Joe Morton
The Brother
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The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 low-budget American science fiction film, written and directed by John Sayles. The film, starring Joe Morton as an escaped extraterrestrial slave trying to find a new life on Earth, is in the public domain.
Sep 14, 1984 · The Brother from Another Planet: Directed by John Sayles. With Joe Morton, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez, Yves Rene. A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- John Sayles
- 1984-09-14
Featuring director John Sayles trademark humanity and an expressive performance from Joe Morton, The Brother from Another Planet is an observant, dryly comic sci-fi gem. Read Critics Reviews ...
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- John Sayles
- R
- Joe Morton
The brother runs into hookers and connivers, tourists from Indiana, immigrant shopkeepers, and a New York weirdo who, in one of the movie's best scenes, shows him a baffling card trick, and then demonstrates another trick that contains a cynical grain of big-city truth.
May 7, 2012 · The Brother from Another Planet (1984), trailer. A mute alien is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem in this thought-provoking cult classic. ...more.
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- 32.2K
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The Brother is an alien who has crash-landed on Earth, in New York City. While mute, strongly empathic, and able to fix things, he resembles a Black man with strange feet. His attempt to make a place for himself in Harlem is an allegory for the immigrant experience in the United States.
