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Cloak & Dagger (1984)
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10 August 1984 (USA)
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Davey's hero was imaginary . . . but the enemy agents were real! more
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11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him....
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Video Game
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Spy
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Hero
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Imaginary Friend
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3 nominations
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Dabney Coleman's five years of dominance
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Henry Thomas | ... | Davey Osborne | |
| Dabney Coleman | ... | Jack Flack / Hal Osborne | |
| Michael Murphy | ... | Rice | |
| Christina Nigra | ... | Kim Gardener | |
| John McIntire | ... | George MacCready | |
| Jeanette Nolan | ... | Eunice MacCready | |
| Eloy Casados | ... | Alvarez | |
| Tim Rossovich | ... | Haverman | |
| William Forsythe | ... | Morris (as Bill Forsythe) | |
| Robert DoQui | ... | Lt. Fleming | |
| Shelby Leverington | ... | Marilyn Gardener | |
| Linden Chiles | ... | Airport Security Chief | |
| Robert Curtin | ... | Murdoch | |
| William Marquez | ... | Airport Security Guard #1 | |
| Wendell Wright | ... | Airport Security Guard #2 |
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101 min
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The Cloak & Dagger game screens are mostly from the arcade version, and not the Atari 5200 game console as it would appear in the film. Although an 5200 version of the game was planned, it never was released due to the video game crash of 1983 and eventual sale of Atari. The arcade version of Cloak & Dagger appeared in 1983 prior to the release of the film. Next to the Cloak & Dagger games are boxes for the 5200 version of Tempest. Like the 5200 version of Cloak & Dagger, this game was never released.
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Continuity: Direction that the Cloak & Dagger game faces when, Jack Flack tosses it to Davey, changes.
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Davey Osborne:
[into walkie-talkie] Jack Flack to Lady Ace. Come in, Lady Ace.
Kim Gardener: [into walkie-talkie] Yeah, Davey. What is it?
Davey Osborne: Come on, Kim. Play right.
Kim Gardener: Fine. Fine. Lady Ace to Jack Flack. Do you read me?
Davey Osborne: Loud and clear. I'll proceed to the building and you follow me in.
Kim Gardener: This is what I meant by "embarrassing".
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Kim Gardener: [into walkie-talkie] Yeah, Davey. What is it?
Davey Osborne: Come on, Kim. Play right.
Kim Gardener: Fine. Fine. Lady Ace to Jack Flack. Do you read me?
Davey Osborne: Loud and clear. I'll proceed to the building and you follow me in.
Kim Gardener: This is what I meant by "embarrassing".
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Referenced in Dabney Coleman Fever (2005)
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Cloak and Dagger was one of my favorite films as a child and continues to hold up well as time passes by. A reminder, in many ways, how much Dabney Coleman's performances marked the years 1980-1985. Henry Thomas remains in many ways one of a scant few child actors to make their mark in multiple films (something Disney has struggled with in recent years, even with the attempts to market mediocre talents like Hilary Duff and Lindsey Lohan). And in an era where role playing games of any nature were looked down on, this portrayed them in a heroic light-"Jack Flack always escapes".
There are a number of skilled character actors who make up the supporting cast for this film, and the script continues to hold up to today's standards. In many ways, this film should act as a template for movie studios looking to craft a story for young audiences, as opposed to "Shark Boy and Lava Girl".