even after 40 years, you really don't need a driver's license to reach the stars • Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, he and his friends Wolfgang and Darren set it up, and discover they have been given the basis for a starship. Setting off in the ThunderRoad, as they name their ship, they find the aliens Ben hopes they would find… but are they what they seem? Filmed around Los Angeles, CA from October 15, 1984 - February 1985. Approved [#27780 (original); #41054 (edited)]/rated PG [edited: for some mild language; its action; for a brief scene involving beer].