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Rick Moranis, Thomas Wilson Brown, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri, and Jared Rushton in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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    Mentally unstable scientist and struggling aspiring inventor Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is working on a revolutionary laser gun that can miniaturize objects. One morning after a failed test, Wayne goes off to a conference and leaves his responsible daughter Amy (Amy O'Neill) in charge. However, their next door neighbours Russ Thompson, Jr. (Thomas Wilson Brown) and his brother Ron (Jared Rushton) turn up at their doorstep to retrieve Ron's baseball from the attic where Wayne works after Ron accidentally broke the glass window playing a game of Baseball. But, Ron's baseball accidentally causes the laser gun to activate and Amy, Russ, Ron and Amy's dorky little brother Nick (Robert Oliveri) get zapped and are shrunk only to find themselves in the lawn of their backyard when Wayne comes home and angrily smashes up the laser gun and sweeps up Amy, Nick, Russ and Ron and puts them in a black plastic rubbish bag. Amy, Nick, Russ and Ron embark on a dangerous journey through the jungle-like lawn as they set out to get home. But, Wayne soon learns that the laser gun works and realizes it shrank Amy, Nick, Russ and Ron and sets out to find them and repair the laser gun and restore them to normal size before his estranged wife Diane (Marcia Strassman) arrives and Russ and Ron's cantankerous father Russell, Sr. (Matt Frewer) and their mother Mae (Kristine Sutherland) leave to go on a fishing trip and soon becomes concerned and report Russ and Ron to the police as missing.



    It's simple. Russ revives Amy by performing CPR, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or as some call it: "the kiss of life." If one is performing this on someone they find attractive, they might sneak in a kiss, even a French kiss if they're so inclined. Therefore when Russ answers Nick's question with "French class", he's alluding to French kissing, implying he might have been doing that when saving Amy, even though he really wasn't.



    He's telling Don that Mae just started her period.



    He said that to insult the charred up piece of toast she tried to serve him.

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  • How long is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    1 hour and 33 minutes
  • When was Honey, I Shrunk the Kids released?
    June 23, 1989
  • What is the IMDb rating of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    6.4 out of 10
  • Who stars in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, and Marcia Strassman
  • Who wrote Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna, Tom Schulman, and Ed Naha
  • Who directed Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Joe Johnston
  • Who was the composer for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    James Horner
  • Who was the producer of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Penney Finkelman Cox
  • Who was the executive producer of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Thomas G. Smith
  • Who was the cinematographer for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Hiro Narita
  • Who was the editor of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Michael A. Stevenson
  • Who are the characters in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Wayne Szalinski, Diane Szalinski, Mae Thompson, Little Russ Thompson, Ron Thompson, Amy Szalinski, Nick Szalinski, Tommy Pervis, Don Forrester, Gloria Forrester, and others
  • What is the plot of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
  • What was the budget for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    $18 million
  • How much did Honey, I Shrunk the Kids earn at the worldwide box office?
    $223 million
  • How much did Honey, I Shrunk the Kids earn at the US box office?
    $131 million
  • What is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids rated?
    PG
  • What genre is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
    Adventure, Comedy, Family, and Sci-Fi
  • How many awards has Honey, I Shrunk the Kids won?
    2 awards
  • How many awards has Honey, I Shrunk the Kids been nominated for?
    12 nominations

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