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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1992
Running Times: 89 mins
Length: 8,031 ft
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1 (negative ratio)
1.85:1 (intended ratio)
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
SELECTED CREDITS
(Full Credits)
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures
Executive Producers: Albert Band, Stuart Gordon
Co-Executive Producer: Deborah Brock
Producers: Dawn Steel, Edward S. Feldman
Co-Producer: Dennis E. Jones
SCRIPT
Script: Thom Eberhardt, Peter Elbling, Garry Goodrow
Story: Garry Goodrow
Characters: Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna, Ed Naha
DIRECTION
Director: Randal Kleiser
2nd Unit Director: Leslie Dilley
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Hora
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Allen Easton
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Michael A. Stevenson, Harry Hitner
Additional Editor: Tina Hirsch
MUSIC
Music: Bruce Broughton
SOUND
Sound Designers: Dessie Markovsky, Emile Razpopov
Sound Recordist: Roger Pietschmann
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Mary Burton
Costume Designer: Tom Bronson
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Coordinator: Thomas C. Rainone
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: 4-Ward Productions; Available Light Limited
Special Effects Supervisors: Dean Miller, Emmet Kane, David Sosalla,
Bruce Hayes
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Buena Vista Visual Effects; Chandler Group Visual Effects;
Perpetual Motion Pictures; Stetson Visual Services
Visual Effects Supervisors: Harrison Ellenshaw, John T. Van Vliet, Richard
Malzahn
DIGITAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects: Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co
Digital Effects Supervisors: Jeffrey Kleiser, Diana Walczak
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Leslie Dilley
Art Director: Ed Verreaux
LOCATIONS
Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Orlando, Florida, USA; Simi Valley,
California, USA
Location Manager: Eric Klosterman
Location Manager (Las Vegas): Christine B. O'Rourke
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Bobby J. Foxworth
Stunts: John C. Meier, Hank Hooker, Benny Moore, Dennis Deveaugh, Tom
Bahr, Lynn Salvatori, Danny Wynands, Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw, Jeannie Epper,
Jeff Jensen, Cindy Folkerson, Dick Butler, Andrew Gordon Baird, Roberta
Hanlen, Gary Morgan, Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon
CASTING
Casting: Renée Rousselot
Las Vegas Casting: Spectrum Services
LA Casting: Central Casting
CAST
Rick Moranis (Wayne Szalinski)
Marcia Strassman (Diane Szalinski)
Robert Oliveri (Nick Szalinski)
Daniel Shalikar, Joshua Shalikar (Adam Szalinski)
Lloyd Bridges (Clifford Sterling)
John Shea (Dr Charles Hendrickson)
Keri Russell (Mandy Park)
Ron Canada (Marshall Brooks)
Amy O'Neill (Amy Szalinski)
Michael Milhoan (Captain Ed Myerson)
Gregory Sierra (Terence Wheeler)
Leslie Neale (Constance Winters)
Julia Sweeney, Linda Carlson (nosey neighbours)
Lisa Mende, John Paragon (lab technicians)
Kenneth Tobey (Smitty)
Bill Moseley (Federal Marshal)
Ed Feldman, Suzanne Kent (Las Vegas couples)
Alex Daniels (Uncle Yanosh)
Robert Jaffe, Ron Lawrence (motorcycle officers)
John Hora (helicopter observer)
Mary Ellen Moore (police woman)
Randy Swallow, Pamela Cederquist, James M. Lauten (Vegas reporters)
Shannon M. Steger (Nevada militia)
Minori Goto, Mamoru Kanal (Japanese tourists)
Gregory McCurdy (police officer)
David Scates (rock fan in crowd)
Marion Palmer (hard rock reporter)
Bill Loska (Highway Patrol officer)
Kathy Pastor (hard rock hostess)
PLOT SUMMARY
Wayne Szalinski invents a machine that causes things to grow to enormous
size. His toddler son Adam is accidentally exposed to the machine and
whenever he nears any electrical equipment he begins to grow. Eventually,
having reached 150 feet tall, he decides to go for a stroll through
Las Vegas...
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Video Distributor: Gativideo
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: C.B. Films
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Video Distributor: Walt Disney Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Touchstone (1371 AS)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: Atp
Chile
Rating: TE
Finland
Rating: K-8/5
Spain
Rating: T
Sweden
Rating: 7
UK
Rating: U
USA
Rating: PG
AWARDS
1993
Young Artist Awards, USA
Young Artist Award Best Family Motion Picture - nominated
Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture (Robert Oliveri) - nominated
Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Motion Picture (Keri Russell) -
nominated
1994
Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Actress Under Ten in a Motion Picture (Shannon Hughes) - nominated
TIMELINE
1992
July
17: USA - theatrical release
1993
January
1: Australia - theatrical release
7: Argentina - theatrical release
28: Germany - theatrical release
February
3: France - theatrical release
12: Sweden - theatrical release
19: Spain - theatrical release
March
4: USA - laserdisc release (Touchstone (1371 AS))
May
7: Finland - theatrical release
1994
September
4: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)
1996
February
11: UK - television broadcast (on ITV (LWT))
1999
January
3: Russia - television broadcast
December
30: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
2002
April
29: UK - television broadcast (on Disney and Disney Plus 1)
December
27: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Älskling, jag förstorade barnet! - Swedish
title
Big Baby - working title
Cariño, he agrandado al niño - Spanish title
Chérie, j'ai agrandi le bébé - French title
Honey, I Blew Up the Baby - working title
Kochanie, zwiekszylem dzieciaka - Polish title
Kultsi, suurensin kakaran - Finnish title
Liebling, jetzt haben wir ein Riesenbaby - German title
Querida, agrandé al niño - Venezuelan title
Querida, Ampliei o Miúdo - Portugese title
Tesoro, mi si è allargato il ragazzino - Italian title
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
SEQUELS
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (1995)
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997)
SEE ALSO
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Gojira (1954)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Cinema 28 January 1993 (Germany)
review (by Gernot Gricksch)
Empire no.45 (March 1993) p.28 (UK)
illustrated review
Sight and Sound vol.3 no.2 (February
1993) pp.47-48 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Sight and Sound vol.3 no.9 (September
1993) p.58 (UK)
note
Sight and Sound vol.4 no.5 (May 1994)
p.70 (UK)
note
Starburst no.174 (February 1993) pp.42-43
(UK)
illustrated credits, review
Starburst no.175 (March 1993) pp.36-39
(UK)
illustrated interview
Studio February 1993 p.20 (France)
review (by Laurent Tirard)
KEYWORDS
babies, toddlers, scientists, giants, inventors, children, las vegas,
sequels
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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