Blast from the Past

Blast from the Past is a 1999 American romantic comedy adventure film directed and co-produced by Hugh Wilson, based on a story by Bill Kelly—who co-wrote the screenplay with Wilson—and starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley. The film focuses on a man who was born and raised in a Cold War-era fallout shelter built by his survivalist, anti-Communist father, and emerges into the modern world 35 years later, where his innocence and old-fashioned views put him at comedic odds with society. Blast from the Past was released by New Line Cinema on February 12, 1999. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial disappointment.