Joey (1985 film)

Joey
Joey
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roland Emmerich
Written by	Roland Emmerich; Hans J. Haller; Thomas Lechner;
Produced by	Willi Segler; Alena Rimbach; James Melkonian;
Starring	Joshua Morrell; Eva Kryll; Jan Zierold; Tammy Shields; Barbara Klein; Matthias Kraus;
Cinematography	Egon Werdin
Edited by	Carl Colpaert; Alan Toomayan; Tomy Wigand;
Music by	Paul Gilreath
Production; company	Centropolis Film Productions
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release dates	November 21, 1985 (West Germany); December 27, 1985 (United States);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German (Shot in English)

Joey, also known as Making Contact, is a 1985 West German techno-horror-fantasy film from Centropolis Film Productions (now Centropolis Entertainment). The film was co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich.

Plot[]

The plot concerns a 9-year-old boy named Joey (Joshua Morell) who loses his father, but makes contact with what he believes is his deceased parent via a small phone and is terrorized by a ventriloquist dummy named Fletcher who is possessed by a demon. The doll summons other demons and evil forces to threaten his friends, mother, enemies, city as only Joey must go into the spirit world to destroy this evil in a battle of good vs. evil.^[1] The boy develops the power of telekinesis, which soon gets out of hand.^[2]

Cast[]

Joshua Morrell
Eva Kryll
Jan Zierold
Tammy Shields
Barbara Klein
Matthias Kraus

Release[]

Joey was released in North America as Making Contact. The North American version was heavily cut and ran 79 minutes. Joey was subsequently released as a 2 disc DVD set featuring the original 98 minute version along with the edited North American cut. In 2016, Kino Lorber has announced a Blu-ray with a new high definition transfer and newly produced special features.

Making Contact was riffed for the 2022 Mystery Science Theater 3000 LIVE: Time Bubble Tour.

References[]

^ Haase, Christine (2007). When Heimat Meets Hollywood: German Filmmakers and America, 1985–2005. Boydell & Brewer. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-57113-279-6.
^ Mannikka, Eleanor (2012). "Joey (1985)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

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[1] Haase, Christine (2007). When Heimat Meets Hollywood: German Filmmakers and America, 1985–2005. Boydell & Brewer. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-57113-279-6.

[2] Mannikka, Eleanor (2012). "Joey (1985)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

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