This article is about the 2007 film. For the novelette and later novel which the film was based on, see The Martian Child. For children of Mars, see Martian.
2007 American film
Martian Child
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Menno Meyjes
Screenplay by
Seth E. Bass Jonathan Tolins
Based on
The Martian Child by David Gerrold
Produced by
Ed Elbert
David Kirschner
Toby Emmerich
Starring
John Cusack
Amanda Peet
Sophie Okonedo
Oliver Platt
Bobby Coleman
Joan Cusack
Cinematography
Robert D. Yeoman
Edited by
Bruce Green
Music by
Aaron Zigman
Production company
MERADIN Zweite Productions
Distributed by
New Line Cinema
Release date
November 2, 2007 (2007-11-02)
Running time
106 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$27 million[citation needed]
Box office
$9.4 million[1]
Martian Child is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Menno Meyjes and based on David Gerrold's 1994 novelette (not the expanded 2002 novel) of the same name. The film stars John Cusack as a writer who adopts a strange young boy (Bobby Coleman) who believes himself to be from Mars. The film was theatrically released on November 2, 2007, by New Line Cinema.
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