And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird is a 1991 science fiction family film written and directed by Tony Cookson; foreign language releases were titled RoboDad.[1]
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Directed by | Tony Cookson |
Written by | Tony Cookson |
Produced by | Just Betzer |
Starring | Marcia Strassman Joshua John Miller Edan Gross John Quade Sam Behrens Alan Thicke Susan Gibney A.J. Langer Gustav Vintas Eric Walker Bill Smillie Robert Clotworthy Armin Shimerman Allan Wasserman Susan Brecht |
Cinematography | Paul Elliott |
Edited by | Michael D. Ornstein |
Music by | Randy Miller |
Production company | Panorama |
Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Two boys, Joshua (Joshua John Miller) and Max (Edan Gross) attempt to invent a fully mobile robot with advanced artificial intelligence to help their mother, Sarah (Marcia Strassman) with household chores. However, after a playfully performed séance on Halloween, the ghost of their late father, Matthew (Alan Thicke), possesses the robot. The boys are overjoyed at the return of their father, but it soon becomes apparent that the people who stole their father's work are after their robot, Newman. Eventually, Matthew returns to the afterlife after setting his boys on the right path as they sell the plans for their robot to a rich Texan investor.[2]
The film features the song; 'Love Breaks the Rules' written by John W. Daniel and sung by Jane Barnett and Larry Hoppen.[3]
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