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While most sci-fi films focused on outer space, Fantastic Voyage was all about inner space – journeying inside the human body. This 1960’s film from 20^th Century Fox was an exciting combination of spy-action thriller and sci-fi technology, resulting in a classic story that’s still a favorite with fans today.

 

When a defecting Russian scientist is injured while escaping an attack by Russian spies, he suffers a potentially fatal blood clot in his brain. In an attempt to save his life, the U.S. military organizes a team led by Agent Grant. The team and their ship are shrunk down to microscopic size and injected into the scientist’s bloodstream so that they can swim through his body and destroy the blood clot with a laser.

 

Sounds easy, right? Not so fast. The team only has a short amount of time to complete the job before the miniaturization wears off and they go back to normal size. Plus, the body’s natural defense system sees them as a threat, and white blood cells attack the ship as if it were an infection. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered that one member of their team is a Russian double-agent who has set out to stop the mission at any cost.

 

Fantastic Voyage was a big hit, and critically acclaimed for it’s special effects and design, winning two Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Special Visual Effects. The look of the movie is retro-timeless, and earned an excellent tie-in novelization by legendary author, Isaac Asimov. In 1987, the comedy Innerspace starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan paid homage to the original film.