| Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Deborah Brock |
| Produced by | Roger Corman Jed Horovitz |
| Written by | Deborah Brock Jed Horovitz |
| Starring | Randy Josselyn Dianne Kay Chuck Kovacic John Franklin Vince Edwards |
| Music by | Ernest Troost James Horner |
| Cinematography | David Sperling |
| Editing by | Tim Amyx |
| Studio | Concorde-New Horizons |
| Distributed by | Concorde-New Horizons Columbia TriStar Home Video RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video Walt Disney Video |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Andy Colby’s Incredible Adventure is a 1988 child’s science fiction film directed by Deborah Brock and written by Brock and Jed Horovitz about a boy who has to travel through several videos and static-filled channels in order to rescue his sister who was snatched into the television because she sat too close to it.[1][2]
As it was thought the film's original release title would be confused with Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the name was changed to Andy and the Airwave Rangers for 1989 video release.[3][4] The film is referred to as a full-length "cheater" in that it takes advantage of film highlights gleaned from previous Roger Corman films Space Raiders, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Deathsport, Chopping Mall and Wheels of Fire.[5]
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Andy Colby (Randy Josselyn) is a 12-year-old boy with too much time on his hands and an addiction to movies. He goes to a local video store looking for a movie he hasn’t seen and asks the crazy video store clerk (John Bluto), for a real adventure. He is given one he hasn’t seen which wasn’t on the shelves. Along with this video, he is given instructions to never let go of the remote and don’t sit too close to the television set. When his sister Bonnie (Jessica Puscas) is sucked into the TV, Andy has to rescue her, but he ends up by leting go of the remote and getting too close to the screen. With assistance from characters from past video glories, he has to face many trials in order to get his sister out of the grips of the extremely purple and attempting to be menacing villain, Lord Chroma (Chuck Kovacic).
After its limited 1988 theatrical release as Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure, the film was released in 1989 as Andy and the Airwave Rangers. Over its various video releases the film was also titled Andy Colby's Incredible Video Adventure and Andy Colby's Incredibly Awesome Adventure.[6] This film had little impact on the market of the late 80s. It is a ‘B’ film and was considered so in its various straight to VHS releases.[3] Though released in VHS in 1989 and DVD in 2006, the film can still be found theatrically at locations showing older films, such as The Cinefamily Silent Movie Theater in Los Angeles.[7][8]
Allrovi wrote that with the film's "crazy-quilt melange", its "young stars perform as well as possible under the circumstances (it's hard to be convincing while reacting to stock footage), but the film's acting honors go to Chuck Kovacic as the wigged-out villain."[5] The film had DVD release on February 7, 2006 by Walt Disney Video.[9]