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Innerspace

(1987)





Director:
Joe Dante

Plot:

Tuck Pendleton is a cocky pilot, who is taking part in a miniaturization experiment. When some bad guys break into the lab to steal the technology, one of the scientists takes a syringe which contains the miniaturized Tuck and vessel. Now in the vessel is part of the material needed to restore him. But the other part which is the lab is stolen. The scientist's shot but before dying he injects Tuck into Jack Putter, a hypochondriac, who feels that something is wrong with him all the time. When Tuck links himself to Jack's systems, he discovers that something happened. So they go back to the lab, and discover what happened. Now they are told that unless they retrieve the material that was stolen they won't be able to restore Tuck before his oxygen is depleted. Now the government rep decides that the only thing that matters that as long as they have the other half of the material, it is useless to the thieves. So Tuck eggs Jack to go out and find the thieves. They enlist the aid of Tuck's old girlfriend, Lydia, who is a reporter. And it's fortunate for them that she has a lead that pans out.

Lt. Tuck Pendelton, an American pilot, takes part in an experiment where he is miniaturised inside a submarine-like craft and is to be injected into a rabbit. The bad guys try to steal him, and the machine, while he is miniaturised, and eventually he ends up inside Jack Putter, a hypochondriac. This film borrows ideas from the classic "Fantastic Voyage" and Steve Martins "All of Me".

Vector Scope is one of the largest science corporations on the west coast of the U.S. They have chosen Lieutenant Tuck Penelton, who is a free-spirited fighter pilot with no respect for life, for a miniaturization program developed by Vector Scope. However, when group of hired thugs infiltrated Vector Scope, they stole a unique micro chip, making miniaturization possible. Ozzie, a scientist, manages to escape with Tuck, in hand, miniaturized in a syringe. Ozzie makes a last ditch effort to save Tuck's life by injecting him into a person named Jack Putter, an overly paranoid cashier at a local grocery store. What Jack will soon realize that with Tuck floating inside his own body, he will embark on a journey to attempt to recover the chip before it falls into the hands of a technology smuggler, Victor Scrimshaw. He intends to sell the chip to a nameless criminal known as "The Cowboy".

Cast:
Dennis QuaidLt. Tuck Pendleton
Martin ShortJack Putter
Meg RyanLydia Maxwell
Kevin McCarthyVictor Eugene Scrimshaw
Fiona LewisDr. Margaret Canker
Vernon WellsMr. Igoe
Robert PicardoThe Cowboy
Wendy SchaalWendy
Harold SylvesterPete Blanchard
William SchallertDr. Greenbush
Henry GibsonMr. Wormwood
John HoraOzzie Wexler
Mark L. TaylorDr. Niles
Orson BeanLydia's Editor
Kevin HooksDuane
Kathleen FreemanDream Lady
Archie HahnMessenger
Dick MillerCab Driver
Kenneth TobeyMan in Restroom (as Ken Tobey)
Joe FlahertyWaiting Room Patient
Andrea MartinWaiting Room Patient
Jason LaskayScrimshaw's Henchman
Frank MillerScrimshaw's Henchman
Shawn NelsonWendell
Christine AvilaLab Technician
Alexandra BorrieLab Technician
Jenny GagoLab Technician
Robert GounleyLab Technician
Grainger HinesRusty
Mike GaribaldiCop
Richard McGonagleCop
Terence McGovernTravel Agent
Robert NechesLab Guard
Rance HowardSupermarket Customer
Chuck JonesSupermarket Customer
Laura WaterburySupermarket Customer
Kurt BraunreiterLab Assault Henchman
Robert GrayLab Assault Henchman
Brewster SearsLab Assault Henchman
Alan BlumenfeldMan with Camera
Jeffrey BoamLydia's Interviewee
Sydne SquireStewardess
Paul BarselouMan on Plane
John MirandaMan in Elevator
Jordan BenjaminLittle Kid in Mall
Roberto RamirezChef
Virginia BoyleShopping Lady
Herb MitchellCamera Store Clerk
John HarwoodLab Henchman
Neil RossPod Computer (voice)
Charles AidmanSpeaker at Banquet
Joe DanteVectorscope Employee (uncredited)
Arthur KanePlane Passenger (uncredited)
Anita SaxWoman outside Dancing Club (uncredited)
James VandervortMan Dancing in Club (uncredited)

Writing By:

Chip Proser(story)
Jeffrey Boam(screenplay) and
Chip Proser(screenplay)

Produced By:

Michael Finnellproducer
Peter Guberexecutive producer
Kathleen Kennedyco-executive producer
Frank Marshallco-executive producer
Jon Petersexecutive producer
Chip Proserco-producer
Steven Spielbergexecutive producer




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