Explorers – Ein phantastisches Abenteuer (1985)

Explorers – Ein phantastisches Abenteuer: Directed by Joe Dante. With Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Bradley Gregg. A boy obsessed with ’50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?

“The u0026#39;80s yielded a number of movies about kids going on adventures, but u0026quot;Explorersu0026quot; was something else. On the surface, it seems like any other movie, but the aliens arenu0026#39;t what anyone is expecting. Mostly, the movie is about Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke), Wolfgang Muller (River Phoenix) and Darren Woods (Jason Presson), and their fantasies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd then there are director Joe Danteu0026#39;s touches. Dick Miller – whom Dante always casts – plays a cop who discovers the boysu0026#39; spaceship. Robert Picardo (another frequent Dante player) voices one of the aliens. And of course Dante has many allusions to u0026#39;50s B-movies. Maybe u0026quot;Explorersu0026quot; isnu0026#39;t anything special, but itu0026#39;s still pretty fascinating.”