Explorers

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The adventure begins in your own back yard.

Synopsis

Explorers (1985) follows a teenage boy who begins sketching designs from vivid dreams and teams with a scientifically gifted friend to construct the technology they depict. As the device enables them to build a functional spacecraft, the group launches into space and encounters unexpected extraterrestrial life, reshaping their understanding of what they set out to find. This science fiction adventure film centers on youthful discovery and first contact, as their experiment moves beyond control, with imagination, technological curiosity, and encounter.

Selected disc options for Explorers

Extras
Vinegar Syndrome box art
Vinegar Syndrome BD-ALL 4K/US 2026
Shout! Factory box art
Shout! Factory BD-ALL/US 2021
Warner box art
Warner DVD-R-0/US 2013
Paramount box art
Paramount DVD-1/US/OOP 2004
Audio Commentary by Movie Oubliette Podcast has extra
A Science Fiction Fairy Tale: The Story of “Explorers” (~64:00) has extra has extra
The Thunder Road: Making “Explorers” (~77:00) has extra
Electronic Press Kit (1985, ~5:00) has extra
Interview with Cinematographer John Hora (3:46) has extra
Interview with Editor Tina Hirsch (6:10) has extra
Additional Scenes (2:46, 0:51) has extra
Deleted Scenes - With Optional Commentary by Director Joe Dante (~34:00) has extra has extra
Stills Gallery (~5:00) has extra
Teaser Trailer has extra
Theatrical Trailer has extra has extra
“The Tale of the Farmer and the Wise Man” - By Eric Luke (Short, 1976, ~10:00) has extra
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Notes

  • Vinegar Syndrome’s 4K UHD includes a 40-page booklet with writing by Max Evry, Michael Almereyda, Gabe Klinger, and Patrick Dahl.

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