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D.A.R.Y.L.
Sign in to saveD.A.R.Y.L. is a 1985 science fiction adventure film directed by Simon Wincer and written by David Ambrose, Allan Scott, and Jeffrey Ellis. It stars Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, and Barret Oliver. It follows a seemingly normal young boy who turns out to be a top secret, military-created robot with superhuman abilities.
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6.4Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Cast
- Barret Oliver as Daryl
- Mary Beth Hurt as Joyce Richardson
- Michael McKean as Andy Richardson
- Kathryn Walker as Dr. Ellen Lamb
- Colleen Camp as Elaine Fox
- Josef Sommer as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Themes
- computer
- baseball
- autopilot
- forest
- south carolina
- family relationships
- robot
- boy genius
- childhood
- gate
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Key facts
- Film.name
- D.A.R.Y.L.
- Film.image
- DarylPoster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Simon Wincer
- Film.producer
- John Heyman
- Film.cinematography
- Frank Watts
- Film.editing
- Adrian Carr
- Film.music
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Film.studio
- World Film Services
- Film.runtime
- 100 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $10 million
- Film.gross
- $7.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- android
- Director
- Simon Wincer
- Screenwriter
- David Ambrose
- Cast member
- Hardy Rawls
- Composer
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 577590
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1986-03-13
- title
- D.A.R.Y.L.
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 50%
- capital cost
- 10000000
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Legacy and cult status
- Accolades
- References
- External links
D.A.R.Y.L. is a 1985 science fiction adventure film directed by Simon Wincer and written by David Ambrose, Allan Scott, and Jeffrey Ellis. It stars Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, and Barret Oliver. It follows a seemingly normal young boy who turns out to be a top secret, military-created robot with superhuman abilities.
The film was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on June 14, 1985, by Paramount Pictures and in the United Kingdom on June 20, 1985, by Columbia Pictures through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb. For his performance, Oliver won the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor at the 13th Saturn Awards.
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