D.A.R.Y.L.

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D.A.R.Y.L.
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Directed by	Simon Wincer
Produced by	John Heyman Burtt Harris Gabrielle Kelly
Written by	Allan Scott David Ambrose Jeffrey Ellis
Starring	Barret Oliver Mary Beth Hurt Michael McKean Danny Corkill
Music by	Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography	Frank Watts
Editing by	Adrian Carr
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	June 14, 1985 January 9, 1986 February 15, 1986 February 21, 1986 July 16, 1986
Running time	99 min.
Country	U.S.A./UK
Language	English
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D.A.R.Y.L. is a 1985 science fiction movie which was written by David Ambrose, Allan Scott and Jeffrey Ellis. It was directed by Simon Wincer and stars Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Danny Corkill and Josef Sommer.

Tagline: He can fly a jet, race a car and outsmart a computer. The Government created him and now they want him destroyed.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

"Daryl" (whose name is an acronym for "Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform") is created by the Government as an experiment in Artificial Intelligence. One of the original scientists decides to free Daryl, but dies in the process. Daryl is then picked up by an orphanage and given to the Richardson family for foster care. Daryl does not remember who or what he is. As a normal adolescent boy, Daryl exhibits extraordinary talents – including an uncanny ability to play baseball, interact with ATM machines, and play videogames. As soon as the family and his best friend Turtle begin to accept him, the Government find him and Daryl is returned to the facility. However this time, another scientist decides to free Daryl to return to the Fox family who are fostering him. In the course of the escape, Daryl drives a car and flies a SR-71 Blackbird. Having faked his death when the plane is blown up in mid-flight by the U.S.A.F., Daryl finds his way home to the Fox family.