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D.A.R.Y.L.

1985 100 min PG Family · Science Fiction · Action

He can fly a jet, race a car and outsmart a computer. The government created him and now they want him destroyed.

Here's a film that asks: what if Short Circuit was also a bit like E.T.? A boy with special abilities lives a normal life until the scientists who made him want him back. It's all very 1980s, including the acronym-based title.

Directed by Simon Wincer · Written by Allan Scott, David Ambrose, Jeffrey Ellis

Starring Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer

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