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Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:22

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.9/10

Consensus: The special effects may be a bit dated today, but Fantastic Voyage still holds up well as an imaginative journey into the human body.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: An important scientist is attacked by assassins and almost killed. When traditional medical methods are exhausted, a crew of scientists is shrunk to microscopic size and injected into the... An important scientist is attacked by assassins and almost killed. When traditional medical methods are exhausted, a crew of scientists is shrunk to microscopic size and injected into the scientist's body to destroy a blood clot and save his life. An exciting adventure with colorful special effects. AKA Microscopia and Strange Journey. [More]

Starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence

Starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur O'Connell, William Redfield, Jean Del Val, Barry Coe

Director: Richard Fleischer

Director: Richard Fleischer
Screenwriter: Harry Kleiner, David Duncan
Producer: Saul David
Composer: Leonard Rosenman

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Reviews for Fantastic Voyage

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Fascinating still, but suffers from lack of more sophisticated special effects. Still...imagine Raquel Welch moving around inside.

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03/14/09
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Their voyage through the body's bloodstream past assorted organs was created by inventive special effects that make this one of the more visually interesting science fiction films of its era.

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06/04/07
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The lavish production, boasting some brilliant special effects and superior creative efforts, is an entertaining, enlightening excursion through inner space -- the body of a man.

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06/04/07
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This special effects extravaganza from 1966 has proved surprisingly enduring, despite a technical quality crude by contemporary standards; perhaps it's the screwball poetry of the plot.

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06/04/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

...our own human interior was revealed, like a Jacques Cousteau travelogue, in screen-filling vistas of surreal canals and chambers filled with floating psychedelia and the amorphous Jell-O colors of a Jimi Hendrix concert.

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06/03/07
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

An opportunity missed, therefore -- especially as the imaginative sets are slightly tackily realised -- but fun all the same.

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01/26/06
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08/30/05
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Well directed science fiction

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08/13/05
Michael E. Grost
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television

No review available.

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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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All I can tell you is it is quite a trip.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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Call this one big-time guilty pleasure. Special effects are dynamite, concept just as good.

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03/30/05
James Plath
James Plath
Reel.com

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08/04/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

No review available.

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02/26/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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11/07/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

A landmark of 1960s sci-fi… remains compelling entertainment despite dated special effects, deliberate pacing, and indifferent dialogue and acting, thanks in part to the genuine wonder it brings to its premise.

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09/12/03
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

"Fantastic Voyage is an absurd but entertaining trip into inner space."

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04/07/03
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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02/25/03
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

Irresistibly goofy; you won't forget it

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01/12/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

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10/15/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

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09/14/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
 
 
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September 27, 2007: Roland Emmerich Slams James Cameron's Fantastic Voyage Script
Roland Emmerich is gearing up to direct his long-planned Fantastic Voyage remake, and even though its screen debut is still in the distance, he recently discussed the project... More...

September 04, 2007: Stiller Sequel, Emmerich Remake, Live-Action Dragonball Z to Film in Montreal
Looking for a job in the movie industry? It might not be a bad idea to move to Montreal, where -- as The Montreal Gazette reports -- three big-budget projects are scheduled to... More...

August 16, 2007: Emmerich to Go On Fantastic Voyage
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