# Star Kid

Star Kid is a 1998 independent science fantasy-family film about a kid named Spencer who comes across a piece of alien technology, a Phase One Assault Cyborsuit. Accompanied by the Cyborsuit and a former antagonist, Spencer saves Earth by defeating an alien villain.
    Written and directed by Manny Coto.

## Spencer Griffith

* Check it out: I'm Shaquille O'Neal.
* Hello, Crystal Bluff. There's a new kid in town.
* [after being attacked by a broodwarrior] Why does everyone want to beat me up‽
* It's head-crushing time.

## Phase One Assault Cyborsuit

* [to Turbo] There is no escape, Earthling.
* I am a prototype.
* I am sorry, Earth biotic Spencer.

## Manfred "Turbo" Bruntley

* Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
** See Ignorantia juris non excusat.
* You are USDA choice dead meat.
* Don't take my brain! I can get you lots of brains!
* [about the broodwarrior] He's humongous. I bet he doesn't even [[work outvoted is on a new

## Stacey Griffith

* I can't babysit the little scab juice tonight!
* A little survival tip: stay out of my way!

## Others

* Janet Holloway: I used to be scared to death of spiders. [places tarantula in Spencer's hands] Hold still now. Yeah, I almost fainted once when a little garden spider crawled into my bedroom. Yeah, I told my dad about it; you know what he did? He bought me a tarantula just like Leo G there. He knew I'd have to change my tarantula's water, and that meant sticking my hand in the terrarium. If I didn't give him water, the tarantula would die. My dad figured I couldn't let that happen, even to a spider. He was right: I stuck my hand in that terrarium—oh, that first time. Oh, man, I was so scared. But you know what? It got easier. Pretty soon, I wasn't even scared anymore. In fact, I go so into spiders, I started studying them, and I found science, and I became the world's greatest science teacher. … Point is, if you run away from the things you're scared of, it doesn't get any better. The fear doesn't go away; in fact, it just gets worse. Trust me.
* Nadia: [selling Cyborsuit shirts to fellow kids] Look, we gotta make a profit here. You're just gonna have to tell your mom to increase your allowance.
* Narrator: [from the trailer] …comes the story of two friends who must join forces to save two worlds…if they don't destroy this one first.

## Dialogue

    Spencer Griffith: Hello?
    Phase One Assault Cyborsuit: Hello?
    Spencer: You can talk?
    Cyborsuit: You can talk?
    Spencer: Of course I can talk.
    Cyborsuit: Of course I can talk.
    Spencer: Cut it out.
    Cyborsuit: Cut it out. Language data reoriented to English.
    Cyborsuit: [to Turbo] You are USAD—
    Spencer: No, USDA.
    Cyborsuit: —er, USDA choice dead meat.
    Spencer: What do you call a cow with no feet?
    Cyborsuit: Insufficient data.
    Spencer: Err! Wrong! "Ground beef," get it?
    Cyborsuit: [silence]
    Spencer: We better hit the road.
    Cyborsuit: We must strike asphalt.
    Spencer: Oahh! What is this?
    Cyborsuit: One synthesised nebular burger. All non-essential compounds have been filtered out.
    Spencer: Oh. I'm eating a Cyborsuit turd.

## Tagline

* You know what they say, if the cyborsuit fits, go kick some alien butt!

## Notable credits

* In Memory of Soraya Amin

## Quotes about the film

* Unless you're a boy between the ages of about 8 and 13, you're likely to find little of interest in this picture.
** James Berardinelli, "Star Kid Review," ReelViews.net (13 January 1998).
* "Star Kid,'' written and directed by Manny Coto, has a sweet heart and a lot of sly wit, and the symbiosis between boy and cyborg is handled cleverly. For kids of a certain age, it pushes the right buttons.
** Roger Ebert, "Star Kid," RogerEbert.com (16 January 1998).

## Cast

* Joseph Mazzello — Spencer Griffith
* Joey Simmrin — Manfred "Turbo" Bruntley
* Alex Daniels — Cyborsuit
** Arthur Burghardt — Cyborsuit (voice)
* Brian Simpson — the Broodwarrior
* Richard Gilliland — Roland Griffith
* Corinne Bohrer — Janet Holloway
* Ashlee Levitch — Stacey Griffith
* Danny Masterson — Kevin
* Lauren Eckstrom — Michelle Eberhardt
* Jack McGee — Hank Bruntley
* Bobby Porter — Nath the Treklin
* Larry Nicholas — Tenris De-Thar the Trelkin
* Rusty Hanson — Trelkin
* Terry Castillo — Trelkin

## External links

* Star Kid quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Star Kid at Mojo
* Star Kid at Rotten Tomatoes