Spare Parts (film)

Spare Parts

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sean McNamara
Produced by
  • David Alpert
  • Rick Jacobs
  • Leslie Kolins Small
  • George Lopez
  • Ben Odell
Written by Elissa Matsueda
Based on La Vida Robot 
by Joshua Davis
Starring
Music by Andrés Levin
Cinematography Richard Wong
Edited by Maysie Hoy
Production
company
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release dates
  • January 16, 2015
Running time
 115 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Box office $3.6 million[2]

Spare Parts is a 2015 American drama film directed by Sean McNamara and produced by David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Leslie Kolins Small, George Lopez, and Ben Odell. It is based on the true story of a group of high school students who compete in an underwater robotics competition, first reported in a Wired Magazine story by Joshua Davis. The film was released on January 16, 2015 by Lionsgate.

Plot

A group of four Carl Hayden High School students win first place over M.I.T. in a 2004 national robotics competition.[3] The team had only $800 and used car parts but won the competition over several highly funded university teams.[4] All four Mexican students were illegal immigrants from Mexico.[5][6]

Cast

Production

Spare Parts is the first film under Lopez's recently announced film and TV deal with Pantelion Films and South Shore, the film and TV ventures between Lionsgate and Mexican media giant Televisa.[6][7] Much of the shooting of the film was done on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[8]

Reception

Critical reaction

Spare Parts received mixed reviews from the critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 54% based on 24 critics.[9] On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 50 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Spare Parts - AMC Theatres". AMC Theatres. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Spare Parts (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Carl Hayden Community High School home page". Retrieved January 2015. Spare Parts, the movie about Carl Hayden's Robotics team's remarkable victory over MIT in 2004, opens in theatres nationwide, Friday, January 16
  4. ↑ Pace, Robert (December 20, 2013). "Behind the Scenes of Lopez's 'La Vida Robot'". ET Online. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ Flores, Jessica (April 10, 2014). ""La Vida Robot", true Phoenix story inspiring a Hollywood movie". MyFoxPhoenix.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ford, Rebecca (November 4, 2013). "Marisa Tomei Joins George Lopez in 'La Vida Robot'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (November 4, 2013). "Marisa Tomei Joins George Lopez in Pantelion's Inspirational Movie ‘La Vida Robot’". The Wrap. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ McNary, Dave (November 4, 2013). "Marisa Tomei Joins George Lopez In ‘La Vida Robot’". Variety. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Spare Parts". Rotten Tomatoes. January 18, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Spare Parts Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

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