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The Brother from Another Planet

1984 Rated R 1hr 49m

A humanoid slave from another planet escapes to the mean streets of Harlem. The people of the neighborhood are slowly won over by his technical wizardry and protect him from the two alien bounty hunters on his tail.

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Cast: Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards, Steve James, more...

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Movie Details

Cast
Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards, Steve James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs, Maggie Renzi, Tom Wright, Minnie Gentry, Renn Woods
Director
John Sayles
Genres
Comedy, Indie Comedies, Cult Comedies, Spoofs and Satire, Alien Sci-Fi, Indie Classics
This movie is
Quirky
Format
DVD
Awards
AFI®
  • Top 100 Laughs nominee
Ratings
R
language, some drug content and brief nudity
Screen formats

Full Screen 1.33:1

Subtitles

No

Closed captioned

No

Language and sound

English: Dolby Digital Mono

Other features

Color; interactive menus; scene access; director's commentary; making-of featurette.