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Uniform Title Martian child (Motion picture)
Title Martian child / New Line Cinema presents a David Kirschner/Corey Sienega/Ed Elbert production ; screenplay by Seth E. Bass & Jonathan Tolins ; produced by David Kirschner, Corey Sienega, Ed Elbert ; directed by Menno Meyjes.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD MARTIAN CHILD    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  DVD MARTIAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD FAMILY FILM MARTIAN CHILD    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  DVD MARTIAN CHILD    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD MARTIAN c.2  Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  PG DVD MAR    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Comedy  COMEDY DVD MAR    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD MARTIAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD MARTIAN CHILD    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Adult Department  DVD MARTIAN    Check Shelf

Description 1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround.
Cast John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff.
Credits Director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; editor, Bruce Green ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Michael Dennison ; production designer, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski.
Note Based on the book by David Gerrold.
Special features: audio commentary with producers Corey Sienega and David Kirschner, writers Seth Bass and Jonathan Tolins; "Handle with care: working with the Martian child" documentary; "The real Martian child" featurette; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; online access via DVD-ROM features.
Summary David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
Audience MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and mild language.
Language English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Gerrold, David, 1944- -- Film adaptations.
Widowers -- United States -- Drama.
Authors, American -- Drama.
Adoption -- United States -- Drama.
Imagination in children -- Drama.
Life on other planets -- Drama.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Meyjes, Menno. Director.
Elbert, Ed. Producer.
Kirschner, David, 1955- Producer.
Sienega, Corey. Producer.
Bass, Seth E. Screenwriter.
Tolins, Jonathan. Screenwriter.
Cusack, John, 1966- Actor.
Coleman, Bobby, 1997- Actor.
Peet, Amanda, 1972- Actor.
Okonedo, Sophie. Actor.
Cusack, Joan, 1962- Actor.
Platt, Oliver. Actor.
Gerrold, David, 1944- Martian child.
New Line Cinema Corporation.
New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN 0780656733
9780780656734
Standard No. 794043106835
Music No. 1000031708 New Line Home Entertainment
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