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Release Date	December 18, 1987
Genre	Sci Fi
Director	Matthew Robbins
Screenwriter	Mick Garris Brent Maddock Matthew Robbins S.S. Wilson
Stars	Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Frank McRae Elizabeth Peña Michael Carmine Dennis Boutsikaris Tom Aldredge Jane Hoffman
Studio	Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures

*batteries not included is a 1987 family film directed by Matthew Robbins with the story from Mick Garris and screenplay by Brad Bird, Matthew Robbins, Brent Maddock, and S.S. Wilson. The film opened in theaters on December 18, 1987.

Plot

The last remaining tenants of a New York apartment block are being bullied into moving by thugs hired by the developers who plan to demolish the building. They are visited by small mechanical aliens who befriend them and use their abilities to fix things to repair the building to its former glory.

Cast

• Hume Cronyn as Frank Riley
• Jessica Tandy as Faye Riley
• Frank McRae as Harry Noble
• Elizabeth Peña as Marisa Esteval
• Michael Carmine as Carlos
• Dennis Boutsikaris as Mason Baylor
• Tom Aldredge as Sid Hogenson
• Jane Hoffman as Muriel Hogenson
• John DiSanti as Gus
• John Pankow as Kovacs
• MacIntyre Dixon as DeWitt
• Michael Greene as Lacey
• Doris Belack as Mrs. Thompson
• Wendy Schaal as Pamela

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