A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.
Acting
Elijah Wood's precocious kid act steals every scene.
Production
Seamless 1939 period detail vs. garish early 90s aesthetic.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI aging effects that actually hold up.
Director
Steve Miner
Mel Gibson
Capt. Daniel McCormick
Jamie Lee Curtis
Claire Cooper
Elijah Wood
Nat Cooper
Isabel Glasser
Helen
George Wendt
Harry Finley
Joe Morton
Cameron
Nicolas Surovy
John
David Marshall Grant
Lt. Col. Wilcox USAF
Robert Hy Gorman
Felix
Michael A. Goorjian
Steven
Veronica Lauren
Alice
Art LaFleur
Alice's Father
Eric Pierpoint
Fred
Walton Goggins
Gate MP
Amanda Foreman
Debbie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was written by J.J. Abrams at 24, his first sold screenplay. The frozen man concept came from finding his late grandfather's high school yearbook and wondering who he was at that age.
Released months after Forever Young by Bob Dylan and Rod Stewart's cover, creating accidental soundtrack competition. The film's title was nearly changed to avoid confusion.
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