Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

  • Rick Moranis: Wayne Szalinski
  • Matt Frewer: Russell Thompson Sr.
  • Marcia Strassman: Diane Szalinski
  • Kristine Sutherland: Mae Thompson
  • Thomas Wilson Brown: Russell Thompson Jr.
  • Jared Rushton: Ronald Thompson
  • Amy O'Neill: Amy Szalinski
  • Robert Oliveri Nick Szalinski
  • Carl Steven: Tommy Pervis
  • Mark L. Taylor: Donald Forrester
  • Kimmy Robertson: Gloria Forrester
  • Lou Cutell: Dr. Brainard

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is the title of a 1989 film produced comedy with science fiction elements.

Action

Wayne Szalinski is a somewhat eccentric scientist who has turned his home into a high-tech castle. Commenting on his new invention include a device with which one can supposedly shrink things. Of course, he is ridiculed by many people, especially his neighbor Russell Thompson.

One day, however, the Szalinski - children Amy and Nick, as well as the Thompson -Kids and Ronald Russell Jr., actually shrunk from the machine.

Soon they find themselves in the garden again, a jungle, where every blade of grass seems to be ten feet tall at the. Also lurking other hazards, such as giant ants, to the children who need to start despite initial differences together, to go to the " miles " away house and found there Wayne, which can increase the children alone.

At the end actually succeeds, and the two families have realized that one should tolerate the neighbors.

Background

The directorial debut of Joe Johnston, with Jurassic Park unrealized III and Hidalgo film projects of similar size later, was a financial success, he played with an estimated budget of 14.2 million U.S. dollars alone at the U.S. box office of 130 million U.S. dollars one.

Even robots creatures were here first created ( the ants ), a technique that four years later Steven Spielberg took up in Jurassic Park.

Continuations

Movies

TV series

Awards

  • Six Saturn Award nominations Best Music
  • Best youthful protagonist: Thomas Wilson Brown
  • Best youthful protagonists: Robert Oliveri
  • Best youthful protagonist: Jared Rushton
  • Best sci-fi film
  • Best Special Effects
  • Three Young Artist Award nominations Best Comedy
  • Best youthful protagonist: Jared Rushton
  • Best youthful Actress: Amy O'Neill

Reviews

  • " Wonderfully spun fantasy fairytale from the cartoon treasure chest of Spielteufelchen of Walt Disney. " - Tz, Munich
  • "An old fairy tale fabric in fashionable garb; full of tricky technical refinements, it pushes equally on lacrimal gland and diaphragm, but closes by its fast-paced roller coaster directing style and the over loud music of any poetry. "- lexicon of international film (CD -ROM edition ), Systhema, Munich 1997

DVD Release

  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In: Honey, I shrunk. 3-DVD box set. Touchstone 2002

Soundtrack

  • James Horner: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Intrada Records, Oakland 2009, Special Collection Volume 94 - Original recording of the film music by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Horner
1989 in film Screenplay Tom Schulman Stuart Gordon Brian Yuzna Film score Hiro Narita Jurassic Park (film) Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
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