Plot
While watching late-night science-fiction movies, Ben (Ethan Hawke) has a vivid dream of flying over a space-like circuit board and shares his visions with his best friend Wolfgang (River Phoenix) a young scientific genius who is able to translate his dreams into a complex circuit board that actually works. After numerous experiments, they discover the circuit board creates an electrically generated sphere. By using a computer to steer it, they can make it move anywhere in three dimensions, even as far as slamming it through solid walls. With the help of their new friend Darren (Jason Presson), they create a homemade spacecraft out of an old Tilt-A-Whirl car naming it the Thunder Road and embark on an adventure to another galaxy where they find that things are not always as they seem.
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