Innerspace
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
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| Directed by | Joe Dante |
| Produced by | Michael Finnell |
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Jeffrey Boam Chip Proser |
| Story by | Chip Proser |
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| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Andrew Laszlo |
| Edited by | Kent Beyda |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $25,893,810 (domestic) |
Innerspace is a 1987 science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. The film was inspired by the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage. It stars Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan, with Robert Picardo and Kevin McCarthy, with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It earned well over $25m of domestic gross revenue and won an Oscar, the only film directed by Dante to do so.
In San Francisco, California, down-on-his-luck naval aviator Lt. Tuck Pendleton (Quaid) resigns his commission and volunteers for a secret miniaturization experiment. He is placed in a submersible pod and both are shrunk to microscopic size. They are transferred into a syringe to be injected into a rabbit, but the lab is attacked by a rival organization—led by scientist Dr. Margaret Canker (Fiona Lewis)—that plans to seize the experiment and steal the miniaturization technology.
Experiment supervisor Ozzie Wexler (John Hora), knowing their intentions, escapes with the syringe. A chase ensues with one of Canker's henchmen, the cyborg Mr. Igoe (Vernon Wells), which ends at a nearby shopping mall. After being fatally shot, Ozzie injects Tuck and the pod into an unsuspecting Jack Putter (Martin Short), a hypochondriac Safeway grocery clerk, the first person he comes into contact with.
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