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Blast From The Past (1999)
Released By: New Line Home Entertainment   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hugh Wilson
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, David Foley
Published ID: 8202
UPC: 794043475122,
Plot: In 1962, Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken) was a brilliant but somewhat paranoid scientist living with his Donna Reed-esque wife, Helen (Sissy Spacek), in Los Angeles. In the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a plane crashed into the Webber's yard. Mistaking the blast for the big one, the Webbers moved into their elaborate bomb shelter to wait out the half-life of radioactive fallout. In the shelter, now a sort of time capsule, Calvin and Helen conceived and raised their son Adam (played as an adult by Brendan Fraser). For 35 years, Adam was raised on Jackie Gleason, Perry Como, and stories about life on the surface. Calvin taught his son about science, baseball, and communists while Mom taught Adam about dancing, good manners, and charming young ladies. Just in time, too, as Adam is sent to the surface to gather supplies and find a wife, preferably a nice, non-mutant girl from Pasadena with which to repopulate the world. Once this fish out of water story is set up, the fish, Adam, is set adrift in a sea of supermarkets and adult bookstores, but is soon caught by Eve Rustikov (Alicia Silverstone). Completely lost above ground, Adam enlists Eve's help to navigate his new world and find the supplies on his list. The literally sheltered Adam falls for this bitter, cynical, street-smart woman who grew up in a bleak Los Angeles with little use for love. Living with her gay roommate, Troy (Dave Foley), Eve has had her hopes chipped away by a long line of dead-end jobs and loser boyfriends. When the throwback Adam enters her life with his sunny disposition, seersucker jacket, and joy at seeing the sky, she can't help but fall in love. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide
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Love this movie!!!
Added 11/21/2009

This is a great movie. It is accurate as to the way of life and the fears of the 50's. I have watched it many times and will watch it many times more, always laughing.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
A fun way to waste 90 minutes
Added 10/3/2009

Without Sissy Spacek and Christopher Walken as the parents, this movie would not have been anywhere near as funny as it is. In the beginning, Spacek and Walken, eccentric in their own ways, take a ridiculous premise and make it believable enough that you could let yourself buy into the storyline. Brendon Fraisor does a decent turn as the son, though his acting verges on a one dimensional note. Alicia Silverstone does the cute love ineterest well enough, but her performance is not as entertaining as in clueless. These is an exceedlingly likeable film with likeable characters, and where even the ex-boyfriend isn't that bad. A fun movie!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
a lot of fun,all time favorite
Added 8/28/2009

This movie is a BLAST , love it a lot.Didn't do great at the box office.My sister-in-law watched it last week,thought she would laugh her self to death,,,,,,,try iy you'll like it,,,grand children liked it too,,,
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
one of my favorites
Added 7/21/2009

this movie is so under-rated. i love it. whenever i'm feeling blue this movie will put a smile on my face!
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
I was very satified
Added 6/11/2009

I was so happy to find an unused copy of this film. The seller enclosed a very nice note to contact him if I was unsatified. I was very satified with this transaction
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Love this movie!!!
Added 11/21/2009

This is a great movie. It is accurate as to the way of life and the fears of the 50's. I have watched it many times and will watch it many times more, always laughing.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
A fun way to waste 90 minutes
Added 10/3/2009

Without Sissy Spacek and Christopher Walken as the parents, this movie would not have been anywhere near as funny as it is. In the beginning, Spacek and Walken, eccentric in their own ways, take a ridiculous premise and make it believable enough that you could let yourself buy into the storyline. Brendon Fraisor does a decent turn as the son, though his acting verges on a one dimensional note. Alicia Silverstone does the cute love ineterest well enough, but her performance is not as entertaining as in clueless. These is an exceedlingly likeable film with likeable characters, and where even the ex-boyfriend isn't that bad. A fun movie!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
a lot of fun,all time favorite
Added 8/28/2009

This movie is a BLAST , love it a lot.Didn't do great at the box office.My sister-in-law watched it last week,thought she would laugh her self to death,,,,,,,try iy you'll like it,,,grand children liked it too,,,
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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