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Martian child / Hannah Rachel Production Services, Ltd. ; New Line Cinema ; produced by Ed Elbert, David Kirschner, Corey Sienega ; screenplay by Seth E. Bass & Jonathan Tolins ; directed by Menno Meyjes.

Bass, Seth E. (Added Author). Coleman, Bobby. (Added Author). Cusack, Joan, 1962- (Added Author). Cusack, John, 1966- (Added Author). Elbert, Ed. (Added Author). Gerrold, David, 1944- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Martian child. (Added Author). Kirschner, David, 1955- (Added Author). Meyjes, Menno. (Added Author). Okonedo, Sophie. (Added Author). Peet, Amanda, 1972- (Added Author). Platt, Oliver. (Added Author). Sienega, Corey. (Added Author). Tolins, Jonathan. (Added Author). Alliance Films, (provider.). Hannah Rachel Production Services, Ltd. (Added Author). New Line Cinema Corporation. (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt. (Cast).

Summary:

David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (106 min.) : digital, sound, color
Publisher: Montreal : Alliance Films, [2013]
Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the book by David Gerrold. Originally distributed as a motion picture by Alliance Films, 2007.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; editor, Bruce Green ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Michael Dennison ; production designer, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski.
Participant or Performer Note:	John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt.
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: PG. MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and mild language.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	French language version also available.
System Details Note:	Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed April 3, 2015).