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Explorers is a 1985 American science fantasy film written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante. The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix , both in their film debuts, and Jason Presson as young teenage boys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space.
Irish explorer Robert O'Hara Burke (Thompson) and British scientist William John Wills (Havers), have set out to make the first maps of the interior region of the Australian continent in 1860. During their journey, they and their compatriots run low on food and suffer from heat exhaustion until there is only one survivor.
Jason Presson (born August 31, 1971) is a former American child actor, best known for his role of Darren in the 1985 movie Explorers, [1] alongside Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. Career [ edit ]
In Explorers (1985), one of the films that protagonist Ben watches is This Island Earth. In that film and this one, the character builds a device with help from an alien so that they may meet. A brief homage to This Island Earth is seen in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). E.T. turns the television on during a showing of the film, at the scene ...
The Titanic’s wreckage two and a half miles below the Atlantic Ocean rested unseen by human contact for nearly 75 years, until Bob Ballard’s expedition discovered the infamous ocean liner’s ...
In 1985 the film, Burke & Wills, was made with Jack Thompson as Burke and Nigel Havers as Wills. Also in 1985, the spoof Wills & Burke was released with Garry McDonald as Burke and Kym Gyngell as Wills. In 2002 the book "The Dig Tree" by Sarah Murgatroyd was published. This provides a detailed account of the expedition. [75]
Hawke in September 2009. American actor, film director and author Ethan Hawke made his debut in 1985 with the science fantasy film Explorers (1985). He then had his breakthrough performance in the 1989 drama film Dead Poets Society opposite Robin Williams.
Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and film director. He made his film debut in Explorers (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in Dead Poets Society (1989).