Earth to Echo (2014)

After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted messages, a group of kids embark on an adventure with an alien who needs their help.

Director:

Dave Green

Writers:

Henry Gayden (screenplay by), Henry Gayden (story by)

Stars:

Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Teo Halm	...	Alex
Astro	...	Tuck (as Brian 'Astro' Bradley)
Reese Hartwig	...	Munch
Ella Wahlestedt	...	Emma (as Ella Linnea Wahlestedt)
Jason Gray-Stanford	...	Dr. Lawrence Madsen (Construction Worker)
Algee Smith	...	Marcus Simms (as Alga Smith)
Cassius M. Willis	...	Calvin Simms (as Cassius Willis)
Sonya Leslie	...	Theresa Simms
Kerry O'Malley	...	Janice Douglas
Virginia Louise Smith	...	Betty Barrett
Peter Mackenzie	...	James Hastings
Valerie Wildman	...	Christina Hastings
Roger Hewlett	...	Construction Worker #2
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Dusty - Mullet Lady at Bar
Marilyn Giacomazzi	...	Bar Patron #2 (as Marilyn Giacommazzi)

Storyline

"Earth to Echo" follows four young teenagers who find an alien life form that's trying to rebuild its spaceship. Together, the teenagers protect the alien and help rebuild its ship so it can fly back to its home planet.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | no title at beginning | no opening credits | construction worker | bar | 

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Taglines:

An adventure as big as the universe.

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some action and peril, and mild language

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Wolf Adventure

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,250,000, 6 July 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$38,916,903, 17 October 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relativity Media, Panay Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alex (Teo Halm) was a resident at the town for four years.

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Goofs

When the kids are driving the car, it is in park the whole time.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Tuck: All right, mom, I'm leaving. Spending the night at Alex's house so we can play a new video game.
Theresa Simms: [busy talking] Have whatever you want, honey.
Tuck: You know what, I lied, actually. We're gonna ride our bikes out into the desert, at night, alone. Without supervision.
Theresa Simms: [still busy talking] Okay, see you then, sweetie.
Tuck: Also rob a bank. Go to Mexico. Maybe even start a new life.
[leaves]

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Crazy Credits

After the credits, we see Alex pointing out his phone is acting all weird again.

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Connections

Referenced in Mike & Mike: Episode dated 24 December 2014 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Put It In My Face
Written by Dia Hodari and Ricardo Spicer
Performed by Sweatbeatz
Courtesy of Sweatbeatz LLC
By arrangement with Shelly Bay Music

User Reviews

Solid Entertainment for young people

This film is something like ET meets Wall-E, in a modern style. Solid entertainment for kids and people who don't care about realism that much. I do enjoyed the film and it definitely deserves a better rating than 5.8 (the actual IMDb-rating) Don't get bothered by the people complaining this movie is just a bad copy of ET. It is done for people who are young right now wanting to enjoy a solid movie and not the old ones living in the past. Sure ET, the old Indiana Jones movies and the other stuff was great, but that doesn't mean new movies are bad by definition.

Whatever, if you want to enjoy some light entertainment made for kids you can definitely be happy with this one - but don't expect a mindblowing classic ;)