Blast from the Past (1999)
- Directed by
- Hugh Wilson
- Genre
- romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 1,238 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man who has lived his entire life in a fallout shelter emerges into the world in the 1990s. He is innocent and has very old-fashioned ideas about life and love. He meets a young woman who helps him adjust to modern society.
lightheartedwhimsicalfish-out-of-waterquirkyromantichumorousnostalgicoffbeat
What happens
Blast from the Past is a 1999 American romantic comedy adventure film directed and co-produced by Hugh Wilson, based on a story by Bill Kelly—who co-wrote the screenplay with Wilson—and starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley. The film focuses on a man who was born and raised in a Cold War-era fallout shelter built by his survivalist, anti-Communist father, and emerges into the modern world 35 years later, where his innocence and old-fashioned views put him at comedic odds with society. Blast from the Past was released by New Line Cinema on February 12, 1999. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial disappointment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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