Fantastic Voyage (1966)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Writers:

Harry Kleiner (screenplay)
David Duncan (adaptation)
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Release Date:

24 August 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The screen's most fantastic voyage

Plot:

A diplomat is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Submarine | Tympanic Membrane | Coffee | Military

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brendon Boone	...	MP (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan	...	Young Scientist (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Fleischer

Writing credits
Harry Kleiner		(screenplay)
David Duncan		(adaptation)
Otto Klement		(story) and
Jerome Bixby		(story) (as Jay Lewis Bixby)

Produced by
Saul David	....	producer

Original Music by
Leonard Rosenman

Cinematography by
Ernest Laszlo		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William B. Murphy

Art Direction by
Dale Hennesy
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Stuart A. Reiss
Walter M. Scott

Makeup Department
Margaret Donovan	....	hair stylist
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Eric Stacey	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ad Schaumer	....	assistant director

Sound Department
David Dockendorf	....	sound
Bernard Freericks	....	sound
Walter Rossi	....	sound effects (uncredited)
Richard Sperber	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	....	special photographic effects
Emil Kosa Jr.	....	special photographic effects
Greg C. Jensen	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Marcel Delgado	....	miniatures (uncredited)

Stunts
Donna Garrett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sol Gorss	....	stunts (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Peter Foy	....	technical adviser: flying sequences
Harper Goff	....	creative production research
Richard Kuhn	....	titles
Fred Zendar	....	technical adviser
Marie Kenney	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan	....	leg double: Steven Boyd (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century-Fox)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1966) (USA) (theatrical) (released by)
• 20th Century Fox (1966) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Fox Films (1967) (Finland) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment España S.A. (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (video)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• National Screen Service  titles
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation  CinemaScope is the registered trademark of

Also Known As:

Microscopia
Strange Journey

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) | Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #20942) (original rating) | Canada:G (video rating) | Portugal:M/6 | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

As a college student, director Richard Fleischer was a pre-med student for a time.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The amount of radioactive material for the sub would not need a lead carrying case. Grant proves this by removing the container from the case with no protection and handing it to Owens who inserts it into the reactor, again bare-handed.

Quotes:

Grant: Wait a minute! They can't shrink me.
General Carter: Our miniaturizer can shrink anything.
Grant: But I don't want to be miniaturized!
General Carter: It's just for an hour.
Grant: Not even for a minute!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Dead End (1985)

A Great Thriller

This is not only a great science fiction film, it is also a great thriller as well. I especially loved the fact that this was supposedly done in "real time" and that the characters and that it was not only a mission to save the scientist life, but a race against time before the miniaturization wore off. Also, even though the effects are dated, they still were pretty good for the era they were produced in.