Downsizing stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris, Maribeth Monroe and Jason Sudeikis.
Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon realize how much further money goes in a miniaturized world, and with the promise of a better life, everyman Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in Omaha in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.
A “full-sized” trailer will be released on 9/12. The film comes to U.S. theaters on December 22.
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I swear I saw this idea used in an episode of “The Lost Saucer” in the 1970s. Looking at an episode list, I’d bet it was episode 2: “The Tiny Years.”
Isaac Asimov, if he were alive, would rip this a new one. Politely, of course.
My wife reminds me that the same plot was also used in the “Superfriends” http://superfriends.wikia.com/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Gigantic_Goof
??? These people never realized shrinking humanity to five inches would instantly turn them into nice-sized snacks for a great many beasties, including house cats?
Telzey Amberdon had to deal with the collateral damage of such a scheme once too.
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