Fantastic Voyage was one of the quintessential science fiction tales and came to the cinema screens in 1966, thanks to director Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and a story by Jerome Bixby (The Man From Earth) and it stands the test of time that so many, well written sci-fi's do.
Plot: When the governments of The United States of America and the Soviet Union develop miniaturization technology, it's only a matter (ha ha-matter, get it?!) of time before one or other of them decides to take a leap and nick the other's research. On this occasion, it's the USA (tisk tisk). So, the US helps a Ruskie scientist defect with the advance knowledge of how to extend miniaturization beyond a few hours to indefinitely. Problem being, the fella gets shot on the way out of the Iron Curtain (you'd think with a name like that, he'd be safe from bullets) and ends up with a blood clot. So it's up to a crack crew including Donald Pleasence (Halloween, The Great Escape) and Raquel Welch (One Million Years B.C.) to pop inside his body, find the clot, zap it with a laser and pop back out before the bodies natural defences get annoyed.
What can possibly go wrong?!
Budget: $5,115,000
Gross: $12,000,000
Fun Fact: James Brolin (Amityville Horror) makes an appearance as a technician. Issac Asimov liked the idea so much, that he got permission to rewrite it as a novel and it even came out before the film finished shooting, due to Asimov's quick scribbling and the films slow progress.
Plot: When the governments of The United States of America and the Soviet Union develop miniaturization technology, it's only a matter (ha ha-matter, get it?!) of time before one or other of them decides to take a leap and nick the other's research. On this occasion, it's the USA (tisk tisk). So, the US helps a Ruskie scientist defect with the advance knowledge of how to extend miniaturization beyond a few hours to indefinitely. Problem being, the fella gets shot on the way out of the Iron Curtain (you'd think with a name like that, he'd be safe from bullets) and ends up with a blood clot. So it's up to a crack crew including Donald Pleasence (Halloween, The Great Escape) and Raquel Welch (One Million Years B.C.) to pop inside his body, find the clot, zap it with a laser and pop back out before the bodies natural defences get annoyed.
What can possibly go wrong?!
Budget: $5,115,000
Gross: $12,000,000
Fun Fact: James Brolin (Amityville Horror) makes an appearance as a technician. Issac Asimov liked the idea so much, that he got permission to rewrite it as a novel and it even came out before the film finished shooting, due to Asimov's quick scribbling and the films slow progress.
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