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Forever Young

Forever Young

Time waits for no man, but true love waits forever.

19926.51h 42m

Overview

A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.

Directed by Steve Miner
Written by J.J. Abrams
Produced by Bruce Davey
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $128.0M

Top Cast

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Capt. Daniel McCormick

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis

Claire Cooper

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Nat Cooper

Isabel Glasser

Isabel Glasser

Helen

George Wendt

George Wendt

Harry Finley

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Cameron

Nicolas Surovy

Nicolas Surovy

John

David Marshall Grant

David Marshall Grant

Lt. Col. Wilcox USAF

Robert Hy Gorman

Robert Hy Gorman

Felix

Michael A. Goorjian

Michael A. Goorjian

Steven

Themes & Keywords

airplaneexperimenttest personu.s. air forcecryogenicssuspended animationrapid ageing

About Forever Young

Forever Young is a adventure, fantasy, drama, science fiction, romance film released in 1992 exploring themes of airplane, experiment, test person, u.s. air force, cryogenics, suspended animation. Directed by Steve Miner, it stars Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood. A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.

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