Explorers


1h 49m 1985

Brief Synopsis

Ben is obsessed with monster movies on late night television, reading comic books about space, and playing an arcade game with fighting space ships in his bedroom. Ben's best friend Wolfgang is a budding scientific genious, and when Ben describes a dream he had about the two of them flying in a spacecraft , Wolfgang creates a computer program that enables them to make such a machine. The boys take off to another galaxy and learn that things are more similar to home than they imagined.

Film Details

Also Known As
Upptäckarna
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adventure
Release Date
1985
Production Company
David Scheider
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Petaluma, California, USA; Paramount Studios, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

Synopsis

Ben is obsessed with monster movies on late night television, reading comic books about space, and playing an arcade game with fighting space ships in his bedroom. Ben's best friend Wolfgang is a budding scientific genious, and when Ben describes a dream he had about the two of them flying in a spacecraft , Wolfgang creates a computer program that enables them to make such a machine. The boys take off to another galaxy and learn that things are more similar to home than they imagined.

Crew

Paul Abascal

Hair

Barbara Affonso

Visual Effects

Bradley Alan

Stunts

Henry Alvarez

Art Department

Max Alvarez

Other

Eric D Andersen

Camera Operator

Rubin Andreatta

Other

Susan Arnold

Casting

Carl Assmus

Other

Tom Bailey

Song

Belinda Balaski

Sound Effects

Larry Barbier

Photography

Bill Beck

Visual Effects

Michael Becker

Song

Roger Behr

Sound Effects

Steve Berens

Animal Trainer

Ray Berwick

Animal Trainer

R Blackwell

Song

Jack Blades

Song

Michael Blaze

Property Master Assistant

Mauri Blumenfeld

Assistant

David Bombyk

Producer

Bruce Botnick

Sound

Rob Bottin

Special Makeup Effects

Robert Boyle

Production Designer

Lance Brackett

Other

Janet Brady

Stunts

Ed Branson

Film Lab

Peter Breen

Dolly Grip

Barbara Brennan

Visual Effects

Jerry Brutsche

Stunts

Harold Buchman

Visual Effects

Harold Buchman

Graphics

Joseph W Cardoza

Lighting Technician

Marcy Carriker

Casting Associate

Norm Cattell

Assistant Camera Operator

Doc D Charbonneau

Stunts

David Childers

Other

Wade Childress

Photography

Donald Clark

Camera Operator

James Clark

Other

Al Contreras

Dolly Grip

Robert H Cooper

Miniatures

Jack Cooperman

Camera Operator

Charles Correll

Photography

Bill Couch

Stunt Coordinator

William Couch

Stunts

Alannah Currie

Song

Peter Daulton

Camera Assistant

Nick Delchev

Other

Dallas Dornan

Costumes

Don Dow

Photography

John Dunn

Sound Effects Editor

Art Durinski

Visual Effects

Art Durinski

Graphics

Scott Eddo

Makeup Supervisor

Selwyn Eddy

Camera Operator

Kathy Elek

Other

Zoltan Elek

Makeup Artist

Chrissie England

Production Coordinator

Ron Esposito

Other

Ray Evans

Other

Edward Feldman

Producer

Shari Feldman

Costumes

Alex Felix

Other

Ed Felix

Digital Effects Supervisor

Sabino Ferullo

Foreman

Laura Filip

Other

Robert Finley Iii

Other

Michael Finnell

Executive Producer

Tammy Fites

Other

Louis Frederico

Other

Joe Fulmer

Other

Carol Gans

Other

Eddie Garcia

Other

William George

Visual Effects

Joan Gerber

Sound Effects

Walter Gest

Sound

Lisa Gilbert

Sound Effects Editor

Brad Gillis

Song

Randy Glass

Lighting Technician

Michael Gleason

Editor

Les Gobruegge

Set Designer

Jerry Goldsmith

Music

Ralph Gordon

Other

Rhona Gordon

Other

Lloyd Gowdy

Lighting Technician

Carol Green

Assistant Director

James R Hagedorn

Camera Operator

Kenneth Hall

Sound Editor

Warren Hamilton

Sound Effects Editor

William Hansard Jr.

