Batteries Not Included (1987)
Genres: Science Fiction, Comedy
Cast: Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn
Batteries Not Included is a 1987 American science fiction comedy film directed by Matthew Robbins about small extraterrestrial living spaceships that save an apartment block under threat from property development. The story was originally intended to be featured in the television series Amazing Stories, but executive producer Steven Spielberg liked the idea so much that he decided to adapt it into a film. It was the feature film screenwriting debut of Brad Bird.