Joey (1985 film)
| Joey | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Roland Emmerich |
| Produced by |
Willi Segler Alena Rimbach James Melkonian Executive producer Klaus Dittrich |
| Written by |
Roland Emmerich Hans J. Haller Thomas Lechner |
| Starring |
Joshua Morrell Eva Kryll |
| Music by | Paul Gilreath |
| Cinematography | Egon Werdin |
| Edited by |
Carl Colpaert Alan Toomayan Tomy Wigand |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German (Shot in English) |
Joey, also known as Making Contact, is a 1985 West German horror-fantasy film from Centropolis Film Productions (now Centropolis Entertainment). The film was co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. The plot concerns a boy (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 and summons other demons and evil forces to threaten his friends/mother/enemies/city as only the boy 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]
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 minutes version along with the edited North American cut. In 2016, Kino Lorber has announced a Blu-ray with extras to be announced and new high definition transfer.
References
- ↑ Haase, Christine (2007). When Heimat Meets Hollywood: German Filmmakers and America, 1985-2005. Boydell & Brewer. p. 107. ISBN 1-57113-279-1.
- ↑ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Joey (1985)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
External links
- Joey on IMDb
- Joey at Rotten Tomatoes