Media1985

Joe Dante's 'Explorers' released

When: 12 Jul 1985
Sources: 1 public source

Joe Dante, director of Explorers nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Paramount released Joe Dante's Explorers, starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as boys who build a small spacecraft and meet aliens whose idea of Earth comes from its TV broadcasts.

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OtherExplorers (1985) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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