USA,
1989, 90 min
Directed by:
Joe JohnstonCinematography:
Hiro NaritaComposer:
James HornerCast:
Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Amy O'Neill, Kimmy Robertson, Mark L. Taylor, Lou Cutell, Frank Welker, Jared Rushton, Robert Oliveri (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
A simple suburban backyard is transformed into a jungle hell for four kids after they are accidentally shrunk to the size of bugs in this smash-hit comedy. Rick Moranis plays a nerdy inventor whose latest creation--an electromagnetic shrinking machine--seems doomed to failure. But thanks to a shot from a baseball, the contraption zaps Moranis's two kids as well as the two bullies next door down to a quarter-inch tall! Stuck in the wilds of their lawn, the quartet must deal with giant bugs, a killer sprinkler and a runaway lawnmower on their journey back to the house. (Home Box Office)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1991 - Best Special Visual Effects
The Saturn Awards
- 1991 - Best Science Fiction Film
- 1991 - Thomas Wilson Brown (Best Performance by a Younger Actor)
- 1991 - Robert Oliveri (Best Performance by a Younger Actor)
- 1991 - Jared Rushton (Best Performance by a Younger Actor)
- 1991 - James Horner (Best Music)
- 1991 - David Sosalla, Peter Chesney, Rick Fichter (Best Special / Visual Effects)