Star Kid
Encyclopedia
Star Kid is a 1997 sci-fi
/family film
directed and written by Manny Coto
. The film stars Joseph Mazzello
, Richard Gilliland
, and Corinne Bohrer
.
) life changes when a meteor
falls and crashes into a junkyard near him. Inside it he finds a "Cybersuit", an exoskeletal-suit with AI from another galaxy. He decides to try it on and becomes a completely different person (including the part where he needed out of the Cybersuit to pee). He then gets attacked by a Uruk-kai, whose insectoid race is in a raging war against the creators of the Cybersuits, intenting to capture the one on Earth in order to analyze it. After a battle with the Broodwarrior (Brian Simpson
), Spencer escapes, gets ejected by Cy (the Cybersuit) and then abandons him because he's afraid of getting killed or captured. In the end after finding out that Cy has been captured by the Broodwarrior, he returns with the school bully Turbo (Joey Simmrin), who was cowed after he punched him. As they head back to the junkyard, where Cy is about to be transported off Earth by the Broodwarrior, they create a plan to distract the Broodwarrior long enough for Spencer to retrieve Cy. Spencer succeeds and soon engages in battle with the Broodwarrior in the junkyard. After a massive battle, Cy is defeated and severely damaged over the Broodwarrior's victory. After taking several heavy damages thanks to the Broodwarrior's brute strength and superior intellect, Cy collapses and ejects Spencer right before he loses power completely. Spencer then covers Cy with scrap metal to keep the Broodwarrior from locating him, takes a broken piece of armor and continues the fight with Turbo without him. Spencer soon confronts the Broodwarrior and is then cornered in a scraped RV by it. Just when the Broodwarrior is about to put an end to Spencer once and for all, Turbo activates a junk crusher where the RV sits. Spencer manages to escape the RV and the Broodwarrior gets a crushing defeat, turning it into a junk cube, killing it instantly. as they return to Cy, they were too late to save him and Spencer cries over his unfortunate death. Just when Spencer begins to lose hope, Cy's creators then show up and quickly repair him, thus bringing him back to life. After both Cy and Spencer have said their heart-warming goodbyes, One of the aliens gives Spencer a badge for his bravery and courage before departing with Cy on their mothership back to their homeworld. The next day at school Spencer now has confidence and (with a little encouragement from Turbo as they are now friends after the battle) approaches Michelle (Lauren Eckstrom), a girl that he likes from his school, and sits down to talk with her.
from its estimated $12 million budget.
was released in comic book
form, written by Manny Coto with art by John Stokes
it was published by Dark Horse Comics
.
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
/family film
Family film
A family film is a film genre that is designed to appeal to a variety of age groups and, thus, families.In December 2005, Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came first in a poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films. The genre today generates billions of dollars per annum.Family...
directed and written by Manny Coto
Manny Coto
Manny Coto is an American writer, director and producer of films and television programs.Coto was the executive producer and showrunner of Star Trek: Enterprise in its final season, and executive producer of four seasons of 24...
. The film stars Joseph Mazzello
Joseph Mazzello
Joseph Francis Mazzello III is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network....
, Richard Gilliland
Richard Gilliland
Richard Gilliland is an American television and movie actor.Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He appeared onscreen in the 1970s. Notable appearances include Thirtysomething, Party of Five, Little Women, and a recurring role on Designing Women...
, and Corinne Bohrer
Corinne Bohrer
Corinne Vilhelma Bohrer is an American movie and television actress.-Early life:She grew up in Arlington, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex area, where she attended Lamar High School. She was active in drama, band, and student government...
.
Plot
Shy seventh grader Spencer Griffith's (Joseph MazzelloJoseph Mazzello
Joseph Francis Mazzello III is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network....
) life changes when a meteor
METEOR
METEOR is a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output. The metric is based on the harmonic mean of unigram precision and recall, with recall weighted higher than precision...
falls and crashes into a junkyard near him. Inside it he finds a "Cybersuit", an exoskeletal-suit with AI from another galaxy. He decides to try it on and becomes a completely different person (including the part where he needed out of the Cybersuit to pee). He then gets attacked by a Uruk-kai, whose insectoid race is in a raging war against the creators of the Cybersuits, intenting to capture the one on Earth in order to analyze it. After a battle with the Broodwarrior (Brian Simpson
Brian Simpson
Brian Simpson is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for North West England.He was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999 representing Cheshire East and from 1999 until 2004 representing the North West Region, when European Elections switched from First Past...
