*batteries not included [Blu-ray]

Director: Matthew Robbins Matthew Robbins

Overview

Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy are among the impoverished residents of a slum tenement threatened with demolition by evil land developers. Only a miracle can save Cronyn, Tandy, and their friends -- and that miracle manifests itself in the form of a "family" of extraterrestrial flying saucers, who need the electricity provided by the tenement to survive. The grateful humanized spaceships repay their earthbound hosts by doing battle with the villains' henchmen. When the building is engulfed in flames, all seems lost, but the aliens have a few more tricks up their metallic sleeves.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2016
UPC:	0025192337048
Original Release:	1987
Rating:	PG
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	1,967

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Hume Cronyn	Frank Riley
Jessica Tandy	Faye Riley
Frank McRae	Harry Noble
Michael Carmine	Carlos
Dennis Boutsikaris	Mason
Jane Hoffman	Muriel
John DiSanti	Gus
John Pankow	Kovacs
MacIntyre Dixon	DeWitt
Elizabeth Peña	Marisa Esteval
Michael Greene	Lacey
James LeGros	Actor
Tom Aldredge	Sid Hogenson
Doris Belack	Mrs. Thompson
Wendy Schaal	Pamela
Shelly Kurtz	Policeman at Hospital
Alice Beardsley	Nurse
Dick Martinsen	Fireman
James Horner	Composer
José Angel Santana	Goon #1

Technical Credits

Brad Bird

Brent Maddock

S.S. Wilson

Mick Garris

Kathleen Kennedy	Executive Producer
Frank Marshall	Executive Producer
Matthew Robbins	Director
Ronald L. Schwary	Producer
Steven Spielberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Brad Bird	Screenwriter
Brent Maddock	Screenwriter
S.S. Wilson	Screenwriter
Gene S. Cantamessa	Sound Effects,Sound Effects
Mick Garris	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Co-written and produced by Steven Spielberg, it's hardly worth noting that this film was directed by Matthew Robbins. It looks and feels like a Spielberg movie. Blending together cute and curious aliens and geriatrics who've still got some life in them despite their years, one would assume that *batteries not included is an attempt to bridge the gap between E.T. and Cocoon. And while it surely falls short of the greatness of those classics, it isn't completely worth avoiding, especially for younger viewers and families. After all, the ho-hum story line about an evil land developer using illegal tactics to evict the residents of a run-down tenement is really just a backdrop for the admittedly dazzling effects and the charming performances of real-life husband and wife Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. And it is those elements that make this an undoubtedly sweet and likeable experience.

All Movie Guide - Matthew Tobey