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    Innerspace (1987)

    Comedy about hotshot airforce pilot Tuck Pendelton (Dennis Quaid) who is miniaturised and mistakenly injected into the body of hapless hypochondriac supermarket clerk Jack Putter (Martin Short).

    This attempt to update Fantastic Voyage (1966) doesn’t measure up to director Joe Dante’s best work, but it’s still a notch above the usual Hollywood fodder.

    The effects are excellent, and Dante’s sly humour shines through occasionally, but it lacks the anarchy the director is noted for, and Short’s hysterics eventually begin to grate.

    Meg Ryan pops up as the love interest, and there are good supporting turns from Kevin McCarthy and Henry Gibson. Dante regular Dick Miller, once a fixture in Roger Corman’s movies, has a cameo as a cab driver.

    innerspace7Lieutenant Tuck Pendelton
    Dennis Quaid
    Jack Putter
    Martin Short
    Lydia Maxwell
    Meg Ryan
    Victor Scrimshaw
    Kevin McCarthy
    Dr Margaret Canker
    Fiona Lewis
    Mr Igoe
    Vernon Wells
    The Cowboy
    Robert Picardo
    Wendy
    Wendy Schaal
    Pete Blanchard
    Harold Sylvester
    Dr Greenbush
    William Schallert
    Mr Wormwood
    Henry Gibson
    Ozzie Wexler
    John Hora
    Dr Niles
    Mark L. Taylor
    Duane
    Kevin Hooks

    Director
    Joe Dante

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