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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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Directed by Joe Johnston
Produced by Penney Finkelman Cox
Screenplay by Ed Naha and Tom Schulman Story by Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna, and Ed Naha
With: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jared Rushton, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri, Carl Steven, Mark L. Taylor, and Kimmy Robertson
Cinematography: Hiro Narita
Editing: Michael A. Stevenson
Music: James Horner
Runtime: 93 min
Release Date: 23 June 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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An absentminded inventor accidentally shrinks his children who must then make their way home through the jungle of their backyard in this fun '80s update to Disney's live-action sci-fi & fantasy films of the'70s. Johnston creates an inventive mix of modern and old-school special FX.