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Joey, also known as Making Contact, is a 1985 West German techno-horror-fantasy film from Centropolis Film Productions (now Centropolis Entertainment). The film was co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich.

Joey
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roland Emmerich
Written by	Roland Emmerich Hans J. Haller Thomas Lechner
Produced by	Willi Segler Alena Rimbach James Melkonian
Starring	Joshua Morrell Eva Kryll Jan Zierold Tammy Shields Barbara Klein Matthias Kraus
Cinematography	Egon Werdin
Edited by	Carl Colpaert Alan Toomayan Tomy Wigand
Music by	Paul Gilreath
Production company	Centropolis Film Productions
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release dates	November 21, 1985 (1985-11-21) (West Germany) December 27, 1985 (1985-12-27) (United States)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German (Shot in English)

Plot

The plot concerns a 9-year-old boy named Joey Collins (Joshua Morell) who loses his father, but makes contact with what he believes is his deceased parent via a small phone and is terrorized by a ventriloquist dummy named Fletcher who is possessed by a demon. The doll summons other demons and evil forces to threaten his friends, mother, enemies, city as only Joey must go into the spirit world to destroy this evil in a battle of good vs. evil.[1] The boy develops the power of telekinesis, which soon gets out of hand.[2]

Cast

• Joshua Morrell as Joey Collins
• Eva Kryll as Laura Collins
• Jan Zierold as Martin
• Tammy Shields as Sally
• Barbara Klein as Dr. Haiden
• Matthias Kraus as Bernie
• Jack Angel as Fletcher the Dummy (voice)

Release

Joey was released in North America as Making Contact. The North American version was heavily cut and ran 79 minutes. Joey was subsequently released as a 2 disc DVD set featuring the original 98 minute version along with the edited North American cut. In 2016, Kino Lorber has announced a Blu-ray with a new high definition transfer and newly produced special features.

Making Contact was riffed for the 2022 Mystery Science Theater 3000 LIVE: Time Bubble Tour.

References

External links

• Joey at IMDb
• Joey at AllMovie
• Joey at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] Joey (1985 film)

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[ru] Вступая в контакт

«Вступая в контакт» (англ. Making Contact), «Джоуи» (нем. Joey) — англоязычный немецкий кинофильм Ролана Эммериха. Большая часть фильма была снята в ФРГ, хотя действие разворачивается в США. Хотя полная 98-минутная версия полностью на немецком языке, в оригинале фильм был снят на английском языке (для международного проката), но англоязычная версия, которая демонстрировалась в США, имеет продолжительность только в 79 минут.

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