Explorers
1985 · directed by Joe Dante
- Rating
- 61/100
- Hit
- no
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Explorers (1985), directed by Joe Dante, rates 61/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Ethan Hawke
- River Phoenix
- Jason Presson
- Amanda Peterson
- Bobby Fite
- Dana Ivey
- James Cromwell
- Dick Miller
- Bradley Gregg
- Georg Olden
Crew
- John Hora — Director of Photography
- Tina Hirsch — Editor
- Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
- Eric Luke — Screenplay
More from Joe Dante
- Matinee (1993) — 78/100
- Gremlins (1984) — 75/100
- Innerspace (1987) — 70/100
- The Howling (1981) — 68/100
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) — 67/100
- Piranha (1978) — 64/100
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