Martian Child DVD 2007 Fiú a Marsról / Directed by Menno Meyjes / Starring: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Oliver Platt, Joan Cusack

UPC 5996514002140

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 5.1, English 5.1, Czech 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian, English, Czech, Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian

Runtime: 103 minutes

English Summary:

Martian Child is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Menno Meyjes and written by David Gerrold based on his 1994 novelette of the same name. The film stars John Cusack as a writer who adopts a strange young boy (Bobby Coleman) who believes himself to be from Mars.

David Gordon, a popular science fiction author, widowed two years prior as they were trying to adopt a child, is finally matched with a young boy, Dennis. Initially hesitant to adopt alone, he is drawn to Dennis because he sees aspects of himself and his own awkward childhood in the boy.

Dennis suffers from the delusion that he is from Mars. He protects himself from the sun's harmful rays, wears weights to counter earth's weak gravity, eats only Lucky Charms, and hangs upside down to facilitate his circulation. He refers often to his mission to understand earth and its people, taking pictures, stealing things to catalog, and spending time consulting an ambiguous toy-like device with flashing lights that produces seemingly unintelligible words.

Once David decides to adopt Dennis, he spends time getting to know the boy, patiently coaxing him out of the large cardboard box he hides in. Soon, David is cleared to take Dennis home and they meet David's dog, "Somewhere." In Dennis's bedroom is a projector of the solar system that he pronounces inaccurate. With the help of David's friend Harlee and sister Liz, David tries to help Dennis overcome his delusion by both indulging it and encouraging him to act like everyone else. Dennis attends school but is quickly expelled for repeatedly stealing items for his collection. Frustrated, David tells Liz that perhaps Dennis is from Mars.

Meanwhile, David's literary agent, Jeff, encourages David to finish writing his sequel book, already commissioned, which is due soon. David struggles to make time for writing but is regularly pulled away from his to deal with Dennis. While sitting down to write, a flash from Dennis's Polaroid camera catches him off-guard and he accidentally breaks some glass. David picks Dennis up and carries him across the room. Dennis, upset by David's abrupt action, fears he is going to be sent away. David explains that he was just worried he'd get cut by the glass and that he loves Dennis more than his material possessions. Assuring him that he will never send him away, he encourages Dennis to break more things. They move to the kitchen and break dishes and then spray ketchup and dish detergent at each other. Lefkowitz, the decision-maker from Social Services, appears in the window and discovers the mayhem. He rebukes David and sets up a case review.

Hungarian Summary:

A történetben egy nemrég megözvegyült sci-fi író örökbe fogad egy kisfiút, aki saját bevallása szerint a Marsról érkezett. Az újdonsült apa figyelmen kívül hagyja gyereknevelésben járatos nővére figyelmeztetéseit, amik a szülői feladatokkal járó nehézségekről szólnak. A férfi aztán olyan problémába ütközik, amire még az alaposan felkészült lánytestvér sem gondolt: a különös események egész láncolata arra készteti, hogy komolyan vegye a kissrác meséjét...

Cast / Szereplők:

• John Cusack as David Gordon - Author and DadBobby Coleman as Dennis - "Martian" and Son
  • Zak Ludwig as young David
• Amanda Peet as Harlee - Friend
• Sophie Okonedo as Sophie - Foster Mom
• Oliver Platt as Jeff - Agent
• Joan Cusack as Liz Gordon - Sister and Aunt
• Anjelica Huston as Tina - Publisher
• Richard Schiff as Lefkowitz - Child Services Authority
• Howard Hesseman as Dr. Berg
• David Kaye as Andy