USA, 1966
100m
35mm film, CinemaScope, colour, 2.35:1
mono, English
An American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer.
Plot Summary
A key diplomat is shot by assassins and lies dying on the operating table, a bullet lodged beyond the reach of conventional surgery. His only hope are a team of surgeons and scientists who are miniaturized and, aboard a similarly shrunken hi-tech submarine, injected into his bloodstream. They have just 60 minutes to save the diplomat before they revert to their normal size but they have to battle antibodies and a saboteur along the way.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
© MCMLXVI [1966] by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Twentieth Century-Fox presents a CinemaScope picture. A CinemaScope picture produced and released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Produced by: Saul David
Unit Production Manager: Eric Stacey
Screenplay by: Harry Kleiner
Adaptation by: David Duncan
Based on a Story by: Otto Klement and Jay Lewis Bixby
Assistant Director: Ad Schaumer
Director of Photography: Ernest Laszlo
Film Editor: William B. Murphy
Color by: DeLuxe
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Sound: Bernard Freericks, David Dockendorf
Westrex Recording System
Makeup by: Ben Nye
Hair Styles by: Margaret Donovan
Special Photographic Effects: L.B. Abbott, Art Cruickshank, Emil Kosa Jr
Titles by: Richard Kuhn & National Screen Service
Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy
Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Technical Advisers: Fred Zendar, flying sequences: Peter Foy
Creative Production Research: Harper Goff
Locations: Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA *
The makers of this film are indebted to the many doctors, technicians and research scientists, whose knowledge and insight helped guide this production
Cast
Stephen Boyd (Grant)
Raquel Welch (Cora [Peterson])
Edmond O'Brien (General Carter)
Donald Pleasence (Dr Michaels)
Arthur O'Connell (Col. Donald Reid)
William Redfield (Capt. Bill Owens)
Arthur Kennedy (Dr Duval)
Jean Del Val (Jan Benes)
Barry Coe (communications aide)
Ken Scott (secret service)
Shelby Grant (nurse)
James Brolin (technician)
Brendan Fitzgerald (wireless operator)
Alternative Titles
Den fantastiska resan – Swedish title
Fantastinen matka – Finnish title
Fantastisch Experiment – Dutch title
Fantastyczna podróz – Polish title
Fantasztikus utazás – Hungarian title
Microscopia – early title
Die Phantastische Reise – German title
Strange Journey
Viagem Fantástica – Portugese title
Viaggio allucinante – Italian title
Viaje alucinante – Spanish title
El viaje fantástico – Venezuelan title
Le voyage fantastique – French title
Links
See also
Doctor Who: Into the Dalek (2014)
Innerspace (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
References
Periodicals
- American Cinematographer vol.81 no.7 (July 2000) pp.144 – illustrated article (Wrap shot by Douglas Bankston)
- Castle of Frankenstein no.10 p.6 p.45
- Cinema Retro no.1 (January 2005) pp.42-43 – illustrated soundtrack review (Fantastic Voyage by Darren Allison)
- The Daily Cinema no.9262 (31 August 1966) p.4
- The Dark Side January/February 1996 p.19 – review
- Empire no.169 (July 2003) p.144 – illustrated DVD review (Rwd by SR)
- The Film Daily vol.128 no.142 (25 July 1966) p.7
- Films and Filming vol.13 no.2 (November 1966) p.12
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.191 no.37 (25 July 1966) p.3
- Kine Weekly no.3075 (8 September 1966) p.8
- Legend no.27 (1998) pp.41-42 – soundtrack review (CD Reviews by Dirk Wickenden)
- Legend no.28 (1999) pp.37-38 – soundtrack review (CD Reviews by Graham Watt)
- Little Shoppe of Horrors no.12 (April 1994) pp.82-84 – illustrated interview with Raquel Welch (The ladies of Hammer by Ted Newsom)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.33 no.393 (October 1966) p.151
- Motion Picture Herald vol.236 no.5 (3 August 1966) p.569
- Music from the Movies no.22 (Winter 1999) p.25 – illustrated article (Film music review by Mikael Carlsson)
- Starburst no.201 (May 1995) p.54 – review (Fantastic features by John Brosnan)
- Starburst no.300 (June 2003) p.111 – illustrated DVD review (Fantastic Voyage/Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by David Richardson)
- Starburst Special (October 1994) pp.12-15 – illustrated interview with Richard Fleischer (Leagues ahead by Howard Maxford)
- Variety 27 July 1966
Books
- Encyclopedia of American Spy Films by Larry Langman & David Ebner p.125 – credits, note
- Escape Velocity by Bradley Schauer p.144
- Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.131 – credits, review
- The International Spy Guide 001 by Richard Rhys Davies p.307 – illustrated credits, note
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.133 – credits
- Variety Science-Fiction Movies by Julian Brown (ed.) p.43 – credits, review
