Blast from the Past (1999)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Hugh Wilson

Writers (WGA):

Bill Kelly (story)
Bill Kelly (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 February 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

She was a woman of the world. He had never been around the block.

Plot:

A romantic comedy about a naive man who comes out into the world after being in a nuclear fallout shelter for 35 years.

Plot Keywords:

Bomb Shelter | Naive | 1960s | Fallout Shelter | Naive Man

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Adam
Alicia Silverstone	...	Eve
Christopher Walken	...	Calvin
Sissy Spacek	...	Helen
Dave Foley	...	Troy
Joey Slotnick	...	Soda Jerk
Dale Raoul	...	Mom
Hayden Tank	...	Adam age 3 1 / 2
Douglas Smith	...	Adam age 11
Ryan Sparks	...	Adam age 8
Don Yesso	...	Jerry
Scott Thomson	...	Young Psycho
Ted Kairys	...	Navy Pilot
Rex Linn	...	Dave
Cynthia Mace	...	Betty

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief language, sex and drug references.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

German | Latin | English | French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Canada:PG (Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | New Zealand:M | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (#36252) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

1972 Canyon Drive, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Forge

Trivia:

When Mr Webber first goes back up after 35 years he meets a transvestite prostitute who says to him "Like the song says, a country boy can survive". The song he was referring to was "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr..

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the fallout shelter, the father sets up a mock television with a film projector and a rear projection screen. He makes a point of saying that it uses a mirror, and the image (an episode of "The Honeymooners") is shown reversed. However, with that setup (which was relatively common back in the 1970s) the image would be normal, not reversed, because viewing through the rear screen is the second reversal.

Quotes:

Eve: What kind of wife are you looking for?
Adam: Oh um, well... one who's not a mutant.
Eve: [laughs] No dogs, huh. OK. Cool.
Adam: And if it's possible, I'd like to marry someone from Pasadena.
Eve: [laughs] Um, when do you need her by?
Adam: Two weeks?
Eve: Well, I can probably get you laid in two weeks, but to locate a non-mutant wife from Pasadena takes some time.
Adam: That's what I was afraid of.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Veronica Mars: Blast from the Past (#2.5)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Lunatics in the Grass

If there was an Oscar for "best little comedy"...

..."Blast" would have likely won. It boasts excellence in all aspects of the film from story to casting to acting to sets to costumes, music, etc. This tight, creative, unpretentious, and lightly romantic comedy romp between a hip "new millennium" chick and an old fashioned stuck-in-a-fallout-shelter-for-35-years guy is a breath of fresh Hollywood air deserving of it's critical acclaim.