Flight of the Navigator
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
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Jonathan Sanger
Randal Kleiser
Lillian O. MacNeill
Randall Badger
Peter Bogart
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CinemaSerf
This has stood the test of time remarkably well since it was released in 1986. Aside from a rather dated synthesised soundtrack, it's still quite a fun sci-fi adventure. When "David" (Joey Cramer) goes to meet his brother, he slips and bangs his head. Returning home he discovers that, well it isn't his home any more. The police soon reunite him with his parents but where has he been for the last eight years? Scientists decide to prod and poke him, and that's when he discovers they have a space ship - and that ship is calling to him. Once onboard, he realises that he was an experiment that went wrong for the ship's super computer - but can they sort it all out and get the youngster back to the correct timeline before the authorities catch up? There's no jeopardy here, so of course we now what's going to happen - but there are a couple of amiable efforts from the young Cramer, from his partner in crime at the lab "Carolyn" (Sarah Jessica Parker - no less) and Howard Hesseman makes for decent scientist "Dr. Faraday". The story is a simple family-friendly affair, with adequate visual effects as the ship changes shape, travels underwater, at high speed, etc. I like watching this every now and again - it has a inquisitive good-nature to it that makes for a good watch.
r96sk
Enjoyable enough. <em>'Flight of the Navigator'</em> features an interesting concept which they bring to life rather well. It isn't anything special and it could've probably been more thrilling, but it still produces a fine 90 minutes. The special effects haven't aged amazing, yet they still suitably serve the intended purpose. Joey Cramer is good in the lead role as David, while Paul Reubens is fairly amusing as Max. A young Sarah Jessica Parker (Carolyn) also appears. The film doesn't quite hit the intended heartfelt spots with the plot, but there is an element of care for David from me in there minorly; if only at the end. Decent Disney.
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The directors of Flight of the Navigator are Jonathan Sanger, Randal Kleiser, Lillian O. MacNeill, Randall Badger, and Peter Bogart.
The cast of Flight of the Navigator includes Paul Reubens as Max (voice), Sarah Jessica Parker as Carolyn McAdams, Richard Liberty as Mr. Howard, Robert Goodman as Tourist Man, Julio Oscar Mechoso as Hangar Guard #1, Matt Adler as Jeff (16 years), Veronica Cartwright as Helen Freeman, Joey Cramer as David Scott Freeman, Cliff DeYoung as Bill Freeman, Robert Small as Troy, Parris Buckner as Scientist #1, Howard Hesseman as Dr. Louis Faraday, and more.
The duration of Flight of the Navigator is 1h 30 mins.
Yes. Flight of the Navigator has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including Flight of the Navigator (1986) - HD Trailer. Watch them on this page.
Flight of the Navigator was released on 30 Jul 1986.
Flight of the Navigator is listed under Family, Science Fiction, and Adventure on Fanbiz.
Flight of the Navigator has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "This has stood the test of time remarkably well since it was released in 1986. Aside from a rather dated synthesised soundtrack, it's still quite a fun sci-fi adventure. When "D..."
