Movie · 1987
*batteries not included
“Five ordinary people needed a miracle. Then one night, Faye Riley left the window open.”
Released 18 December 1987 107 min Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Science Fiction More from 1987 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
FR·01
How old were they?
Jessica Tandy
as Faye Riley
Hume Cronyn
as Frank Riley
Jane Hoffman
as Muriel Hogenson
Doris Belack
as Mrs. Thompson
Tom Aldredge
as Sid Hogenson
MacIntyre Dixon
as DeWitt
Michael Greene
as Lacey, Real Estate Developer
John DiSanti
as Gus
Frank McRae
as Harry Noble
Dennis Boutsikaris
as Mason Baylor
John Pankow
as Kovacs
Wendy Schaal
as Pamela
Elizabeth Peña
as Marisa Esteval
Michael Carmine
as Carlos
José Angel Santana
as Goon #1
FR·02
The numbers
2.6×$25m budget became $65m at the box office
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
78Jessica Tandy — oldest on the call sheet
28Michael Carmine — youngest billed
51average age of the credited cast