*batteries not included

Name: *batteries not included
Director: Matthew Robbins
Released: 1987
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine

1987 · 107 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 38,760 VOTES · DIR. Matthew Robbins

Overview

In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,026 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:04:11 How you doing?

00:06:13 when people put their garbage out.

00:08:59 How's the face, man?

00:11:02 OK, here's a good reason.

00:13:39 Look... look at the cornice.

00:16:15 We're going to Jersey.

00:18:48 - Frog. - OK, frog.

00:30:10 Who are you?

00:31:53 l ain't saying.

00:35:50 l'll talk to it.

00:40:06 lt serves you right.

00:43:35 Talk to me.

00:47:06 So when's the baby due?

00:50:04 There it is!

00:53:41 Marisa. Marisa, wait a minute!

00:57:27 Flotsam and Jetsam! lsn't that cute?

01:00:02 - l get ideas all the time. - Of course you do.

01:04:18 You've been happy up till now, right?

01:06:46 Hector.

01:14:53 Not this time, pal.

01:18:24 Now we go home.

01:25:04 Regular!

01:27:40 - You're not him! Let me-- - Please!

01:33:34 A different kind of home

Cast & Characters

Hume Cronyn Frank Riley Jessica Tandy Faye Riley Frank McRae Harry Noble Elizabeth Peña Marisa Esteval Michael Carmine Carlos Dennis Boutsikaris Mason Baylor Tom Aldredge Sid Hogenson Jane Hoffman Muriel Hogenson John DiSanti Gus John Pankow Kovacs

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,026

Dialogue density9.6 lines / min

First line00:04:11

Final line01:33:34

Production Record

DirectorMatthew Robbins

LanguageEnglish

Budget$25,000,000

Revenue$65,088,797

IMDb votes38,760