
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 |
| Amanda Peterson | Lori Swenson |
| Tina Hirsch | Editor |
| 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 |
| Michael Finnell | Executive Producer |
| Robert Picardo | Starkiller / Wak / Wak and Neek's Father |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Karen Mayo-Chandler | Starkiller's Girlfriend |
| 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