Other

Toby Heindel

Camera Assistant

D. M. Hemphill

Sound Effects

Robert Herron

Stunts

Donald High

Set Designer

Edward T. Hirsch

Production

Tina Hirsch

Editor

Alan Hoffman

Research Assistant

Bob Holt

Sound Effects

John Hora

Director Of Photography

John Hora

Dp/Cinematographer

John S Howard

Graphics

John S Howard

Visual Effects

Paul Huston

Photography

Tom Jacobson

Unit Production Manager

Tom Jacobson

Associate Producer

Amanda Mackey Johnson

Casting Associate

Eddie Jones

Other

Sean Joyce

Art Assistant

Jane Kean

Sound Effects

Lisa Kearsley

Office Assistant

Pat Kehoe

Assistant Director

Ken King

Sound

Bonnie Koehler

Sound Effects Editor

Nicholas Vincent Korda

Adr Editor

Michael Kory

Graphics

Michael Kory

Visual Effects

Sheri Koskie

Other

Brad Kuehn

Other

Hal Landaker

Video

Tony Laudati

Miniatures

Thomas W Lay

Production

Lane Leavitt

Stunts

Joe Leeway

Song

Michael Liakos

Dolly Grip

Ellen Lichtwardt

Visual Effects

James Lim

Camera Operator

Robert J Litt

Sound

Little Richard

Song Performer

Jay Livingston

Other

Junie Lowry-johnson

Casting Associate

Eric Luke

Screenplay

Robert Macdonald

Special Effects Coordinator

Douglas Macmillan

Graphics

Douglas Macmillan

Visual Effects

Patricia Madigan

Stunts

Daniel E Maltese

Set Designer

Mark Mangini

Sound Effects

Jeff Mann

Visual Effects

Dan Marrow

Transportation Captain

Dan Martens

Other

Janet Fiona Mason

Sound Effects Editor

Patrick Mcardle

Camera Assistant

John Mcleod

Other

Bob Means

Other

Ricardo Medina

Other

Michael John Meehan

Location Manager

M Millet

Song

Michael Minkler

Sound

Ted Moehnke

Other

Jack Mongovan

Visual Effects

Bennie Moore

Stunts

Michael S Moore

Assistant Editor

Betty Moos

Assistant

Gary Morgan

Stunts

Arthur Morton

Original Music

Claudia Mullaly

Visual Effects

George R. Nelson

Set Decorator

Frederick R Newman

Sound Effects

Joseph Newman

Other

Bruce Nicholson

Visual Effects Supervisor

Eugene C Nollman

Set Designer

Rosanna Norton

Costume Designer

Phill Norwood

Assistant Art Director

Michael Owens

Camera Operator

John P

Sound Effects Editor

Dennis Park

Accounting Assistant

Dennis Pawlik

Other

Terry Peck

Assistant Editor

Roger Peltz

Sound Effects

J C Pennie

Visual Effects

J C Pennie

Graphics

Dennis K Petersen

Special Effects Foreman

Patrick Philbin

Other

Arthur Pimentel

Other

Alex Plasschaert

Stunts

Steve Prentice

Other

Vincent Prentice

Makeup

Tom Prosser

Other

Steve Purvis

Adr Editor

Sandra Rabins

Production Accountant

Ralph Rainger

Other

Bill Ratner

Sound Effects

Phil Read

Construction Coordinator

Christopher Regan

Camera Operator

Peggy Regan

Visual Effects

Frank Richwood

Art Director

Jay Riddle

Visual Effects

Leo Robin

Other

Robbie Robinson

Photography

Nilo Rodis-jamero

Art Director

John Roesch

Foley

Robert Rootenburg

Sound Effects Editor

Neil Ross

Sound Effects

Tom Rosseter

Other

Saul Saladow

Assistant Editor

Scot Scalise

Apprentice

Markus Schaub

Apprentice

David Scheider

Cable Operator

Film Details

Also Known As
Upptäckarna
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adventure
Release Date
1985
Production Company
David Scheider
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Petaluma, California, USA; Paramount Studios, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Summer July 12, 1985

Third Dream sequence is dedicated to Edward Peter Hirsch.

film extract "Frank Film"

Released in United States Summer July 12, 1985