8 Movies Directed by Randal Kleiser

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-11-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (3265 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Douglas Day Stewart (teleplay)

Joe Morgenstern (story)

Douglas Day Stewart (story)

Fullplot:

Based on a true story, Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system (which is unlike being born with AIDS). As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.

Grease

Grease

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-06-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (153064 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Jacobs (original musical)

Warren Casey (original musical)

Bronte Woodard (screenplay)

Allan Carr (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A musical about teens in love in the 50's! It's California, 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love. They spend time at the beach, but when they go back to school, what either of them don't know is that they both now attend Rydell High. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black-jacket greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo. When they clash at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same Danny at the beach. They try to be like each other so they can be together.

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-07-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (47088 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Henry De Vere Stacpoole (novel)

Douglas Day Stewart

Fullplot:

On a journey to San Francisco, Richard, his father and cousin Emmeline find themselves on a ship about to explode. Rushed to a lifeboat with Paddy Button, the two children escape while their father (and uncle) are on another lifeboat. In the chaos following, the lifeboats are separated. Paddy, Richard and Emmeline find themselves with no food and no water stuck in the middle of nowhere. After some time, the three come across an uncharted paradise, where Paddy quickly teaches the children fishing, hunting and building. After maybe a month or two, Paddy gets very drunk off a barrel of rum found on the island when they first arrive, and drowns in the middle of the night. Emmeline and Richard, now alone and very scared, move location and rebuild their island home. Many years later, the two young teenagers have developed a very real home, but hormones and feelings between the two strain their friendship, until Richard, who is still very determined to reach San Francisco, is let down by Emmeline when a ship passes by the island and she does not light the signal fire. Throwing her out of the home they had built together, Emmeline attempts to survive on her own but is hurt. After Richard finds her dying, he realizes how he really feels for her and manages to save her. Nature runs its course and their friendship turns into love as the couple learn about the facts of life, when Emmeline has a baby and does not understand why.

Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-07-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Norway

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (32051 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Mark H. Baker (story)

Michael Burton (screenplay)

Matt MacManus (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A 12-year-old boy goes missing in 1978, only to reappear once more in 1986. In the eight years that have passed, he hasn't aged. It is no coincidence that at the time he "comes back", a flying saucer is found, entangled in power lines.

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-07-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (7013 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Fullplot:

In the sequel to "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", Pee-Wee Herman has had enough with the fame and constant media attention he received after the events of the first movie, so he's now a simple farmer living quietly in a small town. But after a big storm blows their way, a circus ends up at Pee Wee's farm. So he lets the circus stay at his farm for a while. The circus decides to put on a show with one lovable star, Pee-Wee! Also, a love triangle develops between Pee-Wee, his nice fiancèe Winnie, who's the local schoolteacher, and mysterious loner Gina, the circus' attractive trapeze artist. The outcome of this subplot is somewhat unexpected.

White Fang

White Fang

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (14861 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Jack London (novel)

Jeanne Rosenberg (screenplay)

Nick Thiel (screenplay)

David Fallon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jack Conroy is a young gold hunter, who seeks for gold in the enormous and the snowy deserts of Alaska. He save one day, a mixed dogwolf from the hands of a cruel man, and a brave friendship develops between the two. The dogwolf, who named "the white fang" for it's sharp and white tooth, was left alone after his mother was killed by a hunter. After a while, the white fang was taken from jack, by a man who putted him in an illegal dog fighting pen, to fight other dogs. White Fang becomes a professional, experienced and a cruel killer. But unexpectedly, jack meets him again after a long term, and they return to be friends. When a group of criminals wants to steal Jack's gold, White Fang is the only one who can help him to fight them off.

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-07-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (29904 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Stuart Gordon (characters)

Brian Yuzna (characters)

Ed Naha (characters)

Garry Goodrow (story)

Thom Eberhardt (screenplay)

Peter Elbling (screenplay)

Garry Goodrow (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny. Now, whenever Adam comes near anything electrical, the electricity causes him to grow. Adam soon starts to grow to the height of over 100 feet. And he is now walking through Las Vegas which he thinks is one big play land.

It's My Party

It's My Party

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2261 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

"You won't leave me, will you?" Nick asks Brandon shortly after revealing to him the results of his last blood test for HIV. "I don't want to die alone." In spite of Brandon's protestations, the two soon find the love they had shared for many years in ruins. One year after their breakup, Nick is confronted with a ravaged immune system and a CT Scan and lab values which, along with his worsening forgetfulness, clenches the diagnosis of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) -- a condition he has seen claim his friends and one which he vows will not take him. Due to the aggressive nature of the disease, he has only a few days of conscious life remaining. His plan, he announces to family and "extended family," is to voluntarily end his life himself before the disease renders him unrecognizable to those he loves and he, in turn, is unable to recognize them. Uninvited to the farewell party, Brandon's presence is greeted with jeers from those who see him as having abandoned Nick is his time of greatest need.

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