Fantastic Voyage (1966) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Fleischer |
| Producer(s) | Saul David |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Science Fiction |
| Top Topics | |
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Fantastic Voyage (1966) was a Adventure - Science Fiction Film directed by Richard Fleischer and produced by Saul David.
SYNOPSIS
A life-threatening blood clot is battled by a crew of medical scientists who are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into the body to destroy the clot. Great premise from the Isaac Asimov novel, and the special effects do it justice.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | William B. Murphy | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
On the Set of "Fantastic Voyage" ( 1966 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 24, 2019 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"Four men and one woman on the most fantastic, spectacular and terrifying journey of their lives!" Director Richard Fleischer helmed this classic 1966 sci-fi film about five intrepid individuals who undertake the most fantastic voyage of their lives - a journey through the bloodstream of an aili... Read full article
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
By Beatrice on Feb 16, 2019 From Flickers in TimeFantastic Voyage Directed by Richard Fleischer Written by Harry Kleiner; adapted by David Duncan from a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby 1966/USA Twentieth Century Fox Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant This sci-fi classic is not as fantastic as I remember from my youth. ?Still pretty cool for its ... Read full article
Double Take: Fantastic Voyage/Innerspace
By Barry P. on Nov 10, 2014 From Cinematic CatharsisFantastic Voyage (1966) Directed by: Richard Fleischer; Written by Harry Kleiner; Story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby; Adapted by David Duncan; Starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien and Donald Pleasence Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Netflix Streaming Rating: **** ... Read full article
Double Take: Fantastic Voyage/Innerspace
By Barry P. on Nov 10, 2014 From Cinematic CatharsisFantastic Voyage (1966) Directed by: Richard Fleischer; Written by Harry Kleiner; Story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby; Adapted by David Duncan; Starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien and Donald Pleasence Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Netflix Streaming Rating: **** ... Read full article
Fantastic Voyage (1966, Richard Fleischer)
on Feb 22, 2012 From The Stop ButtonAmong Fantastic Voyage‘s many problems, the two salient ones are the general lack of tension and the utter lack of wonderment. Fleischer is responsible for both, though maybe not so much the first. The story can’t really be tense because there’s very little at stake. The film’... Read full article
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Quotes from
Dr. Peter Duval: The medieval philosophers were right. Man is the center of the universe. We stand in the middle of infinity between outer and inner space, and there's no limit to either.
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!
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Facts about
The plot of this movie has partly been anticipated by (or been plagiarized from) the first season episode "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965) {The Moving Finger (#1.9)}.In that episode, Captain Nelson works as technical consultant for a studio making a movie, in which an American astronaut, shrunken to the size of a pinhead, is injected into the bloodstream of a Soviet astronaut, works his way to the brain and retrieves information vital to the defense of the country.
A now defunct thrill ride at Disney's Epcot Center, called Body Wars, was largely inspired by this film, even though it is not a Disney film. The director, Richard Fleischer, however, also directed Disney's first science fiction film, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea.
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