*batteries not included

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-12-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (21448 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Robbins

Genres:

Comedy Drama Family

Cast:

Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Frank McRae Elizabeth Peèa

Writer:

Mick Garris (story)

Brad Bird (screenplay)

Matthew Robbins (screenplay)

Brent Maddock (screenplay)

S.S. Wilson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. Fortunately, visiting alien mechanical life-forms come to town. When they befriend the tenants, the aliens use their extraterrestrial abilities to defeat the developers.

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