Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zathura: A Space Adventure

2005 film by Jon Favreau
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Zathura: A Space Adventure 2005 Movie - An old and forgotten game develops magical powers in this fantasy for the whole family. Twelve-year-old Walter Budwing (Josh Hutcherson) and his younger brother, Danny (Jonah Bobo), figure they're going to be in for a boring time when their father (Tim Robbins), who was supposed to spend the day with them, is suddenly called away on business, and gives them strict orders not to leave the house. Walter, who doesn't have much use for Danny, is motivated by boredom more than anything else when he agrees to play a board game Danny has found in the basement during a round of hide-and-seek. However, the boys quickly discover the space-themed game Zathura has some unusual qualities -- a roll of the dice unexpectedly launches the Budwing home into outer space, and Walter and Danny are suddenly fending off menacing robots, angry aliens, and showers of interstellar debris outside the Earth's atmosphere. As the boys try to figure out a way back home, they get some unexpected help from an earthling astronaut (Dax Shepard) who has also lost his way. Based on the book by children's author Chris Van Allsburg -- who also wrote The Polar Express and Jumanji -- Zathura was directed by Jon Favreau, the actor-turned-filmmaker who enjoyed a breakthrough success with Elf.

Synopsis by Mark Deming

http://www.allmovie.com/movie/zathura-v310130

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  • November 11, 2005 (2005-11-11) (United States)
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101 minutes
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$65 million
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$65.1 million

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Walter: ...and then the card comes out...
Danny: Oh, the card. The card. The card. The...
Danny: THE CARD!
Danny, Walter: THE CARD!
  • Kristen Stewart admitted she was disturbed to see the life-size replica made of her for the scenes where Lisa is frozen.
  • Tsouris-3 is the name of the planet whose gravity field Danny and Walter enter. "Tsouris" is a Yiddish word meaning trouble, distress, or problem.
  • Originally conceived as a direct sequel to Jumanji (1995). The visual effects supervisor on that film, Ken Ralston, was lined up to direct before Columbia abandoned the project in favor of adapting Zathura.
  • The numbers spun by Danny and Walter (respectively) are as follows: (5, 9+Move ahead 2 spaces), (4,8), (7,6+Move ahead 4 spaces), (6,8), (6,0 (walter get's ejected)), (8 - Move back 2 spaces, 9), (9 - Move back 1 space, 3 - Move back 3 spaces), (1 + Move ahead 9 spaces - Danny wins the game).
  • While the film was being made, Jonah Bobo (Danny) lost four teeth, so the filmmakers made 'flippers' or fake teeth that he wore, since the movie takes place in only a day.

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