Fantastic Voyage
A Fantastic and Spectacular Voyage... Through the Human Body... Into the Brain.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$5 115 000
Box office
$12 000 000
Director
Actors
Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, Jean Del Val, Barry Coe, Ken Scott
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Ernest Laszlo
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
William B. Murphy
Whole Team (27)
Whole Team (27)
Short description
In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
What's left behind the scenes
- While filming the scene in which the main characters peel antibodies off Raquel Welch's character, director Richard Fleischer (1916–2006) told the actors to peel off every single 'antibody' they could find. Being gentlemen, the actors began to avoid the 'antibodies' located on the actress's chest. Fleischer pointed this out and ordered another take, at which point all the actors scrambled to reach for her chest. Eventually, Fleischer realized that the scene needed to be carefully choreographed, determining who would peel what off the actress, when, and in what order. This take, with pre-rehearsed movements, is the one that made it into the film.
- Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was asked to write a novel based on the screenplay. The writer read the screenplay and stated that it had too many “plot holes.” After receiving permission to write the novel as he saw fit, he got to work, and considering the delays in filming and the speed at which Asimov worked, the novel was published even before the film.
- The scenes where the characters are extracted from the submarine and swim were filmed in pavilions where the actors were suspended on cables. To create the impression for the viewer that they are watching the characters swim, overcoming environmental resistance, these scenes were filmed at an increased speed and then reproduced at a normal rate.
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) was asked to write a novel based on the screenplay. After reading it, the writer stated that it had too many 'plot holes.' Having received permission to write the novel as he saw fit, he set to work; given the filming delays and Asimov's speed of writing, the novel was actually published before the movie was released.
- When filming the scene where the main characters peel antibodies off Raquel Welch's heroine, director Richard Fleischer (1916-2006) ordered the actors to peel off all the "antibodies" they could find. Being gentlemen, they began to avoid the "antibodies" located on the actress’s chest. Fleischer noticed this and told the actors to shoot another take, and this time all the actors eagerly reached for the actress’s chest. Eventually, Fleischer realized that the scene would have to be carefully rehearsed and planned, with each actor peeling off specific things from the actress at a specific moment and in a specific order. This take, with the actors' movements rehearsed in advance, made it into the film.
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