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Solarbabies

Year:

1986

Duration:

UK:94 min | USA:94 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

4.8

Director:

Alan Johnson

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1986-11-26

Filming Locations: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Earnings

Gross: $1,579,260 (USA) Filming Dates 16 September 1985 Copyright Holder MGM Entertainment Company Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Jason Patric

Richard Jordan

Jami Gertz

Terra

Lukas Haas

Daniel

James Le Gros

Metron

Claude Brooks

Rabbit

Peter DeLuise

Tug

Peter Kowanko

Gavial (as Pete Kowanko)

Adrian Pasdar

Darstar

Sarah Douglas

Shandray

Charles Durning

The Warden

Frank Converse

Greentree

Terrence Mann

Ivor

Alexei Sayle

Malice

Bruce Payne

Dogger

Willoughby Gray

Canis

Kelly Bishop

Tutor Nover

Sam Hamann

Technician

Vin Burnham

Vendor

Carlin Andersen

Hooker

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Trivia

The end theme song, "Love Will Set You Free" performed and written by Smokey Robinson, is about Jesus offering an invitation for Christian discipleship, with direct quotes from Jesus' sermons in the Bible.

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The key speechless character, named "Bodhi", is also referred to in the film as the "Sphere of Longinus".

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All of the main characters' names are from enlightenment legends and myths from various cultures.

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Goofs

Daniel's shirt collar is on/off his shoulder between shots throughout the movie.

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How did "Greentree" and his people get that map to the Aqua Bunker? And, since he clearly doesn't have plans to storm the Bunker (as opposed to the Solarbabies), why would Greentree keep something he had no intention of ever using?

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Where did "Terra" get that book about rainstorms? And what convinced her that it's not mere "fiction?"

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Quotes

Terra: [showing her fellow Solarbabies a forbidden poetry book] ... You believe all that dog-squeeze they feed us in class? That's not the way it was. *Here's* how it used to be...

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Jason: [after Darstar has stolen Bodhi, and Daniel has gone after them alone] ... Blowing this Orphanage won't be like sneaking off to the Arena. It's not gonna be 20 meters in a ditch for this one, if we get caught; it's gonna mean a Mainstream Labor Site for us.

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Jason: [having found Bodhi in "Tiretown"] ... No! I said, FORGET GOING BACK.

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