Innerspace (1987)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1987
Running Times: 120 mins
Format: Technicolour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Spectral Recording Dolby Stereo (35mm prints)     70mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Amblin Entertainment / Warner Bros
Executive Producers: Jon Peters, Peter Guber, Steven Spielberg
Co-Executive Producers: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy
Producer: Michael Finnell
Co-Producer: Chip Proser
Unit Production Manager: John Broderick
2nd Unit Production Manager: Sheridan 'Dar' Reid

SCRIPT
Script: Jeffrey Boam, Chip Proser
Story: Chip Proser

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Dante
2nd Unit Action Director: Glenn Randall Jr
1st Assistant Director: Pat Kehoe
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Carol Green, Robert Del Valle
2nd Assistant Director: Carol Green
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Eric Wall

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Andrew Laszlo
2nd Unit Director of Photography: David Worth
Camera Operator: Jeffrey Laszlo
2nd Unit Camera Operators: Doug Ryan, Stan McClain
1st Assistant Camera: Glenn Shimada
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Camera: Wayne Baker
2nd Assistant Camera: Lynda Vincent, Ned Martin
Gaffer: James Plannette
2nd Unit Gaffer: Gene Glick
Electrical Best Boy: Michael De Chellis
Key Grip: Ray Kinzer
2nd Unit Key Grip: Philip Sloan
Dolly Grip: Timothy Brennan
Best Boy Grip: Rudy Cruz
Stills: Larry Barbier
Video Technician: Joe Unsinn III
Colour Timer: Terry Haggar

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Kent Beyda
Additional Editor: Mark Goldblatt
Assistant Editors: Alan Baumgarten, Hilarie Roope, Jean Morrisey

MUSIC
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Songs: Sam Cooke (Twistin' The Night Away); Narada Michael Walden (Is It Really Love?); Wang Chung (Hypnotize Me); John Crawford (Will I Ever Understand You?); Sam Cooke (Cupid); Johnny Mercer (I'm An Old Cow Hand (From The Rio Grande))
Songs Performed by: Rod Stewart (Twistin' The Night Away); Sam Cooke (Twistin' The Night Away); Narada Michael Walden (Is It Really Love?); Wang Chung (Hypnotize Me); Berlin (Will I Ever Understand You?); Sam Cooke (Cupid)
Songs Produced By: Rod Stewart (Twistin' The Night Away); Narada Michael Walden (Is It Really Love?)
Song Producer: Rod Stewart (Twistin' The Night Away)
Orchestrator: Arthur Morton
Music Recording Mixer: Bruce Botnick
Music Editor: Kenneth Hall
Digital Keyboards: Yamaha

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Ken King
Boom Operator: Douglas Vaughan
Re-Recording Mixers: Elliot Tyson, Robert J. Litt, Steve Maslow
Supervising Sound Editor: Mark Mangini
Sound Editors: James Matheny, John Pospisil, Teresa Eckton, Warren Hamilton Jr, Wayne Allwine
Assistant Sound Editors: Christopher Flick, Sonny Pettijohn
ADR Editor: Steve Purvis
Foley Artists: Joan Rowe, John Roesch
Foley Editors: Solange Schwalbe, David Williams
Cable Person: David Schneider

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Steve Abrums, John Rizzo
Hair: Barbara Lorenz, Joy Zapata
Costume Designer: Rosanna Norton
Costume Supervisor: Charles Velasco
Wardrobe: Victoria Auth

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Designer and Creator: Rob Bottin

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Michael Wood
Special Effects Foremen: Michael Edmonson, James Fredburg
Special Effects: Alfred Broussard, Joe Sasgen, David Wood, Mike Paris

