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Explorers

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  • 58   Metascore
  • 1985
  • 1 hr 49 mins
  • Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family, Drama, Science Fiction
  • PG
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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.

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Ethan Hawke
Ben Crandall
River Phoenix
Wolfgang Müller
Bobby Fite
Steve Jackson

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Awards

  • 1986 - Saturn Award - Best Make-Up - nominated
  • 1986 - Saturn Award - Best Special Effects - nominated
  • 1986 - Young Artist Award - Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor - Motion Picture - winner
  • 1986 - Young Artist Award - Best Starring Performance by a Young Actress - Motion Picture - nominated

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