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Blast from the Past
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Blast from the Past is an English-language film directed and written by Hugh Wilson. Produced by Renny Harlin and New Line Cinema, the movie features a cast including Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, and Sissy Spacek. Steve Dorff composed the score, while José Luis Alcaine Escaño served as director of photography. The production involves companies such as Midnight Sun Pictures and Forge.
Set in the 1980s and centered on the Cold War, the narrative follows characters who have lived in isolation within a bunker shelter. The film is categorized as a romantic comedy and LGBTQ-related film, with additional genre classifications of comedy, drama, and romance. It has a runtime of 112 minutes and was released in 1999. Distribution was handled by New Line Cinema and Netflix via video on demand.
Critical reception includes a review score of 58%, 6.1 out of 10, and 48 out of 100. Audience ratings list a 6.7 average on IMDb and 6.775 on TMDb. The film had a budget of 35,000,000 and generated revenue of 40,263,020. It is assessed under the Bechdel test and carries the tagline, "She'd never met anyone like him. He's never met anyone... Period."
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Film · TMDB
6.8Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Adam
- Alicia Silverstone as Eve
- Christopher Walken as Calvin
- Sissy Spacek as Helen
- Dave Foley as Troy
- Joey Slotnick as Soda Jerk
Themes
- isolation
- atomic bomb
- bunker
- shelter
- lighthearted
- blast from the past
- adoring
- amused
- familiar
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Hugh Wilson
- Screenplay by
- Hugh Wilson Bill Kelly
- Story by
- Bill Kelly
- Produced by
- Hugh Wilson Amanda Stern Renny Harlin
- Starring
- Brendan Fraser Alicia Silverstone Christopher Walken Sissy Spacek Dave Foley
- Cinematography
- José Luis Alcaine
- Edited by
- Don Brochu
- Music by
- Steve Dorff
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release date
- February 12, 1999 ( 1999-02-12 )
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $40.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Hugh Wilson
- Screenwriter
- Hugh Wilson
- Cast member
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Composer
- Steve Dorff
- Producer
- Renny Harlin
- Production company
- New Line Cinema
- Cinematographer
- José Luis Alcaine Escaño
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 688947
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.blastmovie.com
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- publication date
- 1999-09-23
- title
- Blast from the Past
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1980s
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 48/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Blast from the Past is a 1999 American romantic comedy adventure film directed and co-produced by Hugh Wilson, based on a story by Bill Kelly—who co-wrote the screenplay with Wilson—and starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley. The film focuses on a man who was born and raised in a Cold War-era fallout shelter built by his survivalist, anti-Communist father, and emerges into the modern world 35 years later, where his innocence and old-fashioned views put him at comedic odds with society.
Blast from the Past was released by New Line Cinema on February 12, 1999. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial disappointment.
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