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Joey

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Also known as Making Contact

1985 German fantasy film directed by Roland Emmerich

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5.6

A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate objects with his mind, set things on fire, and even communicate with his dead father. However, not everything is good for Joey as his newly gained powers accidentally awake an evil supernatural force that is contained inside the body of an old ventriloquist's dummy that Joey found in an abandoned house. The supernatural Dummy shows similar powers to Joey's, and soon he puts the lives of everyone near Joey in danger as the evil Dummy has dark plans for Joey's special powers.

Released: 1985-11-2194 minDir: Roland EmmerichScience Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Adventure

Cast

  • Joshua Morrell as Joey
  • Eva Kryll as Laura Collins
  • Tammy Shields as Sally
  • Jan Zierold as Martin
  • Barbara Klein as Dr. Haiden
  • Jerry L. Hall Jr. as William

Themes

  • supernatural
  • puppet
  • telekinesis
  • evil doll
  • psychic power
  • dummy
  • robot
  • demon
  • ghost
  • dimension

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Ratings

IMDb

4.7/10

2,082 votes

Year
1985
Runtime
98 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
German
Main subject
supernatural
Screenwriter
Roland Emmerich
Cast member
Michael Gregory
Production company
Centropolis Entertainment
Narrative location
United States
Duration
98
FilmAffinity ID
858152
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publication date
1985-11-21
title
Joey
distributed by
New World Pictures
film editor
Carl Colpaert
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