The bubble now producing oxygen, is grabbed by the strange commands again and races through a wormhole into distant space. The three hop into their vehicle and take off into the sky. Charlie discovers the crashed “spaceship” and confronts Ben, who runs off. Ben calls Wolfgang and they design the missing piece which is revealed to create oxygen for them inside the bubble. That night, Ben has another dream, this time with Lori in it, and the missing piece of the diagram. Wolfgang, Ben and Darren experiment with a new circuit design brought to them in a dream. After sending Wolfgang around a hillside and into the dirt, the trio sends Ben into the air one night to peek in Lori Swenson’s (Amanda Peterson) window, a girl he has a crush on. The boys realize they can alter the size of this bubble and use it to fly with the help of Wolfgang’s computer. Later the boys retry the experiment with the circuit diagram and Wolfgang is able to show what they created–a spherical force field that is apparently indestructible. Wolfgang puts together a circuit based on Ben’s drawing which results in strange spherical holes in Wolfgang’s basement bookshelf. Local school bully Steve Jackson (Bobby Fite) and his gang fight Ben after school but he is saved by fellow student and tough loner Darren Woods (Jason Presson).īen befriends Darren and offers to allow him to hangout with him and Wolfgang instead of going to his troubled home. He shows it to his even more stiff and awkward friend Wolfgang Müller (River Phoenix) on the way to school. Awakened, he draws the design to the best of his ability, but missing one central component. One night he dreams of flying over an alien landscape that he recognizes as a circuit board. Science-nerd and junior high schooler Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke) is enamored with retro science-fiction movies, staying up late to watch whatever is airing on the local television station. Locations Links If you know of a good link for Explorers locations, please let us know.Explorers title card.
#Explorers 1985 movie update
Ĭan you help? Particularly with The School, Wolfgang's House etc ? Please Update Us I don't recognize the rest of the locations in the movie, but pretty sure of the Aviation High School being the location which was also sold to and torn down by an investment group. It opened in the mid 50s and closed in 1982.
#Explorers 1985 movie movie
The school scenes in the first part of the movie appear to be that of my old high school known as Aviation High School in Redondo Beach, California. This same location was used in the 1983 movie "Blue Thunder" when Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider RIP) was directing his girlfriend to pick up the incriminating tape.
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It is (or was) located at 1100 W Alameda in Burbank, CA. The Pickwick Drive-In Theater was apparently used as the drive-in.
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The airport on Adobe Road, was used for a rural setting. The Riverfront at the foot of Western Avenue was also used. Google Mapįilmed in and around Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA using such locations as West Petaluma creek bed, La Cresta Drive, Houses at 9 D Street, G Street, Hillsides of west Petaluma overlooking the city and the Petaluma River. These scenes were actually shot at A Private Residence, located in Petaluma, N. Wanna see the real life filming location used for Lori's (Amanda Peterson's) House in the movie?