A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 17, 1982
Original Title:
The Electric Grandmother
Genres:
Family | Science Fiction | TV Movie
Production Companies:
Highgate Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 60
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.
Casting:
Kathy Talbert
Mary Colquhoun
Costume Design:
Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Director:
Noel Black
Director of Photography:
Mike Fash
Editor:
Dennis M. O'Connor
Executive Producer:
Linda Gottlieb
Hairstylist:
Steve Atha
Music:
John Morris
Producer:
Doro Bachrach
Production Design:
Lawrence Miller
Set Decoration:
Christian Kelly
Short Story:
Ray Bradbury
Teleplay:
Ray Bradbury
Jeffrey Kindley
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