Forever Young (1992 film)

Forever Young is a 1992 film with elements of romance, drama and science fiction, directed by Steve Miner, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood and Jamie Lee Curtis. The screenplay was written by J. J. Abrams from an original story, The Rest of Daniel. The original music score is composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The film is marketed with the tagline Time waits for no man, but true love waits forever.

Fiftythree years later, two boys are playing inside a military storage warehouse which is being emptied in preparation for its demolition. They discover the suspended animation chamber containing McCormick and are enticed by it. Believing it to be a miniature submarine, they proceed to play with its dials and controls and accidentally activate the restoration process. The chamber opens and McCormick reflexively grabs one boys coat, causing them to flee in terror, leaving the coat clasped in McCormicks hand. Shortly after, McCormick awakens to the realization that it is now 1992. After appropriating shorts and a shirt from a clothesline, he first approaches the military about his experiences. When they dismiss him as crazed, McCormick becomes more determined to learn what happened to Finley, Helen, and the world that has seemingly evolved overnight around him.An address tag inside the jacket leads McCormick to the owner, Nat Cooper Elijah Wood, one of the two boys who opened the chamber. Though the boys are initially terrified, McCormick is able to calm Nat and his friend with the truth of his story. While hiding in Nats tree house with a secret stash of junk food, he witnesses Nats single mother Claire Jamie Lee Curtis being assaulted by her abusive, alcoholic exboyfriend, and goes to her defense. After McCormick receives a gash in the fight, Claire, a nurse, fixes it up and a bond develops between the two. This bond is strengthened when she offers McCormick a place to stay, until he can discover what to do with his search. Nonetheless, McCormicks time is running out, as his body starts to age rapidly because the suspended animation chamber process was not entirely successful. ........

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