), Spencer escapes, gets ejected by Cy (the Cybersuit) and then abandons him because he's afraid of getting killed or captured. In the end after finding out that Cy has been captured by the Broodwarrior, he returns with the school bully Turbo (Joey Simmrin), who was cowed after he punched him. As they head back to the junkyard, where Cy is about to be transported off Earth by the Broodwarrior, they create a plan to distract the Broodwarrior long enough for Spencer to retrieve Cy. Spencer succeeds and soon engages in battle with the Broodwarrior in the junkyard. After a massive battle, Cy is defeated and severely damaged over the Broodwarrior's victory. After taking several heavy damages thanks to the Broodwarrior's brute strength and superior intellect, Cy collapses and ejects Spencer right before he loses power completely. Spencer then covers Cy with scrap metal to keep the Broodwarrior from locating him, takes a broken piece of armor and continues the fight with Turbo without him. Spencer soon confronts the Broodwarrior and is then cornered in a scraped RV by it. Just when the Broodwarrior is about to put an end to Spencer once and for all, Turbo activates a junk crusher where the RV sits. Spencer manages to escape the RV and the Broodwarrior gets a crushing defeat, turning it into a junk cube, killing it instantly. as they return to Cy, they were too late to save him and Spencer cries over his unfortunate death. Just when Spencer begins to lose hope, Cy's creators then show up and quickly repair him, thus bringing him back to life. After both Cy and Spencer have said their heart-warming goodbyes, One of the aliens gives Spencer a badge for his bravery and courage before departing with Cy on their mothership back to their homeworld. The next day at school Spencer now has confidence and (with a little encouragement from Turbo as they are now friends after the battle) approaches Michelle (Lauren Eckstrom), a girl that he likes from his school, and sits down to talk with her.
Cast
- Joseph MazzelloJoseph MazzelloJoseph Francis Mazzello III is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network....
as Spencer Griffith - Richard GillilandRichard GillilandRichard Gilliland is an American television and movie actor.Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He appeared onscreen in the 1970s. Notable appearances include Thirtysomething, Party of Five, Little Women, and a recurring role on Designing Women...
as Roland Griffith - Corinne BohrerCorinne BohrerCorinne Vilhelma Bohrer is an American movie and television actress.-Early life:She grew up in Arlington, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex area, where she attended Lamar High School. She was active in drama, band, and student government...
as Janet Holloway - Alex DanielsAlex DanielsAlex Daniels is an American football linebacker and fullback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2010.-College career:...
(Arthur BurghardtArthur BurghardtArthur Burghardt is an American actor known for portraying Dr. Jack Scott on the soap opera One Life to Live.His first movie appearance was as the Great Ahmed Kahn in Network . A prolific voice actor during the 1980s, his most celebrated roles were Destro in the animated series G.I. Joe and...
, voice) as "Cy" - Joey Simmrin as Manfred "Turbo" Bruntley
- Brian Simpson as the Broodwarrior
- Ashlee Levitch as Stacey Griffith
- Jack McGee as Hank Bruntley
- Danny MastersonDanny MastersonDaniel Peter "Danny" Masterson is an American actor and DJ best known for his role as Steven Hyde in That '70s Show.-Early life:...
as Kevin - Lauren Eckstrom as Michelle Eberhardt
Release
The film grossed a domestic total of $7,029,025, making the film a box office bombBox office bomb
The phrase box office bomb refers to a film for which the production and marketing costs greatly exceeded the revenue regained by the movie studio. This should not be confused with Hollywood accounting when official figures show large losses, yet the movie is a financial success.A film's financial...
from its estimated $12 million budget.
Home media
In the USA, Star Kid was released on VHS in 1997 and DVD format in 1998. It was also released on VHS in the UK and is now available on DVD.Comic
A prequelPrequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
was released in comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
form, written by Manny Coto with art by John Stokes
John Stokes (artist)
John Stokes is a British comics artist who has largely worked for IPC and Marvel UK and is best known for his work on Fishboy.-Biography:Stokes got into the comics industry thanks to his brother George Stokes who already worked for IPC...
it was published by Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
.