Innerspace
Innerspace is a 1987 American science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. It was inspired by the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage. It stars Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan, with Robert Picardo and Kevin McCarthy, with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It earned $25.9 million in worldwide theatrical rentals and won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, the only film directed by Dante to do so.
Plot
In San Francisco, down-on-his-luck U.S. Navy aviator Lt. Tuck Pendleton resigns his commission and volunteers for a secret miniaturization experiment. He is placed in a submersible pod and both are shrunk to microscopic size. They are transferred into a syringe to be injected into a rabbit, but the lab is attacked by a rival organization, led by scientist Dr. Margaret Canker, that plans to seize the experiment and steal the miniaturization technology.
Awards
Cast
- Andrea Martin
- Charles Aidman
- Chuck Jones
- Dennis Quaid
- Dick Miller
- Fiona Lewis
- Harold Sylvester
- Henry Gibson
- Jeffrey Boam
- Kathleen Freeman
- Kenneth Tobey
- Kevin Hooks
- Kevin McCarthy
- Mark L. Taylor
- Martin Short
- Meg Ryan
- Neil Ross
- Orson Bean
- Rance Howard
- Robert Picardo
- Terry McGovern
- Vernon Wells
- Wendy Schaal
- William Schallert
More details
| author | Jeffrey Boam |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects |
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Joe Dante |
| editor | Kent Beyda |
| genre | comedy science fiction |
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| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Saturn Award for Best Director Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film Saturn Award for Best Special Effects |
| producer | Michael Finnell |
| productionCompany | Amblin Entertainment |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | California State University, Northridge Northridge Portuguese Bend Rancho Palos Verdes San Fernando Valley San Francisco Sherman Oaks Galleria Warner Brothers Burbank Studios |