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A decade before Star Wars proved that movies could triumphantly transport us beyond the province of our own physical universe, a unique film had its engines in reverse, charting an excursion not into the great beyond, but within the mysterious confines of the human body. So inventive are the premise and execution of Fantastic Voyage that fans continue to regard it as a milestone of cinematic sci-fi, both in terms of its commercial success and its universal appeal. Part adventure tale and part thriller, the story concerns a group of scientists (led by Stephen Boyd) who are miniaturized -- along with their high-tech submarine -- and injected into the bloodstream of a dying scientist in order to save his life. Among Boyd's intrepid scientific team are sci-fi favorite Donald Pleasance (Escape From New York) and Raquel Welch, at the time moviedom's newest bombshell. An Oscar-winner for Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound Effects, Visual Effects, and Editing, perhaps the film's greatest achievement is in the way its story remains riveting despite all the eye-popping visuals. If high school anatomy classes were anywhere near this fascinating, we'd be a nation of doctors. Bruce Kluger

All Movie Guide

Stephen Boyd heads a team of scientists sent on a bizarre experimental mission. Through a revolutionary and as-yet untested process, the scientists and their special motorized vehicle are miniaturized, then injected into the blood stream of a near-death scientist (Jean del Val). Their mission is to relieve a blood clot caused by an assassination attempt. One member of the expedition is bent on sabotage so that the scientist's secrets will die with him. Another member is Raquel Welch, seemingly along for the ride solely because of how she looks in a skintight diving suit. The film's Oscar-winning visual effects (by Art Cruikschank) chart the progress of the voyagers through the scientist's body, burrowing past deadly antibodies, chunks of tobacco residue in the lungs, and other such obstacles. Oscars also went to Jack Martin Smith and Dale Hennesy's art direction and Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss' set decoration. Fantastic Voyage was later spun off into a Saturday morning cartoon series. Hal Erickson

Product Details

• UPC: 024543440437
• Source: 20TH CENTURY FOX
• Region Code: 1
• Presentation: Wide Screen
• Editions: Special Edition, Subtitled, Dubbed
• Time: 1:40:00
• Sales Rank: 4,195

This DVD is also available as part of a box set:

• Ultimate Sci-Fi Collection (20pc) / (Box)

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