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Director:
Albert Pyun
Writers:
Regina Davis (writer)
Albert Pyun (writer)
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Release Date:
26 February 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Fantasy more
Tagline:
Venture to the core! more
Plot:
A nerdish teenager goes looking for her missing archaeolist father, and stumbles into a strange underground civilization. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kathy Ireland ... Wanda Saknussemm

William R. Moses ... Guten 'Gus' Edway
Richard Haines ... Prof. Arnold Saknussemm

Don Michael Paul ... Robbie
Thom Mathews ... Charmin'
Janet Du Plessis ... General Rykov / Shank / Claims Officer

Simon Poland ... Consul Triton Crassus / The Mailman
Linda Kerridge ... Roeyis Freki / Auntie Pearl
Kristen Trucksess ... Stacy
Lochner De Kock ... Professor Ovid Galba / Professor Paddy Mahoney

Deep Roy ... Mambino
Albert Maritz ... Mago / Maintenance Worker / Evangelist / Pack Slag Jack
Russel Savadier ... Loki
Denis Smith ... Anchorman
James Lithgow ... Donaldson / Wrestling Announcer / Emcee
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Odeon
Wanda (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA | South Africa
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The last name for the main character is taken from Arne Sakneusemm, the Icelandic scientist who traveled to center of the earth in Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Kathy Ireland briefly loses her squeaky voice when she's doped up on the table. She laughs and says in a deeper voice (probably her real one), "You think I'm an alien?" more
Quotes:
Wanda Saknussemm: Bitchin'! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Alien from L.A. (#6.16)" (1993) more
Soundtrack:
State of the Heart more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
80's fluff..., 19 August 1999
6/10
Author: Eirefox from Boston, MA

...the stuff that covered the shelves of local video stores in the old days. I love films like this, more for their value as time-pieces than for their artistic merits.

Kathy Ireland is a hoot (or is that "a squeak"?) playing off her "L.A. Gear" persona, but the sets and costumes really make the film. Imagine a pastiche of every 80's music video, and you've pretty much got the art direction for this film.

Wonderfully, watchably bad.. It's a shame that most people only got to see the cut MST3K version.

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