Mac and Me
1988 film directed by Stewart Raffill / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mac and Me is a 1988 American science fiction film co-written (with Steve Feke) and directed by Stewart Raffill. Starring Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, and Tina Caspary alongside Lauren Stanley and Jade Calegory, it centers on a "Mysterious Alien Creature" (MAC) that escapes from nefarious NASA agents and befriends a boy named Eric Cruise. Together, they try to find MAC's family, from whom he has been separated.
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Directed by | Stewart Raffill |
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Cinematography | Nick McLean |
Edited by | Tom Walls |
Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Production companies | Mac and Me Joint Venture |
Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $13 million[2] |
Box office | $6.4 million (domestic)[3] |
The film performed poorly at the box office and was panned by critics, partly due to plot lines similar to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), as well as its elaborate product placement of McDonald's and Coca-Cola. It was nominated for four Golden Raspberry Awards and won Worst Director and Worst New Star (for Ronald McDonald). However, it received four Youth in Film Awards (now Young Artist Awards) nominations. While regarded as one of the worst films ever made, it has become a cult film. Due to its poor reception, Orion Pictures cancelled the planned sequel. One scene in which the wheelchair-bound boy accidentally speeds down a slope and off of a cliff into the water below is used as a goof by Paul Rudd during appearances on Conan O’Brien’s talk shows where Rudd sets up a clip from the movie he is currently promoting, only to play the aforementioned clip to Conan’s chagrin.