Blast from the Past (film)

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Blast from the Past
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hugh Wilson
Screenplay by	Hugh Wilson Bill Kelly
Story by	Bill Kelly
Produced by	Hugh Wilson Amanda Stern Renny Harlin
Starring	Brendan Fraser Alicia Silverstone Christopher Walken Sissy Spacek Dave Foley
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine
Edited by	Don Brochu
Music by	Steve Dorff
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$40.3 million

Blast from the Past is a 1999 American romantic comedy science fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Hugh Wilson, based on a story by Wilson—who co-wrote the screenplay with Bill Kelly—and starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley. The film focuses on a man who was born and brought up in a Cold War–era fallout shelter built by his survivalist, anti-Communist father and emerges into the modern world 35 years later where his innocence and old-fashioned views put him at comedic odds with others where he befriends a woman and her friend.

The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment.