Saturday 22 August 2020

Fantastic Voyage (1966)





Despite some stolid acting performances and a rather dull script, “Fantastic Voyage” is a lavish production with brilliant special effects for the time. Overall, the film presents the viewer with an entertaining and imaginative journey into the human body.

Directed by Richard Fleischer
Produced by Saul David
Screenplay by Harry Kleiner
Story by Jerome Bixby, Otto Klement
Adaptation: David Duncan
Music by Leonard Rosenman
Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo
Edited by William B. Murphy
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Running time: 100 minutes
Budget: $5.1 million
Box office: $12 million


Cast


Stephen Boyd: Grant
Raquel Welch: Cora
Edmond O'Brien: General Carter
Donald Pleasence: Dr. Michaels
Arthur O'Connell: Col. Donald Reid
William Redfield: Capt. Bill Owens
Arthur Kennedy: Dr. Duval
Jean Del Val : Jan Benes
Barry Coe: Communications Aide
Ken Scott: Secret Service
Shelby Grant: Nurse
James Brolin: Technician
Brendan Fitzgerald: Wireless Operator


(1966 Trailer)


An assassination attempt on a scientist!
A desperate bid to save his life!
A miniaturized sub and its crew injected into his body?
See what happens as they embark on a……

Fantastic Voyage! 


“This film will take you where no one has ever been before; no eye witness has actually seen what you are about to see. But in this world of ours where going to the moon will soon be upon us and where the most incredible things are happening all around us, somebody, perhaps tomorrow, the fantastic events you are about to see can and will take place.”

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