The adventure begins in your own back yard.
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.
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Character
Classical in form, unpretentious, earnest and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeBen Crandall
- River PhoenixWolfgang Müller
- Jason PressonDarren Woods
- Amanda PetersonLori Swenson
- Bobby FiteSteve Jackson
- Dana IveyMrs. Müller
- James CromwellMr. Müller
- Dick MillerCharlie Drake
- Bradley GreggSteve Jackson's Gang
- Georg OldenSteve Jackson's Gang
Crew
- Joe DanteDirector
- Eric LukeScreenplay
- John HoraDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Tina HirschEditor
- David BombykProducer
- Edward S. FeldmanProducer
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Game · Both unpretentious, classical in form, earnest.
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