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Explorers is a 1985 science fiction, fantasy film targeted at a family audience. It was the first feature film for both River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke. The third young actor in it was Jason Presson. The story was written by Eric Luke and the film was directed by Joe Dante.

The film received an MPAA rating of PG. It was filmed in 70mm color with 6-track sound, and runs for 109 minutes. The special effects in the movie were produced by Industrial Light and Magic.

This film blends some elements of Contact
with The Goonies
and classic sci-fi films, as three young friends are drawn into a space fantasy adventure. The protagonists of this film are three neighborhood kids, Ben Crandall (Hawke), Wolfgang (Phoenix) and Darren (Presson). Ben is obsessed with aliens, and one night he has a dream about a circuit board. He proceeds to draw out the board; with the aid of the brainy Wolfgang, the three friends assemble the device. They quickly discover that, by creating a sealed bubble that can force open the very ground, it allows space travel.

The three build a home-made spacecraft out of an amusement ride seat (a "Tilt-o-Whirl"), with windows from washing machines and televisions. On their first flight, they don't really want to finish where the circuit board is taking them, so they reverse polarity (shutting the bubble off for critical seconds in airless space) and return to the ground. Better prepared, they proceed to embark on an adventure deep into outer space where they encounter some oddball, but friendly, alien children who are enamored with TV and radio signals they can pick up. Then mom and dad alien show up and the three Earth children head home.

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