Blast from the Past

1999
12
1h 52m

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6.7/10

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Alicia Silverstone and Brendan Fraser in Blast from the Past (1999)

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Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Romance Sci-Fi

A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter.A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter.A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

74K

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POPULARITY

3,258

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
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8/10

If there was an Oscar for "best little comedy"...

..."Blast" would have likely won. It boasts excellence in all aspects of the film from story to casting to acting to sets to costumes, music, etc. This tight, creative, unpretentious, and lightly romantic comedy romp between a hip "new millennium" chick and an old fashioned stuck-in-a-fallout-shelter-for-35-years guy is a breath of fresh Hollywood air deserving of it's critical acclaim.

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Jul 31, 2000
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Trivia
Adam's coat that was made by his mother was made from the same fabric that his parents bedspread is made of.

Goofs
It has been said that in the restaurant in the 1965 scene, the woman asks her son for a Cherry Coke and that Cherry Coke wasn't created until 1985. However, in the 50's and 60's, a popular drink was a Cherry Coke, using plain Coca-Cola and adding maraschino cherries and (sometimes) cherry juice.

Quotes
Adam: Oh my lucky stars! A Negro!

Alternate versions
The 2008 Re-Release Special Edition The Restoration credits during Father and Daughter by Paul Simon and Adam and Eve Love Theme and Additional scenes include:
When Calvin goes up to the world for the first time in 35 years, he sees a guy looking for food in bins.
When Adam and Eve tell his parents to shut the locks for 2 months, the scene goes on where they ask them to at least stay for dinner. Here, we see Calvin telling Adam a joke, Eve helping out in the kitchen, Adam getting a brief explanation about human reproduction and Eve telling Helen that she's from Pasadena.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Message in a Bottle/My Favorite Martian/Children of Heaven/Blast from the Past/God Said, 'Ha!' (1999)

Soundtracks
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
Written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Perry Como
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment