space adventure directed
by : Jon Favreau featuring
: Jonah Bobo - Josh Hutcherson - Dax Shepard - Kriston Stewart - Tim Robbins running
time : 1 hour 41 minutes
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.
