A non-stop comedy adventure starring Rick Moranis as a preoccupied inventor who has created an electro-magnetic shrinking machine that is accidentally activated and shrinks his children to a minuscule size. After they are caught in the garbage and thrown outside, a visually innovative action packed adventure ensues as the children journey through their backyard and encounter attacking insects, a runaway lawnmower, and swooping bees along the way. A fun and heartwarming family film it is also preceded by a Roger Rabbit short adventure involving Baby Herman and a little medical mayhem in “Tummy Trouble”. Cast also includes Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Thomas Brown, Jared Rushton.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309859
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Cinematography - Special effects
Childrens Films → Children's films - United States
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Family relationships
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Juvenile films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)