Indignantly, Wolfgang announces that is going to skip school today and leaves. A bully approaches Wolfgang, tears up his trousers and makes fun of him. They arrive at their school (the Charles M. He is surprised at Ben's apparent understanding of electronics. Wolfgang tells him that he might be able to program it with his computer and that what he saw in his dream looked like an antenna.īen adds that there were three of those in his dream, whereupon Wolfgang replies that this was quite an interesting amplifier stage. Wolfgang says it had better be more sensible than his last one. Wolfgang asks Ben if he couldn't simply busy himself with something more important.Īs they walk along the street, Ben produces a drawing of something he was inspired to during a dream.
Ben says that Steve was nuts.īoth walk along the track, then Ben stops in front of a house.īen says that he wished he could just for once look into Lori Swenson's room. He asks Wolfgang if everything was OK, and Wolfgang tells him about Steve Jackson. His friend Ben Crendall (Ethan Hawke) turns up on his bike. Wolfgang collects his books from the ground. The second bully tells the other one that he would come down with measles if he had touched Wolfgang. Then, the other gang members insult Wolfgang again and depart. Steve says that they would meet again later. At that, he tosses Wolfgang's books to the ground. The bully replies with the insult that only idiots pulled their trousers up to their armpits.Ī third gang member says that he didn't like maths, whereupon Steve replies that he didn't like school at all.
Wolfgang is quick to correct the bully, when he pronounces his last name "Muller" instead of "Müller". Steve makes fun of Wolfgang and throws away his breakfast bag.Īnother member of the gang sneers at Wolfgang's shorts. Wolfgang moves on, but biggest bully Steve Jackson and his gang are already waiting for him. Wolfgang greets him, which the bully answers with a growl Over the way, he runs into the arms of a bully. One of them tells him to watch where he is going. Wolfgang Müller (River Phoenix), toting a stack of books around, crosses the street and nearly gets run over by two bikers. The VHS version features an additional scene Most likely the comparison is also relevant concerning the US and international DVD/VHS Releases. The missing scenes are featured in the bonus material of the DVD version, though (this is where the screenshots are from). The latter, however, contains a scene which was missing in the theatrical version as yet. The VHS version is based on the theatrical version and has two more scenes than the DVD version. In 1985, he shot "Explorers" which was right in the spirit of the time, since films such as "The Goonies", "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "The NeverEnding Story" and "Back to the Future" were all box office hits.Ĭomparison between the German VHS version and the German DVD version.
#EXPLORERS 1985 TV#
About one year prior to John Landis' "American Werewolf" (1981) he had created a sound werewolf spine-chiller.įor Steven Spielberg, he directed "Gremlins", "Innerspace", two episodes of the TV show "Amazing Stories" and one of the segments of "Twilight Zone: The Movie". The 80ies were a particularly successful time for director Joe Dante.