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ActionComedyScience Fiction

Innerspace

- An adventure of incredible proportions.

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.

Release Date : 1987-07-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Amblin EntertainmentWarner Bros. PicturesGuber/Peters Company

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Dennis Quaid

Character Name : Lt. Tuck Pendleton

Original Name : Dennis Quaid

Gender : Male

Martin Short

Character Name : Jack Putter

Original Name : Martin Short

Gender : Male

Meg Ryan

Character Name : Lydia Maxwell

Original Name : Meg Ryan

Gender : Female

Kevin McCarthy

Character Name : Victor Eugene Scrimshaw

Original Name : Kevin McCarthy

Gender : Male

Fiona Lewis

Character Name : Dr. Margaret Canker

Original Name : Fiona Lewis

Gender : Female

Vernon Wells

Character Name : Mr. Igoe

Original Name : Vernon Wells

Gender : Male

Robert Picardo

Character Name : The Cowboy

Original Name : Robert Picardo

Gender : Male

Dick Miller

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Dick Miller

Gender : Male

Wendy Schaal

Character Name : Wendy

Original Name : Wendy Schaal

Gender : Female

Harold Sylvester

Character Name : Pete Blanchard

Original Name : Harold Sylvester

Gender : Male

William Schallert

Character Name : Dr. Greenbush

Original Name : William Schallert

Gender : Male

Henry Gibson

Character Name : Mr. Wormwood

Original Name : Henry Gibson

Gender : Male

John Hora

Character Name : Ozzie Wexler

Original Name : John Hora

Gender : Male

Mark L. Taylor

Character Name : Dr. Niles

Original Name : Mark L. Taylor

Gender : Male

Orson Bean

Character Name : Lydia's Editor

Original Name : Orson Bean

Gender : Male

Kevin Hooks

Character Name : Duane

Original Name : Kevin Hooks

Gender : Male

Kathleen Freeman

Character Name : Dream Lady

Original Name : Kathleen Freeman

Gender : Female

Archie Hahn

Character Name : Messenger

Original Name : Archie Hahn

Gender : Male

Kenneth Tobey

Character Name : Man in Restroom

Original Name : Kenneth Tobey

Gender : Male

Joe Flaherty

Character Name : Waiting Room Patient

Original Name : Joe Flaherty

Gender : Male

Andrea Martin

Character Name : Waiting Room Patient

Original Name : Andrea Martin

Gender : Female

Jason Laskay

Character Name : Scrimshaw's Henchman

Original Name : Jason Laskay

Gender : Male

Frank Miller

Character Name : Scrimshaw's Henchman

Original Name : Frank Miller

Gender : Male

Christine Avila

Character Name : Lab Technician

Original Name : Christine Avila

Gender : Female

Alexandra Borrie

Character Name : Lab Technician

Original Name : Alexandra Borrie

Gender : Female

Jenny Gago

Character Name : Lab Technician

Original Name : Jenny Gago

Gender : Female

Robert Gounley

Character Name : Lab Technician

Original Name : Robert Gounley

Gender : Male

Grainger Hines

Character Name : Rusty

Original Name : Grainger Hines

Gender : Male

Mike Garibaldi

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Mike Garibaldi

Gender : Male

Richard McGonagle

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Richard McGonagle

Gender : Male

Terence McGovern

Character Name : Travel Agent

Original Name : Terence McGovern

Gender : Male

Robert Neches

Character Name : Lab Guard

Original Name : Robert Neches

Gender : Male

Rance Howard

Character Name : Supermarket Customer

Original Name : Rance Howard

Gender : Male

Chuck Jones

Character Name : Supermarket Customer

Original Name : Chuck Jones

Gender : Male

Laura Waterbury

Character Name : Supermarket Customer

Original Name : Laura Waterbury

Gender : Female

Kurt Braunreiter

Character Name : Lab Assault Henchman

Original Name : Kurt Braunreiter

Gender : Male

Brewster Sears

Character Name : Lab Assault Henchman

Original Name : Brewster Sears

Gender : Male

Alan Blumenfeld

Character Name : Man with Camera

Original Name : Alan Blumenfeld

Gender : Male

Jeffrey Boam

Character Name : Lydia's Interviewee

Original Name : Jeffrey Boam

Gender : Male

Sydne Squire

Character Name : Stewardess

Original Name : Sydne Squire

Gender : Male

Paul Barselou

Character Name : Man on Plane

Original Name : Paul Barselou

Gender : Male

John Miranda

Character Name : Man in Elevator

Original Name : John Miranda

Gender : Male

Jordan Benjamin

Character Name : Little Kid in Mall

Original Name : Jordan Benjamin

Gender : Male

Roberto Ramirez

Character Name : Chef

Original Name : Roberto Ramirez

Gender : Male

Virginia Boyle

Character Name : Shopping Lady

Original Name : Virginia Boyle

Gender : Male

Herb Mitchell

Character Name : Camera Store Clerk

Original Name : Herb Mitchell

Gender : Male

Neil Ross

Character Name : Pod Computer (voice)

Original Name : Neil Ross

Gender : Male

Robert Gray

Character Name : Lab Assault Henchman

Original Name : Robert Gray

Gender : Male

Shawn Nelson

Character Name : Wendell

Original Name : Shawn Nelson

Gender : Male

Joe Dante

Character Name : Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Dante

Gender : Male

Reviews

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Eat Me - Drink Me Innerspace is directed by Joe Dante and written by Jeffrey Boam and Chip Proser. It stars Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan and Kevin McCarthy. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Andrew Laszlo. A hapless hypochondriac store clerk battles to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him. The premise is of course absurd, but everyone involved knows this and proceed to entertain with a mixture of thrills, spills and a good old fashioned good versus bad value. Narrative is based around the race against time thematic as miniaturised Tuck Pendleton (Quaid) fights from within the body of Jack Putter (Short). He has to keep Jack out the hands of crooks who are after the secrets of the miniaturisation process, whilst simultaneously being on a clock before he runs out of air - or fall prey to Jack's anti-bodies system etc. Dante strings together some terrific set pieces, while the realisation of the inside of the human body is smartly staged. Cast are on hugely engaging form, with the central relationship between Quaid and Short a pure joy and mined for constant laugh and peril tactics. The dual aspect is niftily handled by Dante and his crew, with the battle within Jack's body running concurrently with Jack's battles out in the real world. What wonderful sci-fi froth this is, as Dante has a blast of a time with the effects tools to hand to take the concept of Fantastic Voyage and make a top line action comedy adventure. Great soundtrack too! 8/10

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-09-04

**A funny, effective and familiar comedy that deserves to be brought back from obscurity.** This is one of those “no bones” comedies that we can watch with the whole family without any fear of embarrassing or inappropriate scenes for kids or deeply critical grandparents. It's a film from the 80s, quite dated, but that's not a problem for people like me, who actually like old films. The story is very good and revolves around an experiment that goes wrong and involves the miniaturization of a ship with a human occupant, which should be introduced into a laboratory rabbit: when the laboratory is robbed by bandits who want to steal that technology, one of the scientists escapes and ends up injecting the liquid containing the ship into the body of an inadvertent citizen. What happens next is quite hilarious. Dennis Quaid does a decent job as the ship's pilot, a daring combat aviator who volunteers for the experiment. I thought that the actor doesn't leave his comfort zone, he doesn't have a complicated task, and he just brags. Better than him, Martin Short shone as the fearful and shy man who, by chance, was dragged into that mess after being injected against his will. The actor managed to give the character an interesting evolutionary arc, where the character gradually gains more confidence and an adventurous spirit. Meg Ryan has the worst material: she just needs to be attractive and look scared. Joe Dante deserves a shoutout for the work he did on this film. He's not a director I know very well, but I think this film is in line with what he likes to do most. The film may not be the most scientifically rigorous in the world (never, I believe, has the scientific community thought of anything similar to miniaturizing objects or people), but it makes up for it with humor and an unpretentious and good-natured spirit. The effects team did an excellent job, whether in the moments in which the ship is miniaturized or in the filming inside the human organism, where the realism is well achieved.