D.A.R.Y.L.

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.

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Daryl 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.

Released: 1985-06-14100 minDir: Simon WincerFamily, Science Fiction, Action

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

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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.