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    Explorers

    Explorers
    Director: Joe Dante
    Actors: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg, Georg Olden
    Studio: Paramount
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $9.98
    Buy New: $4.85
    You Save: $5.13 (51%)



    New (44) Used (25) from $4.15

    Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 63 reviews
    Sales Rank: 3408

    Format: Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
    Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
    Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
    Region: 1
    Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
    Number Of Discs: 1
    Running Time: 109 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
    Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

    MPN: PARD016764D
    ISBN: 0792197828
    UPC: 097360167641
    EAN: 9780792197829
    ASIN: B0002V7O3I

    Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1985
    Release Date: October 19, 2004
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Amazon.com
    It's only in retrospect that one can see that Joe Dante's Explorers is an awful lot like Robert Zemeckis's Contact. An alien race, determined to make contact with earthlings, feeds some unsuspecting individuals the blueprints for space travel. Instead of the big gyroscope that Jodie Foster was strapped into in Contact, the three kids in Explorers make their intergalactic trip in crystalline blue Flubber. River Phoenix looks shockingly prepubescent (which he was) as Wolfgang, the brains of the trio, while Ethan Hawke looks like a young lady-killer as Ben. Fitting into the "whatever happened to?" category is Jason Presson as Darren, an outcast who joins the two eggheads. Joe Dante's career, cruising after Gremlins was a smash, faced a serious "hitch in the giddyup" when this film sputtered through the 1985 summer season without much of an impact. The effects still hold up nicely, as does Dante's incessant need to pay homage to other, older sci-fi films. The whole thing seems like a lot of trouble for some smackingly bland and silly results, but it's a harmless, initially involving diversion. --Keith Simanton

    Product Description
    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.


    Customer Reviews:   Read 58 more reviews...

    3 out of 5 stars I liked   June 8, 2009
    K. Tutor (Tampa, FL)
    My kids do not have the same taste as me. When I was younger, I loved this movie. I cannot get my kids to watch the whole thing without getting bored.


    4 out of 5 stars Explorers   May 31, 2009
    Cindy Lu (Green Bay, WI)
    This is a good movie. All the young actors we excellent. The movie was full of adventure all the way through


    4 out of 5 stars Great movie   April 30, 2009
    Robert A. Duplantis (USA)
    This movie is one of those that really draw you in from the beginning, as you are able to associate with the characters from your own childhood experiences. The story brings it all together in kind of a wizard of oz type way.


    4 out of 5 stars Explorers   April 9, 2009
    N. Areyzaga (San Antonio,Tx)
    The Movie Is Such A Great Movie, I Had Remembered Watching it From When I Was Younger And I Didnt Remember The Name Until I Had Seen The Actual Dvd Cover, After Watching It Again It Brought Back So Many Memories, I Love This Movie, Three Young Boys Take An Adventure Of Their Own, And Come To Find Out You Can Do Anything If You Put Your Mind To It!


    4 out of 5 stars For Kids of ALL Ages...   January 29, 2009
    Clarissa Stuart (near Portland, OR USA)
    Great adventure/fantasy with fun special FX. Entertaining. Fun to see Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix in very early roles. I'm a grandmother who bought this for her grandkids, but also for myself!


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