When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
Acting
Robin Williams turns 'man-child' into heartbreaking art.
Practical Effects
That stampede destroyed actual miniatures, not pixels.
Production
The board game prop still gives people nightmares.
Director
Joe Johnston
Robin Williams
Alan Parrish
Kirsten Dunst
Judy Shepherd
Bradley Pierce
Peter Shepherd
Bonnie Hunt
Sarah Whittle
Jonathan Hyde
Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt
Bebe Neuwirth
Nora Shepherd
David Alan Grier
Carl Bentley
Adam Hann-Byrd
Young Alan
Patricia Clarkson
Carol Anne Parrish
Laura Bell Bundy
Young Sarah
James Handy
Exterminator
Gillian Barber
Mrs. Thomas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The giant spiders were cut from the original theatrical release because test audiences found them too terrifying—they were added back for home video.
Jonathan Hyde plays both Alan's emotionally abusive father AND his huntsman nemesis Van Pelt, a deliberate visual rhyme about generational trauma.
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