Android (1982)

Director:

Aaron Lipstadt

Writers:

Don Keith Opper (writer)
James Reigle (writer)

Release Date:

October 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

On a remote space laboratory, Android Model MAX 404 has learnt how to live...and learnt how to kill!

Plot:

Eccentric scientist Dr.Daniel and his shy, clumsy assistant Max, lead a quiet life on their space station...

Plot Keywords:

Innocent | Human Android Relationship | Escape | Spaceship | Fugitive

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Klaus Kinski	...	Dr. Daniel
Brie Howard	...	Maggie
Don Keith Opper	...	Max 404 (as Don Opper)
Kendra Kirchner	...	Cassandra
Norbert Weisser	...	Keller
Crofton Hardester	...	Mendes
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Randy Connor	...	Terrapol: Landing Party
Gary Corarito	...	Terrapol: Neptune
Mary Ann Fisher	...	Terrapol: Neptune
Julia Gibson	...	Terrapol: Minos
Roger Kelton	...	Terrapol: Landing Party
Darrell Larson	...	Terrapol: Neptune
Ian Scheibel	...	Terrapol: Neptune
Wayne Springfield	...	Terrapol: Minos
Rachel Talalay	...	Terrapol: Landing Party
Johanne Todd	...	Terrapol: Landing Party

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

New World Pictures

Trivia:

The characters' full names, shown on their mug shots, are Gunther Keller, Orlando Mendes, and Margaret Kallisti.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Max is listening to Huey Lewis while playing with miniature robots and watching a screen showing the very basics of humans kissing and making love]
Dr. Daniel: [over the intercom] Max.
[Max switches from the video to the scanners]
Dr. Daniel: Max?
Max 404: Yes, Dr. Daniel?
Max 404: Max, what is that noise?
[Max turns off the music]
Max 404: I was doing some research, Sir.
Dr. Daniel: On what?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Soundtrack:

Sergio Leone

Great 80s Sci-Fi!

I love eighties films, and I love science fiction. This film is a good example of both, but I have to say it was a bit 'darker' than it felt like it should have been.

The music is classic analog synthesized fun, and the setting is very cool-looking, typical of any early eighties sci-fi movie but with a certain complexity and detail that makes it seem solid and believable.

The acting is absolutely phenomenal. I generally complain a lot about bad, hard-to-believe acting in movies but in this case I have no complaints; there was nothing to distract me from the story. I half-believed that Max was played by a real android (he is credited as "Himself". lol)! The acting was overall believable and appropriately restrained.

The story could have used some work... it was a bit slow-moving and somewhat uninteresting, and the resolution wasn't entirely satisfying due to certain characters who were insufficiently developed. Also I felt that there should have been some slight comic relief, and I think the drama of the situations was not emphasized enough. But, to the story's credit, it did have a couple of nice twists and I think I like the ending.

Overall I think it was worth seeing: much better than most of the junk that comes on at 2 AM!