Innerspace

1987
PG
2h

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

66K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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Action Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Thriller

A test pilot is miniaturized in a secret experiment, and accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk.A test pilot is miniaturized in a secret experiment, and accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk.A test pilot is miniaturized in a secret experiment, and accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

66K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,234

148

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

Trivia
John Hora, who had previously worked as Joe Dante's cinematographer on all of his movies, was cast as Ozzie after Steven Spielberg suggested him to play the absent minded professor. Director Dante and producer Michael Finnell were very skeptical about that idea and Spielberg insisted that they give him a screen test to just to see and was cast after impressing Dante and Finnell.

Goofs
(at around 55 mins) When Jack turns away from the mirror the picture in Tuck's pod should have turned with Jack's head, instead it stayed looking at Jack in the mirror.

Quotes
Lt. Tuck Pendleton: I'm right here, INSIDE you INSIDE YOUR BODY!
Jack Putter: [stands up] Oh God! Somebody help me! I'M POSSESSED!

Crazy credits
The Special Effects credit at the end of the movie states "Mr Short's Interiors by Industrial Light and Magic".

Alternate versions
In the HD version from the Blu-ray and digital platforms, the opening and closing Warner Bros. Pictures logos were replaced with the 2003 variants.

Connections
Edited into The Green Fog (2017)

Soundtracks
Twistin' the Night Away
Written by Sam Cooke
Published by ABKCO MUSIC, INC.
Performed and Produced by Rod Stewart
Courtesy of WARNER BROS. RECORDS

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Silly, But Not A Kids' Film

This is an updated "Fantastic Voyage" and interestingly done, I thought. Joe Dante directed a number of fun movies to watch.

It's not the innocent Steven Spielberg "E.T."-like movie I expected because of the language and several sex jokes. In other words, this is not a kids' movie.

Dennis Quaid stars and plays his usual cocky self. (He's mellowed in recent years.) Meg Ryan is her usual cute-but-of-little-substance self and Martin Short is just plain funny - the best guy in the movie.

The film offers a good combination of humor and science-fiction suspense. It's a fun movie I would rate higher if it weren't so silly in spots.