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Making Contact is a Allemand film of genre Science fiction directed by Roland Emmerich released in USA on 27 december 1985 with Jerry Hall

Making Contact (1985)

Making Contact
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Released in USA 27 december 1985
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginGerman
Genres Science fiction,    Fantastic,    Fantasy,    Adventure,    Horror
Rating47% 2.3666452.3666452.3666452.3666452.366645

Joey, also known as Making Contact, is a 1985 West German/American 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 demonic ventriloquist dummy named Fletcher who is possessed by a demon and summons demons to threaten his friends as only the boy must go into the spirit world to destroy this evil in a battle of good vs. evil. The boy develops the power of telekinesis, which soon gets out of hand.

Synopsis

À 9 ans, Joey vient de perdre son père. Mais une nuit, il réalise qu'il est en mesure d'entrer en contact avec lui par l'intermédiaire d'un de ses jouets, un petit téléphone rouge. Peu après, il se découvre des pouvoirs télékynétiques latents, et peut déplacer les objets à distance. Mais très vite, le rêve se transforme en cauchemar lorsque Joey découvre une étrange marionnette dans une demeure abandonnée voisine. Cette poupée de ventriloque est en effet habitée par un puissant démon, qui compte bien se servir des pouvoirs naissants de l'enfant pour son propre compte. Joey va-t-il accepter de faire usage de son pouvoir ? Et surtout, son défunt père peut-il l'aider ?

Actors

Jerry Hall

(William)
Jack Angel

(Fletcher the Dummer (English Version, voice))
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