“Making contact” ( Eng. Making Contact ), “Joey” ( German Joey ) - English-language German film Roland Emmerich . Most of the film was shot in Germany , although the action takes place in the United States. Although the full 98-minute version is entirely in German, the original film was shot in English (for international distribution), but the English version, which was shown in the United States, has a duration of only 79 minutes.
| Making contact | |
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| Joey / Making Contact | |
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| Genre | fantasy |
| Producer | Roland Emmerich |
| Producer | Willie Sigler |
| Author script | Roland Emmerich Hans Haller Thomas Lechner |
| In the main cast | Joshua Morrell Eva Krill Sean Johnson |
| Operator | Egon Verdin |
| Composer | Paul Gilrett |
| Film company | Centropolis Films Productions Balcor film investors Bioskop film Filmverlag der autoren Pro-ject filmproduktion |
| Duration | 98 min |
| Budget | $ 1,500,000 |
| A country |  Germany  USA |
| Tongue | German (shot in English) |
| Year | 1985 |
| IMDb | ID 0089378 |
Content
Story
9-year-old boy Joey recently lost his father, but one evening he realizes that he can communicate with him using a toy phone. In Joey, telekinetic abilities open: he can move things. When a boy discovers a strange talking doll in an abandoned house, his joy is replaced by fear ...
Cast
- Joshua Morrell - Joey Collins
- Eva Krill - Laura Collins
- Tammy Shields - Sally
- Barbara Klein - Dr. Hayden
- Tim Edwards
- Jerry Hall - William
- Matthias Kraus - Burnie
- Christina Goebbels - Alice
- Sean Johnson - Bobby
- Ray Kaselonis - Stephen
- Jack Angel - voice doll
Awards and nominations
In 1987, Roland Emmerich was nominated for Best Film at the Fantasporto Film Festival .
Interesting Facts
- The film company Centropolis Films was founded by director Roland Emmerich .
Links
- Joey on the Internet Movie Database