Fantastic Voyage (1966)

The greatest movie ever made..!

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Fantastic VoyageNever store your shrink ray next to your groin area.Smartly, the scientists in this sci-fi film are miniaturizing their entire anatomy.During the Cold War, the US helps the inventor of a shrinking formula escape Soviet internment only to have him sustain a blood clot amid the getaway.A team of surgeons (Donald Pleasence, Arthur Kennedy), their assistant (Raquel Welch), a pilot (William Redfield) and an agent (Stephen Boyd) must now be reduced to microbial size and injected into the comatose man to save him.With only an hour, the crew must defeat the body's immune system and a saboteur before they embiggen.With an inventive plot that's supported by extravagant set pieces of microscopic worlds and the weird organisms within, this visual landmark from 1966 also serves as a makeshift biology lesson thanks to its detailed designs.Incidentally, Raquel Welch inside of you is the opposite of most men's fantasy. Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

Bought the 50th anniversary Blu-ray about four months ago and never got around to watching it until 2 days ago and it's such a masterpiece of set design and science fiction fantasy.Dr. Grant is chosen to go in with a team of four other scientists to be shrunken down to microscopic size and injected into the body of a fellow scientist in order to save fellow scientist who is now in a coma following an assassination attempt. However, there is growing suspicion among the higher-ups that one or two of the members aboard the Proteus might be trying to finish the assassination.The main reason to give this film a view is due to the grand and incredible set designs, whenever the scientists must leave the Proteus (the small sub in which they pilot) to either refill their air tanks or remove reticulated fibers from the heat intake of the ship, inner body they explore is astounding. The lack of a green screen for the out of the sub excursions was rightly rewarded with two Oscars.The film is also a great exploration into one of my favourite words, Verisimilitude. Something appearing to be so real despite you knowing it's not, you're aware it isn't real but it's done at such an incredible level it's almost plausible.Set design, art direction, colour and masterwork of cinematography in Fantastic Voyage was an incredible sci-fi classic and if you're a fan of 60's cinema or magical science fiction, Fantastic Voyage is definitely for you

Fantastic Voyage was way ahead of its time. It's hard to believe it was released half a century ago...50 years ago!! It still stands the test of time.Fantastic Voyage was directed by Richard "Tora! Tora! Tora!" Fleischer and the premise is intriguing and with current medical advances, you can see they may have been inspired by the premise of Fantastic Voyage.Stephen Boyd and Raquel Welch lead the impressive cast as they seek to save a guy by being miniaturized in a submarine to save a top scientist. Dr. Michaels (Donald "Halloween" Pleasence) is the villain at the end, and he dies from an attack of white cells. I wonder how Dr Michaels' obituary would read. What would be the cause of death reported?

Both US and USSR are developing miniaturization technology. Dr. Michaels (Donald Pleasence) is attacked riding in an American military convoy. He, agent Charles Grant (Stephen Boyd), pilot Captain Bill Owens (William Redfield), surgeon Dr. Peter Duval (Arthur Kennedy), and his assistant Cora Peterson (Raquel Welch) are gathered for a special mission. Soviet defector Jan Benes developed technology to shrink indefinitely for the USSR while the US can only do it for 60 minutes. Jan Benes is in a coma after a failed assassination attempt and the group is miniaturized in a special submarine to destroy his brain clot.The start is a little slow and maybe that's why there's an action scene at the beginning. While the movie is old fashion, it is filmed expertly with energy. The first act has a lot of exposition work for the actors to get thru which does slow it down. The methodical miniaturization process is not quite thrilling enough. Once the sub goes into the body, the adventure begins. These are top notch special effects for its day. The designs are good. The submarine does restrict the action to some extend. Nevertheless, this is an old fashion sci-fi classic and it introduced Raquel Welch to many hot-blooded males. I would definitely help rip off those attacking cells for her.