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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   14,743 votes
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Writer (WGA):
J.J. Abrams (written by)
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Release Date:
16 December 1992 (USA) more
Tagline:
Time waits for no man but true love waits forever
Plot:
A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel... more | add synopsis
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A gentle, thoughtful, family-style offering more (41 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mel Gibson ... Capt. Daniel McCormick

Jamie Lee Curtis ... Claire Cooper

Elijah Wood ... Nat Cooper

Isabel Glasser ... Helen
George Wendt ... Harry Finley
Joe Morton ... Cameron

Nicolas Surovy ... John
David Marshall Grant ... Lt. Col. Wilcox USAF
Robert Hy Gorman ... Felix
Millie Slavin ... Susan Finley

Michael A. Goorjian ... Steven

Veronica Lauren ... Alice

Art LaFleur ... Alice's Father

Eric Pierpoint ... Fred

Walton Goggins ... Gate MP (as Walt Goggins)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Return of Daniel (USA) (working title)
The Rest of Daniel (USA) (original script title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some language and domestic conflict.
Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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The B-25J seen in this film is known as "Photo Fanny" and is located at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. more
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Errors in geography: At one point, Daniel drives past a sign reading to "Los Alamitos Air Base" which appears to be among some dry hills, while the real Los Alamitos Air Station is in the middle of the suburbs, where there are no hills. more
Quotes:
Daniel: And set your brakes.
Nat Cooper: Right.
Daniel: No, don't say, 'right' - - say, 'check'. 'Right' gets confusing. 'Check'.
Nat Cooper: Check.
Daniel: Right.
Nat Cooper: [looks sideways at Daniel with a slightly exasperated "Are you giving me a hard time?" expression]
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References Ghost Busters (1984) more
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You Are My Sunshine more

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9 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
A gentle, thoughtful, family-style offering, 2 December 1999
9/10
Author: spteos from Houston, Texas

Forever Young goes in a lot of familiar directions -- time travel, a cuddly child and a single mom, a mix of drama, comedy, sci-fi, mystery and romance. But mostly, it manages to be entertaining without offending anyone or forcing the issue.

The early portion of the show -- set in 1939 -- offers a soft, dreamy, realistic look at what that time was like. The characters seem to have been drawn from the audience, from the masses, instead of being picture-perfect in look and dress. The acting is low-key, relaxing and believable. And, while the plot covers a lot of ground, it ties together well and has enough mystery that the viewer won't be able to guess the outcome and is sure to be satisfied with both the journey and the destination.

Forever Young reminded me of Always, starring Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss. Both shows are loaded with characters that are easy to like because of who they are and how they respond. Mel Gibson in Forever Young is particularly effective when dealing with the son of Jamie Lee Curtis; you know she's already committed and he cannot hang around, but you find yourself wishing the boy could have Mel for his new dad.

Not offering more shows like this is why theaters have so few under-12 and over-35 movie goers.

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