D.A.R.Y.L.

'''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.
'Taglines:'

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

★ ''He can't be kept a secret any longer...''

★ ''Becoming human was not part of the plan. Now they want to terminate him.''

★ ''The Government created him. Now, they want to destroy him.''

★ ''The kid next door is not who – or what – he seems to be.''

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Plot

"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 is placed temporarily with foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Richardson. Daryl does not remember who or what he is. As a normal adolescent boy, Daryl exhibits extraordinary talents whilst in the care of the Richardsons – including an uncanny ability to play baseball, interact with ATM machines, and play videogames, much to the amazement of his best friend Turtle.
However, just as the Richardsons have begun to accept Daryl, their new-found happiness is shattered when the Government find him and return him to the facility where he was created. The D.A.R.Y.L. experiment has been considered to be a failure, and the decision is made that he be destroyed. But another scientist decides to free Daryl so that he can return to the only home he knows, that of the Richardson family. Another scientist who was posing as Daryl's biological mother earlier alerts the authorities, however. In the course of the escape, Daryl drives a car. The scientist is shot, and in his dying words, assured Daryl that he is a real person. Later, Daryl flies a SR-71 Blackbird. Having faked his own destruction when the plane is blown up in mid-flight by the U.S.A.F., Daryl finds his way back to the Richardsons. He did not survive when he ejected from the exploding plane and parachuted down into a lake. In the hospital, the scientist who was convinced that Daryl was merely a tool reveals herself. She repairs his electronic brain, restoring his life, and is granted another chance to live with the Richardsons.

Cast

★ Mary Beth Hurt ... Joyce Richardson ★ Michael McKean ... Andy Richardson ★ Kathryn Walker ... Ellen Lamb ★ Colleen Camp ... Elaine Fox ★ Josef Sommer ... Dr. Jeffrey Stewart ★ Ron Frazier ... General Graycliffe ★ Steve Ryan ... Howie Fox ★ David Wohl ... Mr. Nesbitt ★ Danny Corkhill ... Turtle Fox ★ Amy Linker ... Sherie Lee Fox ★ Barret Oliver ... Daryl ★ Ed L. Grady ... Mr. Bergen ★ Tucker McGuire ... Mrs. Bergen ★ Richard Hammatt ... Dr. Mulligan ★ Charlie Gudger, Stacy Woods ... Basketball kids ★ Pat Fuleihan ... Woman at window ★ Noreen Lange ... Facility Matron ★ Joseph Reed ... Facility doctor ★ Jessica Johnson ... Melanie ★ Ginny Light ... Plump woman ★ Danielle LeMoine ... Trudi

★ Patrick Branner ... Mark Bennet ★ Susan West ... Andrea ★ Benjamin Peterson ... Piano pupil ★ Hardy Rawls ... Bull McKenzie ★ Dalton Poole ... Arkoff ★ Wayne Shindoll ... Umpire ★ Sean Hower ... Hannibal ★ Brian Stafford ... Catcher ★ James LaPointe ... "Goodbye, Coach" kid ★ James H. Armfield ... Photographer ★ Ski Collins ... Pilot ★ Russ Wheeler ... Co-pilot ★ Kevin O'Neill, Paul Darby ... Technicians ★ Blain Fairman ... Major Willows ★ Robert Arden ... Colonel ★ William Roberts, Christopher Muncke ... Committee men ★ Burtt Harris ... Air Force General ★ Major Wiley ... Operative (U.S.A.F.) ★ James Fitzpatrick ... Tascom security soldier ★ Matt Butler ... Trooper

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