What year was the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids released?
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 comedy film released through Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, and Marcia Strassman. Synopsis “Nutty” inventor Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) has invented a machine capable of shrinking objects to one percent of their original size, however his progress is slow as the machine continually fails, causing the targets to explode rather than shrink. Wayne’s one-track-minded approach to his inventions has caused strain between himself and his wife Diane (Marcia Strassman), who had spent the night before over at her mother’s house before returning to work that day as a real estate agent. His children are Amy (Amy O’Neill) and Nick (Robert Oliveri), who respectively spend that morning preparing breakfast (burning it horribly) and playing with the family dog Quark. Wayne hurriedly has to leave for a scientific conference, though not before waking his neighbor “Big Russ” Thompson (Matt Frewer) prior to his family’s camping trip which he
The film was filmed in late 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico and San Diego, California. The scene where Diane walks out of the mall was filmed at a local mall in Beverly Hills, California. The film underwent a few titles before being released. The film’s initial title was “Teenie Weenies”, which was rejected on the grounds that it sounded too much like a kiddies’ film with no appeal to adults. The titles “Grounded” and “The Big Backyard” were considered and subsequently dropped during pre-production. John Candy and Chevy Chase were originally approached to play Wayne Szalinski. Both rejected the role, but Candy suggested Rick Moranis to director Joe Johnston. Moranis accepted. Honey I Shrunk The Kids received a 71% “Fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
