Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
- spacecraft
- new york city
- extraterrestrial technology
- alien life-form
- apartment building
- elderly couple
- property development
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Michael Carmine — Carlos
- Dennis Boutsikaris — Mason Baylor
- Tom Aldredge — Sid Hogenson
- Jane Hoffman — Muriel Hogenson
- John DiSanti — Gus
- John Pankow — Kovacs
- MacIntyre Dixon — DeWitt
- Michael Greene — Lacey, Real Estate Developer
- Doris Belack — Mrs. Thompson
- Wendy Schaal — Pamela
- José Angel Santana — Goon #1
- Directed
- Matthew Robbins
- Written
- Mick Garris, S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Brad Bird, Matthew Robbins
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 828 ratings
- Studio
- Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
