Film

Explorers

explorers

Director: Joe Dante Run Time: 109 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1985

Starring: River Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Bobby Fite

Screenwriter: Eric Luke

Producers: Edward S. Feldman, David Bombyk

We’re off to outer space in Joe Dante’s intergalactic cult classic that’s celebrating its 40th Anniversary (just like us!). 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. If you’ve been waiting to see early-adolescent Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix party with the most 80s-esque aliens you can imagine with a crowd of little Vidiots, don’t miss the spacecraft on this spacy screening 40 years in the making!