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Muren
Visual Effects Coordinator: Caren Marinoff-Montante
Production Supervisor: Chrissie England
Visual Effects Manager: Ned Gorman
General Manager: Warren Franklin
Effects Animators: Chuck Eyler, Gordon Baker, Gordon Clark
Go-Motion Animator: Harry Walton
Rotoscope Technicians: Barbara Brennan, Tom Bertino
Model Shop Supervisor: Bill George
Modelshop Project Chiefs: Ease Owyeung, Cris Hammond, Walter Conti, Larry Tan
Model Makers: Eric Christensen, Ira Keeler, Rich Townsend, Rick Anderson, Scott McNamara
Puppeteer: Blair Clark
Visual Effects Camera: Harry Walton, Don Dow, Peter Kozachik, Kim Marks
1st Unit Effects Cameraman: John V. Fante
Assistant Camera: Deborah M. Morgan, Tom Rosseter, Jo Carson, Robert Hill
Animation Camera Operator: John Knoll
Visual Effects Art Director: Harley Jessup
Conceptual Designer: Richard Vander Wende
Optical Supervisor: Kenneth Smith
Optical Camera Operators: Jeffrey L. Doran, James Lim
Stills: Kerry Nordquist, Roberto McGrath
Visual Effects Editor: Michael S. Moore
Stage Managers: Edward Hirsch, Patrick Fitzsimmons
Stage Technicians: Brad Jerrell, Buck O'Hare, Carl Assmus, Craig Monaghen, Michael Olague
Title Designers: David Oliver, Wayne Fitzgerald
Opticals: Pacific Title
Process Coordination: Hansard
Graphic Displays: Novocom Inc

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: James H. Spencer
Art Director: William Matthews
Set Designers: Gene Nollman, Judy Cammer
Set Decorator: Richard C. Goddard
Property Master: Craig Raiche
Assistant Property Master: Bruce Kasson
Construction Coordinator: Michael Muscarella
Sculptors: Henry Alvarez, Claudia Mullaly, Sean Casey, Jonathan Horton, Richard Miller, Tony Hudson, Wesley Seeds
Production Illustrators: David Negron, Richard Lasley
Lead Men: Ronnie Chambers, John Schacht

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Anne Warner
2nd Unit Script Supervisors: Patricia Tooke, Peggy Biocini
Production Accountant: Peggy Rosson
Assistant to Joe Dante and Michael Finnell: Betty Moos
Assistant to Spielberg Spielberg: Julie Moskowitz
Production Secretary: Kool Lusby-Marder
Transportation Coordinator: David Marder
Transportation Captain: Marlo Hellerstein
Craft Service: Ronald Booner
Medical Advisor: Jaime Moriguchi
Production Runners: Rick Murken, Scot Kelly, Lisa Miller, Mark Miller, Scott Shapiro
Technical Advisor: Gentry Lee
Unit Publicist: Scot Holton

LOCATIONS
Locations: Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA; Wayfarer's Chapel, Palos Verdes Drive South, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA
Location Manager: Steph Benseman

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Glenn Randall Jr
Stunts: Bruce Barbour, Simone Boisseree, Russell Dean Bollinger, Corey Eubanks, Dean Ferrandini, Robin Grathwol, Raphael Rey Gomez, Cliff Happy, Cindy Wills Hartline, Gene Hartline, John Hateley, Kent Hays, Mike Johnson, Joel Kramer, Julius LeFlore, Bill McIntosh, Billy Orsini, Jeff Ramsey, Glenn Randall Jr, Greg Walker, Rock A. Walker, Richard Warlock, Richard Washington, Al Wyatt Sr, Webster Whinery, Jack Williams

