Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zathura: A Space Adventure
Overview
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.
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Cast

Josh Hutcherson

Jonah Bobo

Dax Shepard

Kristen Stewart

Tim Robbins

Frank Oz

Derek Mears

Douglas Tait

Joe Bucaro III

Jeff Wolfe

John Alexander
Crew
Avy Kaufman

David Koepp

Guillermo Navarro

John Debney

John Debney

Michael De Luca
Kristen Branan

J. Michael Riva
Scott Kroopf
Ted Field

Laura Jean Shannon

Dan Lebental

Peter Billingsley
Lauri Gaffin
David F. Klassen
Richard F. Mays

Jon Favreau
Robert Fernandez
Chris van Allsburg
William Teitler
John Kamps
Louis D'Esposito
Louis D'Esposito

Kevin Kaska
Wendy Riva
Melanie Hughes
Amy L. Disarro
Charles Schner
Stephen Hunter Flick

Kyle Cooper

Russell Bobbitt
Sandra J. Smith
Alex Skvorzov
Merrick Morton
Leandro Visconti
Pat Welch
Hans Berggren
Donald Flick

Thomas Robinson Harper
Tanya Noel Hill
Laurence Abrams
Michael J. Broomberg
Peter G. Travers
Peter Davidson
Patrick Ballin
Greg Baxter
Harry Muller
Constantine Sekeris
Joseph B. Conmy IV
Joe Bauer
Faye Sevilla
Donnie Creighton
Richard Burton
Linda D. Flowers
Lisa J. Levine
Flax Glor
John J. Downey
Alison Fisher
Rebecca Gregg
Enrique Bilsland
Kyle Rochlin
Walt Hadfield
Timothy Eaton
Paul Penley
Jason Talbert
John F. Teeple
Robin Mulcahy Fisichella
Roxanne Wightman
Paulette Dauber
Laurette Dobson
Louis DiCesare
Mike Amorelli
Markus Mentzer
Frank Bennett
Raymond Bulinski
Will Dearborn
Matthew E. Alper
Matthew Haskins
Mike Watts
Ken Dackermann
Corwin A. Bibb
Shane Mahan
Ray Harvie
Timothy E. Henley
Dan Henley
Natasha Leonnet
Marion Spates

Jessica Daniels
Anthony Carlino
Scott Barnes
Joey Genitempo
Cottalango Loorthu
Shannon Hamed
Andrew P. Flores
William Ambrose
Tom Boyd
Boyd Steer
Ross Jensen
Jim Stubblefield
Philip A. Schwartz
Jon G. Belyeu
Adam Blantz
Paul McGhee
Darrin Lipscomb
Matthew A. Del Ruth
Harold Groshon
Arthur Blum
Keith W. Smith
Tristan M. Brighty
Eric Ramsey
John Placencia
Christopher Franey
Todd Harris
Tim Hillman
Maret Wicken
R. Michael Yope
Anthony Kramer
Rebecca Young
Phil Saunders
Guy A. Mussori
Roberto 'Tito' Blasini
Jason Jurica
Kelly Birrer
Scott Johnson
David R. Maier
Pat Jackson
Mark Brooks
Michael Amundson
Ron Segro
Jackie Szymanski
Mitch Gates
Cris Borgnine
Randy Severino
Kimberley Rosenberg
Kevin Roy
Jennifer Bender
Chris John Jones
Lisa Curtis
Chris Newlander
Jeff Barnes
Bob Lloyd
Erik Bruhwiler
Wes Denton
Emily Mann
Michael London
Brian Adams
Stacey Frederick
Zack Heath
Michelle A. De Mayo
Nina Harlan
Tracy Browne
Taglines: A new adventure from the world of Jumanji!
Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.
The little ones got bored, and they decided to amuse themselves with the search for something interesting. This time nothing special was found in the house, and the teenagers went into the basement. In the country house cellars are a storehouse of various rubbish. This is exactly the place where all the secrets and all kinds of little things are kept. It seems to be time to throw them all away, but it is a pity, because it is a memory. That’s how they ended up in the place where they found a little thing that completely turned their lives upside down.
It looked like an ordinary, unremarkable game. It was possible to chop into it both together, and in a noisy company. No one could imagine where curiosity would lead them in the process of this game. For no reason, for nothing, something in the mechanism broke. Some incredible force, which kept everything in strict secrecy, woke up and transferred the guys to the galaxy. The most that neither is real. How to get out of there and save their lives, the heroes are not yet in the know. They will do everything possible to win, maybe then the mechanism of this game will let them go.
Based on Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
Creators: Chris Van Allsburg, David Koepp, John Kamps
Director: Jon Favreau
Star Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins, Frank Oz, John Alexander, Derek Mears, Douglas Tait, Joe Bucaro III, Jeff Wolfe
Producer (s): Michael De Luca, Scott Kroopf, William Teitler,
Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro
Production House: Columbia Pictures, Radar Pictures, Teitler Film, Michael De Luca Productions
Music: John Debney
Original network / Official Sites: Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia Pictures,
Release Year: 11 November 2005 (USA)
Runtime: 101 min
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English
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.
Bored to death, the always bickering siblings, Walter, and his six-year-old brother, Danny, unearth a forgotten 1950s space-adventure board game in the dusty basement. Without delay, the boys start playing the game, and before they know it, a violent meteor shower wrecks the living-room, and the mysterious game uproots their entire house, turning it into an extraordinary spaceship on its way to Saturn. Now, whether they like it or not, the brothers, along with their teenage sister, Lisa, will have to figure out a way to work together; escape from the dangerous asteroid zone, and survive the onslaught of the ferocious reptilian race, the Zorgons. Can they win the challenging game, and return home in one piece.