | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Bob Holt | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
Jay Stewart | Special Vocal Effects (voice) |
John Forker | Snack Bar Patron |
Genre: Action & Adventure
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
IMDb: 0089114