The 1987 movie "Innerspace" takes a comedic and adventurous approach to the concept of shrinking someone down to inject them into another person. Lt. Tuck Pendleton, a daring Navy pilot, volunteers for a miniaturization experiment that goes awry when he is accidentally injected into the body of a hypochondriac grocery clerk named Jack Putter. Inside Jack's body, Tuck must navigate through his host's bloodstream to survive and eventually reverse the process. With the help of Tuck's girlfriend, Lydia, the trio gets involved in technological espionage to defeat inept and unlikely arms dealers.

If you're interested in learning more about this fun and twist-filled movie, tune in to the 80s Flick Flashback Podcast where Tim Williams and guest co-hosts, Ben Carpenter and Nicholas Pepin, discuss “Innerspace” from 1987. Get ready to shrink down, laugh it up, and twist the night away!

Here are some additional behind-the-scenes trivia we were unable to cover on this episode:
• This is the only film directed by Joe Dante to win an Academy Award. It won the Best Visual Effects award.
• Before the Scrimshaw meeting, Picardo's voice was overdubbed with Martin Short's. During the meeting, Picardo used his own voice (with a Short-esque lilt), as the filmmakers didn't think Short "trying" the Cowboy's voice would be convincing enough to make the scene work.

Sources:
Wikipedia, IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Box Office Mojo
https://theultimaterabbit.com/2019/09/01/joe-dante-talks-about-the-making-of-innerspace-at-new-beverly-cinema/
https://ghostof82.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/revisiting-innerspace-1987/

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