Blast from the Past (film)
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| Directed by | Hugh Wilson |
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| Story by | Hugh Wilson |
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| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Don Brochu |
| Music by | Steve Dorff |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $40.3 million |
Blast from the Past is a 1999 American romantic comedy science fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Hugh Wilson, based on a story by Wilson—who co-wrote the screenplay with Bill Kelly—and starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley. The film focuses on a man who was born and brought up 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 others.
The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office disappointment.