Family ·Science Fiction ·Action · United Kingdom · 1985 · 1h 40m

D.A.R.Y.L.

D.A.R.Y.L. poster
Director
Simon Wincer
Cast
Barret Oliver as Daryl Mary Beth Hurt as Joyce Richardson Michael McKean as Andy Richardson Kathryn Walker as Dr. Ellen Lamb Colleen Camp as Elaine Fox Josef Sommer as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Crew
Frank Watts — Director of Photography Marvin Hamlisch — Original Music Composer Allan Scott — Writer David Ambrose — Writer Jeffrey Ellis — Writer John Heyman — Producer
Tagline

He can fly a jet, race a car and outsmart a computer. The government created him and now they want him destroyed.

Synopsis

Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.

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Mood & Themes
computerbaseballautopilotforestsouth carolinafamily relationshipsrobotboy geniuschildhoodgatepianorobot boy
Key Collaborators
Simon Wincer Director Frank Watts Director of Photography Marvin Hamlisch Original Music Composer Allan Scott Writer David Ambrose Writer Jeffrey Ellis Writer John Heyman Producer Alan Cassie Production Design Shay Cunliffe Costume Design
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