Movie Description Tenants of a slum building need all the help they can get when their evil landlord threatens to evict them and raze their building in a fit of 1980s-style greed. Unexpected help arrives in the form of small extraterrestrial robot-like creatures who come to town and cleverly join the battle. Real-life husband and wife team Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy lead the tenement dwellers in a Capra-meets-Spielberg touch.
Directed by Matthew Robbins, co-writer of Steven Spielberg's first film, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS and 1997's MIMIC. Co-writer Brad Bird went on to work on THE SIMPSONS. Produced by Steven Spielberg.
| Credits | | Cast: | Doris Belack, James LeGros, Jessica Tandy, John Pankow, Jose Santana, Luis Guzmán, Macintyre Dixon, Wendy Schaal |
| Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Editorial Reviews "...A handsome film, impeccably designed....BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED is in the best Hollywood tradition of raising serious questions in a thoroughly entertaining way..." Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (12/18/1987)
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