Solarbabies (1986) [PG-13]

Release Date:
November 26, 1986

Original Title:
Solarbabies

Alternate Titles:
Guerreros del sol
Sluneční děti
Solar Warriors
Solarwarriors
Οι Μαχητές του Ήλιου

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Brooksfilms
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  GB: 12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 94

From a distant star a powerful and mystical force comes to Earth. And for those brave enough to follow, it will change their lives forever.

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

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ADR Editor:
Mary Andrews

Animation Supervisor:
Annick Therrien

Art Direction:
Fernando González
Francisco Prósper
José María Alarcón
Raul Paton
Leslie Tomkins

Camera Operator:
Ricardo Navarrete
Eric D. Andersen

Casting:
Debbie McWilliams
Fran Kumin
Meg Simon
Pennie DuPont

Costume Design:
Bob Ringwood

Costume Supervisor:
Patrick Wheatley

Director:
Alan Johnson

Director of Photography:
Peter MacDonald

Editor:
Conrad Buff IV

Foley:
Ellen Heuer
John Roesch

Gaffer:
Ray Potter

Hairstylist:
Paquita Núñez

Makeup Department Head:
José Antonio Sánchez

Music Editor:
William Saracino

Original Music Composer:
Maurice Jarre

Producer:
Mel Brooks
Irene Walzer
Jack Frost Sanders

Production Design:
Anthony Pratt

Production Supervisor:
Dennis J. Parrish

Screenplay:
Walon Green
D.A. Metrov

Script Supervisor:
Carmen Soriano

Set Decoration:
Graham Sumner

Sound Effects Editor:
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Stephen Hunter Flick
James Christopher
David E. Stone

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Michael J. Kohut
Aaron Rochin
Carlos Delarios

Still Photographer:
Federico Gómez Grau

Supervising ADR Editor:
Andrew Patterson

Supervising Art Director:
Don Dossett

Supervising Sound Editor:
Mark Mangini

Supervising Sound Effects Editor:
Richard L. Anderson

Visual Effects Art Director:
Terry Windell

Visual Effects Editor:
Dennis Michelson

Visual Effects Producer:
Richard Edlund

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