Fantastic Voyage Movie Review

An important scientist, rescued from behind the Iron Curtain, is wounded by enemy agents. A tiny clot within his brain means that traditional surgery is impossible. After being shrunk to microscopic size, a medical team uses a hi-tech submarine to journey inside his body where they find themselves threatened by the patient's natural defenses, as well as a sabotaging spy who has made his way aboard. Great action, award-winning special effects. The weird “inner space” settings depicting a microbes'-eye-view of the human body sometimes recall Jules Verne films, especially Journey to the Center of the Earth. The performances are generally bland – except for Donald Pleasence, who gives us one of his trademark twitchy, nervous characterizations. Richard Fleischer also directed 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Soylent Green. Later adapted into a Saturday morning cartoon series. AKA: Microscopia; Strange Journey.

1966 100m/C Stephen Boyd, Edmond O'Brien, Raquel Welch, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Con-nell, William Redfield, James Brolin; D: Richard Fleischer; W: Harry Kleiner; C: Ernest Laszlo. Academy Awards ‘66: Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color), Best Visual Effects; Nominations: Academy Awards ‘66: Best Color Cinematography, Best Film Editing. VHS, Beta, LV FOX, CCB