Movie Info

Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, he and his friends Wolfgang and Darren set it up, a...(read more...) nd discover they have been given the basis for a starship. Setting off in the ThunderRoad, as they name their ship, they find the aliens Ben hopes they would find... but are they what they seem?

Director: Joe Dante

MPAA: PG

Running Time: 106 min.

Release Date: Jul 12, 1985

Cast: Amanda Peterson, Dana Ivey, Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Jason Presson, Leslie Rickert, Richard Miller, River Phoenix, Robert Picardo