A seemingly normal young boy turns out to be a top secret, military-created robot with superhuman abilities.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mary Beth Hurt | ... | Joyce Richardson | |
| Michael McKean | ... | Andy Richardson | |
| Kathryn Walker | ... | Dr. Ellen Lamb | |
| Colleen Camp | ... | Elaine Fox | |
| Josef Sommer | ... | Dr. Jeffrey Stewart | |
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Ron Frazier | ... | General Graycliffe |
| Steve Ryan | ... | Howie Fox | |
| David Wohl | ... | Mr. Nesbitt | |
| Danny Corkill | ... | Turtle Fox | |
| Amy Linker | ... | Sherie Lee Fox | |
| Barret Oliver | ... | Daryl | |
| Ed Grady | ... | Mr. Bergen (as Ed L. Grady) | |
| Tucker McGuire | ... | Mrs. Bergen | |
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Richard Hammatt | ... | Dr. Mulligan |
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Charlie Gudger | ... | Basketball Kid #1 |
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A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home. In the meantime, they notice that the boy seems to have certain special abilities, not usually found in kids his age, or even fully-grown adults. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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robot | artificial intelligence | boy robot | acronym in title | entire title is capitalized acronym |Taglines:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 June 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,649,832, 16 June 1985Gross USA:
$7,840,873Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$7,840,873Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Performed by Teddy Pendergrass
Produced by Nile Rodgers
Available on Elektra/Asylum Records & Tapes
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Only 32 SR-71 Blackbirds were ever built. The surviving ones have been retired, and are on display in museums. See more »Goofs
When Turtle gets his final at bat during the baseball game, right after the ball clanks off the fence you can see Turtle clearly rounding third and heading home (indicated by the umpire and catcher); however the camera cuts and he rounds two more bases before heading home AGAIN. So Turtle rounds third twice on the same hit. See more »Quotes
General Graycliffe: A child with a stick of chewing gum has just rendered your hundred million dollars of hardware useless.See more »
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Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jack White/Grace Jones/Tinashe feat. Offset (2018) See more »Soundtracks
Somewhere I BelongMusic by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Performed by Teddy Pendergrass
Produced by Nile Rodgers
Available on Elektra/Asylum Records & Tapes
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Well,I believe this is one the greatest movies from the 80s.I really love the movies made during the 1980s,although I was born in late 1986.Really,80s produced many great movies,like ET,Back to the Future Trilogy,the Goonies,Inidana Jones and many other ones.You can consider Daryl to be another kid adventure movie,just like the Goonies.This movie gives me a feeling that it has something in common with the movie Artificial Intelligence.They both have a robot boy who wants to be a normal kid,right?Yeah,however,I prefer Daryl to AI,Daryl is more realistic,like that suburban lifestyle around here the USA. So if you like kids,adventure,suburban life,and you're also nostalgic and sci-fi minded,I suggest you seeing this Daryl.