The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
He's not just another out-of-towner...
An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.
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Joe MortonThe Brother
Rosanna CarterWest Indian WomanRay RamirezHispanic ManYves ReneHaitian ManGinny YangKorean ShopkeeperPeter RichardsonIslamic Man
Daryl EdwardsFly
Steve JamesOdell
Leonard JacksonSmokey
Bill CobbsWalterMaggie RenziNoreen
Olga MeredizNoreen's ClientKeywords
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Genre affinityComedy · Drama · Science FictionTheme affinityAlien · Allegory · Black PeopleDialogue densityComedy · DramaDirector preference103419Actor preference76510 · 14916 · 298798Country preferenceUs
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An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.
How long is The Brother from Another Planet?
The Brother from Another Planet has a runtime of 108 minutes.
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