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Batteries not Included

*batteries not included (1987)

Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | United States

Director: Matthew Robbins

RTE1 | Tuesday 7 February 2023 | 08:00

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Rating: 6.7/10

SYNOPSIS

A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. Fortunately, visiting alien mechanical life-forms come to town. When they befriend the tenants, the aliens use their extraterrestrial abilities to defeat the developers.

Actors

Writer: Mick Garris, Brad Bird

Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

RUNTIME: 106 min

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