Explorers

"The adventure begins in your own back yard."

Jul 12 1985 PG 1h 49m
Adventure, Comedy, Family

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.

Plot

This space adventure stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality when they create an interplanetary spacecraft in their homemade laboratory. Ben Crandall is a young visionary who dreams of space travel while watching late-night B monster movies, pouring over comic books, and playing Galaga in the confines of his bedroom. But one night he has a vivid dream of flying over a space-like circuit board and shares his visions with his best friend Wolfgang Muller, a young scientific genius who is able to translate his dreams into a complex computer program that actually works. With the help of their new friend Darren Woods, they create a homemade spacecraft and embark on a secret adventure to another galaxy where they find that things are not always as different as they seem.

Written by

Eric Luke

Directed by

Joe Dante

Cast

Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

1 win & 6 nominations

Trailers
Explorers (1985) - HD Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
24,396
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
58
Popularity
NA