CASTING
Casting: Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Judy Taylor

CAST
Dennis Quaid (Tuck Pendleton)
Martin Short (Jack Putter)
Meg Ryan (Lydia Maxwell)
Kevin McCarthy (Victor Eugene Scrimshaw)
Fiona Lewis (Dr Margaret Canker)
Vernon Wells (Mr Igoe)
Robert Picardo (The Cowboy)
Wendy Schaal (Wendy)
Harold Sylvester (Pete Blanchard)
William Schallert (Doctor Greenbush)
Henry Gibson (Mr Wormwood)
John Hora (Ozzie Wexler)
Mark L. Taylor (Dr Niles)
Orson Bean (Lydia's editor)
Kevin Hooks (Duane)
Kathleen Freeman (dream lady)
Archie Hahn (messenger)
Dick Miller (cab driver)
Ken Tobey (man in restroom)
Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin (waiting room patients)
Jason Laskay, Frank Miller (Scrimshaw's henchmen)
Shawn Nelson (Wendell)
Christine Avila, Alexandra Borrie, Jenny Gago, Robert Gounley (lab technicians)
Grainger Hines (Rusty)
Mike Garibaldi, Richard McGonagle (cops)
Terence McGovern (travel agent)
Robert Neches (lab guard)
Rance Howard, Chuck Jones, Laura Waterbury (supermarket customers)
Kurt Braunreiter, Robert Gray, Brewster Sears (lab assault henchmen)
Alan Blumenfeld (man with camera)
Jeffrey Boam (Lydia's interview)
Sydne Squire (stewardess)
Paul Barselou (man on plane)
John Miranda (man in elevator)
Jordan Benjamin (little kid in mall)
Roberto Ramirez (chef)
Virginia Boyle (shopping lady)
Herb Mitchell (camera store clerk)
John Harwood (lab henchman)
Neil Ross (voice of pod computer voice)
Charles Aidman (speaker at banquet)

PLOT SUMMARY

Test pilot Tuck Pendleton is taking part in a revolutionary miniaturization experiment when he's accidentally injected into the hypochondriac Jack Putter when the project is attacked by terrorists. With Tuck's oxygen running out, the Jack has to find a way to retrieve the equipment stolen by the raiders that will restore the pilot to his normal size before it's too late.

CAPSULE REVIEW

After the commercial failure of Explorers (1985), Dante fled back to the safety of Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment for whom he'd previously shot the rather more successful Gremlins (1984). There he shot the flawed but fun Innerspace, a brash big budget remake of Fantastic Voyage (1966). Quaid gives a likeable, rogueish performance and even Short is more tolerable than usual.Great effects, excellent direction and a very fun script make this a lightweight but fun romantic comedy.

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Video Distributors: Argentina Video Home

Germany
DVD Distributors: Warner Home Video

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.
Video Distributors: Warner Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Warner Home Video (11754 A/B); Warner Home Video (11754); Warner Home Video (11754 LV)
DVD Distributors: Warner Home Video (15200)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 13

Canada
Rating: G

Chile
Rating: 14

Finland
Rating: K-12

France
Rating: U

Norway
Rating: 11

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

West Germany
Rating: 12 (w)

AWARDS

1988
Academy Awards, USA
Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith) - winner

TIMELINE

1987
July
1: USA – theatrical release

November
27: UK – theatrical release

December
4: Sweden – theatrical release
10: West Germany – theatrical release
16: France – theatrical release
18: Finland – theatrical release

2002
July
9: USA - DVD release (Warner Home Video (15200))

August
21: Germany - DVD release (Warner Home Video)

POSTER TAGS

An Adventure of Incredible Proportions

Inside Jack Putter there's a hero trying to get out.

Take a trip you'll never forget.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

24 timmars jakten - Swedish title
L'aventure intérieure - French title
El chip prodigioso - Spanish title
Interkosmos - Polish title
O Micro-Herói - Portugese title
Min mikromakker - Danish title
Pieni suuri seikkailu - Finnish title
Die Reise ins Ich - West German title
Salto nel buio - Italian title
Vérbeli hajsza - Hungarian title
Viagem Insólita - Brazilian title
Viaje insolito - Argentinian title
El xip prodigiós - Catalan Spanish title
Yom B'Malkodet - Hebrew Israeli title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Première December 1987 p.13 (France)
review (by Jean-Philippe Guerand)

KEYWORDS

acid, kidnapping, lasers, medical, miniature humans, miniaturization, mirrors, san francisco, scientists, skeletons, sneezing, supermarkets, terrorists

Last Updated: 25 August, 2009