Flight of the Navigator
by Randal Kleiser
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Actor: Cliff De Young, Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Sarah Jessica Parker, Veronica CartwrightDirector: Randal Kleiser
Brand: Walt Disney Video
Producer: Jonathan Sanger
Producer: David Joseph
Producer: Dimitri Villard
Producer: John W. Hyde
Writer: Mark H. Baker
Writer: Matt MacManus
Writer: Michael Burton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
Published: 2004-06-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Color; DVD; Surround Sound; Widescreen; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Flight of the Navigator
DVD Review: Flight of the Navigator DVD Review
Summary: 4 Stars
The flight of the Navigator; we begin our journey on the Fourth of July, 1978 with a Frisbee Dog Contest. Our hero is your run-of-the-mill 12-year-old boy named David Freeman (Joey Cramer). He is there with his family. He's got a mother, a father, a pesky younger brother, and an unspectacular dog named Bruiser.
That evening, our older brother hero, goes into the woods to find his younger brother so that the family can begin their Independence Day celebrations. Wandering in the woods, he looses his balance and falls into a ravine. He gets up, brushes himself off after what appears to be just minutes. But it hasn't been just minutes; it is actually eight years later. David hasn't changed in any way, but the rest of the world has.
Now it's 1986. An older couple now lives in his house, his younger brother is now his older brother, and his favorite TV show, "Starsky and Hutch" is off the air! David doesn't know what's happened or where he's been. It's a mystery that fascinated specialists are more than willing to try to unravel.
One of these fascinated specialists is Dr. Faraday (Howard Hesseman), who makes it clear to David and his family that NASA and it's top-of-the-line resources are their only shot at figuring out what has happened. David agrees to spend 48 hours at a NASA base, so that he can be tested by NASA's best people in a search for answers.
At the same time Dr. Faraday and the NASA specialists are troubled by an apparently unrelated discovery of what appears to be a spaceship. This additional discovery causes Dr. Faraday to decide that David will need to stay longer than promised to finish his tests.
David, unhappy with the delays decides to escape, and with the help of Carolyn McAdams (Sarah Jessica Parker), a friendly young intern at the base, he is successful. His getaway quickly takes him to Dr. Faraday's problem spaceship, and on his own he begins to make sense of the some of the strange things, dreams and voices, he has been experiencing.
The spaceship is commanded by a robotic intelligence (voiced by Paul Reubens), who David names Max. Max needs help from David, specifically the contents of his brain. David wants answers from Max and to escape from the curious scientists. Their needs come together and they take off together on a unique and thrilling journey through space and time.
Flight of the Navigator is brilliant. All of its elements seem to work like a well oiled machine. The extremely clever premise is played to perfection, thanks to skillful crafting and flawless casting.. The film has an intriguing premise, and sets a fast and flawless pace that it never departs from.
In the lead role, Joey Cramer has just the right amount of curiosity and charisma to make the protagonist fully likable. Supporting performances from the family members all seem to hit the right notes. The robotic character, Max, is a lot of fun. Once he acquires some personality from a mind-mining procedure, he begins to sound quite a bit like the very best of Pee Wee Herman.
The films script and direction deserve highest possible praise. These and a great sense of humor helps to distinguish Flight of the Navigator from other strong science fiction films of the late '70s and early '80s. While its time-travel tale is a serious one, it deftly uses comedy to enhance the adventure and to crank up the entertainment value. In many of the best ways, the film calls to mind the perfect blend of Back to the Future, without feeling the least bit derivative.
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?MPAA Rating: PG
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 90 minutes
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