THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Science-Fiction
• Plot: The visionary writer-director behind such films as Passion Fish, Lone Star and Sunshine State, Oscar® nominee® John Sayles has been at the forefront of independent drama for more than twenty years.; ; In this “vastly amusing, offbeat fantasy” (Variety) Sayles takes “a fresh look at our society” (Los Angeles Times) through the eyes of a black extraterrestrial (Joe Morton) who crash-lands on Earth - in Harlem - and is taken in by the regulars of a local bar, the alien changes everyone he meets on his “original and eye-opening’ (The Hollywood Reporter) journey through the streets of urban America, But can his message of brotherly love resonate with intergalactic bounty hunters trying to track him down?;
• Cast: Joe Morton, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez, Yves Rene, Peter Richardson, Ginny Yang, Daryl Edwards, Steve James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs, Maggie Renzi, Olga Merediz, Tom Wright, Minnie Gentry, Ren Woods, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Alvin Alexis, Caroline Aaron, Herbert Newsome, John Sayles, David Strathairn, Rosetta LeNoire, Michael Mantell, Jaime Tirelli, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Fisher Stevens, Charles Mitchell, David Babcock, Randy Frazier, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sidney Sheriff Jr., Copper Cunningham, Marisa Smith, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Kim Staunton, Dwania Kyles, Carl Gordon, Leon W. Grant, Anthony Thomas, Andre Robinson Jr., John Griesemer, Ellis Williams, Edward Baran, Josh Mostel, Deborah Taylor, Herb Downer, Pete Richardson, John Canada Terrell
• Director: John Sayles
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: IFC Films
• Media Format: Movie