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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousOffbeatTouching
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Plot:
- Opposites AttractFall in LoveTeaching the Ways of the WorldFish Out of WaterLove and RomanceMisfitCouplesPower Relations more...
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Genres:
- ComedyRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s90s
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Place:
- Los AngelesUSASuburbs
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Humor:
- Silly Humor
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Blast From the Past, 1999
German, Latin, English, French
USA
Profile of Blast From the Past
Blast From the Past can be described as offbeat, feel good, and touching. The plot revolves around teaching the ways of the world, opposites attracting, and a "fish out of water". Its comic aspect comes from silly humor. Blast From the Past's main genres are comedy and romance. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. Blast From the Past is located in Los Angeles. It takes place in the 1960s and in the 1990s. It is well suited for a date night.
Summary of Blast From the Past
Adam Webber (Brendan Fraser) has lived his entire life in confinement in a fallout shelter in Pasadena, Calif. When the Webber family's rations of food and supplies grow thin, Adam's eccentric father, Calvin (Christopher Walken), sends him on a dangerous restocking mission. When Adam emerges from the Webber family's subterranean refuge for the first time, he finds that rumors of a nuclear apocalypse were totally false -- and meets gorgeous Eve Rustikov (Alicia Silverstone).
Details
| Language: | German, Latin, English, French |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 27 January 1999 |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
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as Adam
as Eve
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- by: Elvis Mitchell
Variety
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- by: Dennis Harvey
