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Martian child [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1000031708 | New Line Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, Calif. : New Line Home Entertainment, [2008]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780656733
  • 9780780656734
Uniform titles:
  • Martian child (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.M45 M378 2008
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; production designer, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski ; editor, Bruce Green ; costume designer, Michael Dennison ; music by Aaron Zigman.
Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Sophie Okonedo, Bobby Coleman, Richard Schiff, Howard Hesseman, Joan Cusack.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.
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VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000279755

Based on the book The Martian Child by David Gerrold.

Special features: Deleted/alternate scenes: Bullies, I'm from outer space, On the set of Drakoban, Transfobalmedial, I am a Marsonian, Taunted, Time to eat, Be a good spy, Are you psychic?, Family BBQ, Delicious & nutritious, Elevator, Kiddie Vietnam, Picture perfect; Feature audio commentary with producers Corey Sienega and David Kirschner and writers Seth Bass and Jonathan Tolins; Handle with care: working with the Martian child; The real Martian child; Theatrical trailer; Sneak peaks; DVD-ROM/online features.

Director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; production designer, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski ; editor, Bruce Green ; costume designer, Michael Dennison ; music by Aaron Zigman.

John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Sophie Okonedo, Bobby Coleman, Richard Schiff, Howard Hesseman, Joan Cusack.

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.

MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and mild language.

DVD, NTSC ; Region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo surround.

In English, with optional English or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned.

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