Forever Young (1992)

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

AdventureFantasyDramaScience FictionRomance

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.

Release Date: December 16, 1992
Runtime: 1h 42m
Rating: 6.5/10 (964 votes)

Director: Steve Miner

Cast: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt, Joe Morton, Nicolas Surovy, David Marshall Grant

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures, Icon Productions

airplane experiment test person u.s. air force cryogenics suspended animation rapid ageing

Budget: $20M
Revenue: $128M

Full Cast (18 people)

Mel Gibson as Capt. Daniel McCormick
Jamie Lee Curtis as Claire Cooper
Elijah Wood as Nat Cooper
Isabel Glasser as Helen
George Wendt as Harry Finley
Joe Morton as Cameron
Nicolas Surovy as John
David Marshall Grant as Lt. Col. Wilcox USAF
Robert Hy Gorman as Felix
Michael A. Goorjian as Steven
Veronica Lauren as Alice
Art LaFleur as Alice's Father
Eric Pierpoint as Fred
Walton Goggins as Gate MP
Amanda Foreman as Debbie
Karla Tamburrelli as Blanche Finley
Kenneth Ransom as Officer at Warehouse
Millie Slavin as Susan Finley

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Forever Young

Forever Young

Forever Young

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

Science Fiction

Forever Young

Forever Young

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

Science Fiction

102 min

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.

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

102 min

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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Production Info

Original LanguageEnglish

Budget$20,000,000

Revenue$128,000,000

Release Date12/16/1992

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Warner Bros. Pictures

Icon Productions

Keywords

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Cast

Mel Gibson

as Capt. Daniel McCormick

Jamie Lee Curtis

as Claire Cooper

Elijah Wood

as Nat Cooper

Isabel Glasser

as Helen

George Wendt

as Harry Finley

Joe Morton

as Cameron

Nicolas Surovy

as John

David Marshall Grant

as Lt. Col. Wilcox USAF

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Forever Young about?▾

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.…

How long is Forever Young?▾

1h 42m

When was Forever Young released?▾

December 16, 1992

Who directed Forever Young?▾

Steve Miner

Who stars in Forever Young?▾

Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood

What genre is Forever Young?▾

Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Romance

What is Forever Young rated?▾

PG