Innerspace
An adventure of incredible proportions.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$27 000 000
Box office
$25 893 810
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Michael Finnell, Steven Spielberg, Peter Guber, Jon Peters
Camera operator
Andrew Laszlo
Composer
Artist
James H. Spencer
Audition
Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Judy Taylor
Editing
Kent Beyda
Whole Team (65)
Whole Team (65)
Short description
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
What's left behind the scenes
- In Tak’s bedroom, a book based on the horror-fantasy film *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983) can be noticed. The film consists of a prologue, four episodes, and an epilogue. Steven Spielberg and Joe Dante directed one episode each.
- When Scrimshaw and Kenker were already half-sized, there are several shots showing these characters alongside actors of normal height. These and some other shots were filmed using so-called forced perspective.
- Trying to cheer Jack up to make him jump out of the moving van, Tak repeats “nam myoho renge kyo” three times. This is a mantra of Nichiren Buddhism, one of the main Buddhist schools in Japan, belonging to the Mahayana tradition.
- Mel Gibson and Robin Williams were considered for the role of Jack Patterson.
- Initially, director Luca Bercovici was cast as Aigo, but the filmmakers decided he didn't have the presence for the villain role, as he was roughly the same height and build as the protagonist. Vernon Wells replaced him as the villain.
- When Jack goes to the mirror so that Penderton can examine him, a hiccup sound is heard. This sound was once recorded by voice actor Mel Blanc (1908-1989), known as “The Man of a Thousand Voices.” The sound has been repeatedly used in Warner Bros. cartoons.
- According to the head of special effects, Peter Kuran, the cells outside the miniature capsule were made of jelly.
- During the process of Tak Pendelton shrinking, hexagons (two on top, three below) can be seen on one of the monitors in the laboratory. This is the emblem of a classified US Army project in Richard Fleischer’s film *Fantastic Voyage* (1966).
- During the filming of the scene in the van with Scrimshaw and Jack, director Joe Dante suddenly realized that Scrimshaw hadn't been written any lines at all. All the lines were written solely for Penderton. Several lines were quickly devised for Scrimshaw, played by Kevin McCarthy, although they are barely audible behind Penderton’s words in the film.
- Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan met on the set of this film. In 1991, they got married, and their marriage lasted until 2001.
- The roles of the laboratory staff who shrink the hero played by Dennis Quaid were filled by actual employees of one of the laboratories.
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