Projects » Forever Young

Production Year: 1992
Directed by: Steve Miner
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
Tagline: Time waits for no man but true love waits forever
Rating: 6.0/10 (6,790 votes)
Runtime: 102 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Also Known As: Return of Daniel
Certification:Argentina:Atp / Austria:6 / Chile:TE / Finland:S / Germany:12 / South Korea:18 / Spain:T / Sweden:11 / UK:PG / USA:PG / Peru:PT / Singapore:PG / Canada:G

Plot Outline: 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.

Cast

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

Trivia

When Daniel is making phone calls to locate his friend, the phone number that he leaves on the answering machine is 555-2368. That phone number is the same as the one used in Ghost Busters (1984) in their TV commercials.
The phone number Daniel says is also seen on Jim Rockford's phone in the opening title sequence of "The Rockford Files" (1974).
The B-25J seen in this film is known as "Photo Fanny" and is located at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.
Jeffrey Abram's script was sold for $2 million under its original title of "The Rest of Daniel".
Nat and Felix are playing the video game F-Zero just before Daniel comes in.

Goofs

Continuity: While Claire is bandaging Daniel's cut hand, her blouse is unbuttoned, buttoned, and unbuttoned several times.
Errors in geography: At one point, Daniel drives past a sign reading to "Los Alamitos Air Base" which appears to be among some dry hills, while the real Los Alamitos Air Station is in the middle of the suburbs, where there are no hills.
Continuity: While Daniel is about to make dinner, Nat's hands are alternately folded/resting on the table between shots.

Quotes

Daniel: Are you Nat Cooper?
Nat Cooper: It's the dead guy!
[Felix runs in to the hallway, and also sees Daniel]
Felix: It's the dead guy!

Nat Cooper: [outside Alice's window, singing] You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.
Alice's Father: Is this some kind of prank?
Nat Cooper: No, sir. No, sir this is very serious. My name is Nat Cooper and I'm in love with your daughter.
Alice's Father: Nat... go home.