Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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Honey, I Shrunk theKids ★★½ 1989 (G)

The popular Disney fantasy about a suburban inventor. His shrinking device accidentally reduces his kids to 1/4 inch tall, and he subsequently throws them out with the garbage. Now they must journey back to the house through the jungle that was once the back lawn. Accompanied by “Tummy Trouble,” the first of a projected series of Roger Rabbit Maroon Cartoons. Followed by “Honey, I Blew Up the Kids.” 101m/C VHS, DVD . Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jared Rushton, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri; D: Joe Johnston, Rob Minkoff; W: Ed Naha, Tom Schulman, Stuart Gordon; C: Hiro Narita; M: James Horner; V: Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Lou Hirsch, April Winchell.