D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Director:

Simon Wincer

Writers:

David Ambrose (writer) &
Allan Scott (writer) ...

Release Date:

14 June 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Becoming human was not part of the plan. Now they want to terminate him.

Plot:

A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home...

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Suicide | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Map | Dog

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mary Beth Hurt	...	Joyce Richardson
Michael McKean	...	Andy Richardson
Kathryn Walker	...	Dr. Ellen Lamb
Colleen Camp	...	Elaine Fox
Josef Sommer	...	Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
Ron Frazier	...	General Graycliffe
Steve Ryan	...	Howie Fox
David Wohl	...	Mr. Nesbitt
Danny Corkill	...	Turtle Fox
Amy Linker	...	Sherie Lee Fox
Barret Oliver	...	Daryl
Ed Grady	...	Mr. Bergen (as Ed L. Grady)
Tucker McGuire	...	Mrs. Bergen
Richard Hammatt	...	Dr. Mulligan
Charlie Gudger	...	Basketball Kid #1

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:K-10 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Daryl's number on the baseball team is 7.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Joyce is explaining to Daryl how to play the piano, Daryl demonstrates his grasp of rhythm of the piece before him by saying, "Whole note, two half notes, and four quarters to a measure," which is a perfect description of a measure in 4/4 time. But the piece they go on to play is in 6/8 time.

Quotes:

Daryl: Doctor, What am I?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)

Soundtrack:

SOMEWHERE I BELONG

The best feel good film ever,if you feel depressed go rent it.

This is one of my favorites film ever.It's a very nostalgic film for me because I saw it a lot when I was small,even now that I'm 19,I have the video and I never get bored of it. Barret Oliver is just fantastic as Daryl,it's very sad that he stop acting because he was truly talented.Now that films are just about sex,Blood,and more sex it's good to turn to a feel good film like Daryl.I would also like to say that the title song of the film (Somewhere I belong)is very nice and the lyrics go very well with the film. My personal ratings would be 10/10