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Deadly Friend ()

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After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting a robotic microchip into her brain.
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Paul (as Matthew Laborteaux)
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Samantha
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Tom
Anne Twomey ...
Jeannie
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Elvira
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Harry
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Dr. Johanson
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Sgt. Volchek
Andrew Roperto ...
Carl
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BB (voice)
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Thief
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Angry Resident
Merritt Olsen ...
CAT Scan Technician
William H. Faeth ...
Doctor in Sam's Room (as William H. Faeth M.D.)
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Deputy
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Neighbor
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Coroner
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Robot (uncredited)

Directed by

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Wes Craven

Written by

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Diana Henstell ... (based on the novel "Friend" by)
 
Bruce Joel Rubin ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Robert Crawford Jr. ... co-producer (as Robert L. Crawford)
Patrick Kelley ... executive producer
Robert M. Sherman ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Charles Bernstein

Cinematography by

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Philip H. Lathrop ... director of photography (as Philip Lathrop)

Editing by

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Michael Eliot

Editorial Department

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J Paul Morrisey ... associate film editor (as John P. Morrisey)

Casting By

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Marion Dougherty ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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John Loggia
Daniel A. Lomino

Set Decoration by

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Edward J. McDonald

Makeup Department

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Lance Anderson ... additional special makeup effects
Michael Hancock ... makeup artist
Bette Iverson ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Phil Rawlins ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nicholas Batchelor ... first assistant director
Peter C. Graupner ... second assistant director (as Peter Graupner)

Art Department

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Roy Barnes ... set designer
Donna Cline ... illustrator
Mel Holman ... stand by painter
Fred Morrison ... leadman
Vic Petrotta Jr. ... property master (as Victor Petrotta Jr.)
John Sweeney ... assistant propmaster
Larry Verne ... construction coordinator

Sound Department

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Gene Ashbrook ... boom operator (as Eugene Ashbrook)
Don Cahn ... re-recording mixer
Richard S. Church ... production mixer (as Richard Church)
Gail Clark Burch ... adr editor
Dale Johnston ... supervising sound editor
Tom Ruff ... a.d.r. mixer / foley mixer
Allen L. Stone ... re-recording mixer (as Allan Stone)
Jimmy Williams ... re-recording mixer (as Jim Williams)

Special Effects by

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Peter Albiez ... special effects foreman

Stunts

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Linda Arvidson ... stunts
Pamela Benson ... stunts
Anthony Cecere ... stunt coordinator (as Tony Cecere)
Doc D. Charbonneau ... stunts
J. Mark Donaldson ... stunts (as Mark Donaldson)
Leslie Hoffman ... stunt double: Anne Ramsey
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw ... stunts (as Tracy Lyn Keehn)
Lane Leavitt ... stunts
Terry Leonard ... stunt coordinator
Mike H. McGaughy ... stunts (as Mike McGaughy)
Tom Oldberg ... stunts
Pat Romano ... stunt double / stunts (as Patrick Romano)
Debby Lynn Ross ... stunts
Gary Epper ... stunt double: Matthew Labyorteaux (uncredited)
Ted Grossman ... stunts (uncredited)
Toby Holguin ... stunts (uncredited)
Glenn Randall Jr. ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Waters ... stunts (uncredited)

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Howard Anderson ... key grip
Buddy Bowles ... gaffer
Doug J. Campbell ... dolly grip (as Doug Campbell)
Bill Johnson ... camera operator
Horace Jordan ... first assistant camera
Carol McCullough ... still photographer
Paul Mindrup ... second assistant camera
William L. Peets ... electrical best boy (as William Peets)
Jon W. Robinson ... grip best boy
Kenneth Zunder ... first assistant camera (as Ken Zunder)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Carole Brown-James ... women's costumer
Barton Kent James ... men's costumer (as Barton 'Kent' James)

Location Management

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Bruce Lawhead ... location manager

Music Department

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John La Salandra ... music editor (as John LaSalandra)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marion Tumen ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Robert Neilson ... transportation coordinator
Dave Robling ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Ruth Ellen Daniels ... assistant - Mr. Sherman
William H. Faeth ... medical advisor (as William H. Faeth, M.D.)
Patti Hawn ... unit publicist (as Patty Birznieks)
Keith Huber ... "BB" shell design
Marianne Maddalena ... assistant: Mr. Craven
Susan Montgomery ... production accountant
Dan Perri ... title designer
Ray Raymond ... "BB" robot
Karen Shaw ... production coordinator / production secretary
Richmond Shepard ... mime coach: Kristy Swanson
B.J. Smith ... set medic (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Paul Conway and his mother Jeannie Conway travel to a new town where Paul will join the local university invited by Dr. Johanson. They bring the robot BB that was developed by Paul, who is a genius in robotics. Paul befriends the paperboy, Tom Toomey, and has a crush on his next door neighbor, Samantha Pringle, whose abusive alcoholic father Harry Pringle frequently hurts her. One day, Paul, Sam, Tom and BB are playing basketball and the ball falls in the field of their paranoid grumpy neighbor Elvira Parker who won't give it back to the teenagers. On Halloween, Tom convinces Paul to let BB open the padlock of the entrance to Elvira's house. However, there is an alarm system and Elvira blows up BB with her shotgun. Then Harry pushes his daughter down the stairs, and the doctors leave her brain-dead connected to life support. However, Paul convinces Tom to go to the hospital to rescue Sam, and then he implants BB's chip into her brain, resurrecting Samantha. But will she come back to life normal? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines She can't live without you. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Friend (United States)
  • Artificial Intelligence (United States)
  • A.I. (United States)
  • L'amie mortelle (France)
  • Der tödliche Freund (Germany)
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  • 91 min
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Trivia Director Wes Craven and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin's original vision for the film was a PG-rated supernatural science fiction thriller, with the primary focus being on the macabre love story between Paul and Samantha, as well as a secondary focus on the adults around them and how they are truly monsters inside themselves. Craven filmed this version of the film and Warner Bros. decided to screen it to a test audience mostly consisting of Craven's fans. The response from fans was negative, criticizing the lack of violence and gore seen in Craven's previous films. The studio eventually discovered Craven's popularity as a horror film director. The president of Warner Bros. at the time, Mark Canton, demanded Rubin write six additional gore scenes into his script, each bloodier than the last. Rubin worked very hard with Craven to create a very deep and heartfelt movie out of it. Unfortunately, added gore scenes, re-shoots and post production re-editing of the movie heavily changed the original story. Craven and Rubin expressed strong anger at the studio and thus disowned the film. See more »
Goofs Sam would have had her head shaved prior to her brain surgery. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Deadly Friend: Deleted Scenes (1986). See more »
Quotes Sam: [Samantha has a nosebleed] Do you have some ice?
Jeannie Conway: Oh my God. Come on in. Sit down. Paul, get some ice.
[to Samantha]
Jeannie Conway: Hold your head back, back.
[to Paul]
Jeannie Conway: Hurry.
[to Samantha]
Jeannie Conway: What happened?
Sam: Nothing. I just get them sometimes.
Paul Conway: Here you go.
Jeannie Conway: Listen, sweetheart, this may be butting in where I don't belong, but don't you think someone should say something?
Sam: For what, a nosebleed? Come on, I've had them since I was a kid. Ice will take care of it. I just forgot to fill the tray.
Jeannie Conway: Oh, Sam, I don't like this.
Sam: I hate them.
Jeannie Conway: C'mon you know what I mean. It's criminal. He could go to jail.
Sam: He's my father. Sometimes I want to roll a truck over his face but he's still my father.
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