Production on "Honey I Blew Up the Kid" began June 17, 1991 in SimiValley, California, where the Szalinskis' new neighborhood -- substituting for a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada -- was introduced. From there, the crew segued to an incredible location journey to downtown Las Vegas.

With cooperation from the local film commission, the crew literally took over downtown Las Vegas, blocking off Fremont Street (a.k.a. "Glitter Gulch") and convincing every casino to shut off their exterior lights for a key sequence. On the streets, the giant tennis shoes were put to work with thousands of extras running from towering Adam Szalinski.

Working with a 112-foot baby was an imaginative challenge to human-size actors Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri and newcomer Keri Russell, who plays the babysitter.

In addition to "Glitter Gulch," Tom Smith's visual effects unit filmed along the famous Las Vegas Strip, getting Adam-size views of such landmarks as the Circus Circus clown, the Mirage volcano, and the Excalibur castle. A key sequence was also shot inside and outside Las Vegas' Hard Rock Cafe, which features a giant neon guitar that figures in the film's plot.

Back in Los Angeles, the Walt Disney Pictures studio lot in Burbank became a beehive of "Baby" activity. At any given moment on cavernous Stages 1 and 2, Randall Kleiser's main unit would be working alongside Tom Smith's visual effects unit, while a second unit captained by production designer Leslie Dilley (who doubled as 2nd unit director) was kept busy filming on the miniature sets.

"The story is told in three acts," explains Kleiser. "The first one sets up this warm family. The second part is dealing with the fact that one of their members has become gigantic -- and dealing with the fact that there's a seven foot baby in the house. And in the third act he escapes to Las Vegas and grows to 112 feet tall. All the way through, the family is a very tight-knit group, which is one of the values found in all the Disney pictures. And it wasn't difficult to keep all of that because it was all found in the script."

"The moral of this story," explains Feldman, "is that if you believe in your children, nothing is really impossible."