Name the movie: A kid with a walkie-talkie and an action figure that comes to li!
Question: Cloak & Dagger (1984)
starring Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Christina Nigra, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntire, Michael Murphy, William Forsythe, Robert DoQui, Linden Chiles, Tim Rossovich
IMDB synopsis:
11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father is preoccupied with his own problems, has retreated into a world of video games and an imaginary hero-pal, the swashbuckling superspy Jack Flack. When an FBI agent about to be murdered slips him a video cartridge containing top-secret data, Davey is suddenly plunged into the intrigue and danger of real-life espionage. No adult believes his story, so he must run a gauntlet of violence and villainy aided only by a younger girl and the encouragement of his imaginary hero at his side. NOTE: Jack Flack is the name of the action figure he carries. Dabney Coleman plays the boy's father and Jack Flack.
TRIVIA:
The video game which is central to the movie had already been in development as production of the film began (the game then named "Agent X"); when Atari was consulted to provide a game as an element of the movie, they tweaked "Agent X" and renamed it Cloak & Dagger. Dabney Coleman's character was then named "Agent X" in the movie. The game saw limited arcade release.
The boy and girl communicate via walkie-talkies, much to her embarrassment. That's why I think that it's this film, not "Small Soldiers", for example. The boy pictures the action figure as a full-size person~who happens to look like his often-absent father. I have to admit that I have watched this film many times since it came to HBO back in 1985. I especially like it because the adults aren't made to act ridiculous, adding to the menace in the film; they plan to kill the boy, and the script doesn't dance around that fact. The boy and girl act like children their age should, and I find it amusing that the girl, who is younger, sometimes looks askance at the boy's antics, as if to say, "Grow up!" *giggle*
Answers: Cloak & Dagger (1984)
starring Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Christina Nigra, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntire, Michael Murphy, William Forsythe, Robert DoQui, Linden Chiles, Tim Rossovich
IMDB synopsis:
11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father is preoccupied with his own problems, has retreated into a world of video games and an imaginary hero-pal, the swashbuckling superspy Jack Flack. When an FBI agent about to be murdered slips him a video cartridge containing top-secret data, Davey is suddenly plunged into the intrigue and danger of real-life espionage. No adult believes his story, so he must run a gauntlet of violence and villainy aided only by a younger girl and the encouragement of his imaginary hero at his side. NOTE: Jack Flack is the name of the action figure he carries. Dabney Coleman plays the boy's father and Jack Flack.
TRIVIA:
The video game which is central to the movie had already been in development as production of the film began (the game then named "Agent X"); when Atari was consulted to provide a game as an element of the movie, they tweaked "Agent X" and renamed it Cloak & Dagger. Dabney Coleman's character was then named "Agent X" in the movie. The game saw limited arcade release.
The boy and girl communicate via walkie-talkies, much to her embarrassment. That's why I think that it's this film, not "Small Soldiers", for example. The boy pictures the action figure as a full-size person~who happens to look like his often-absent father. I have to admit that I have watched this film many times since it came to HBO back in 1985. I especially like it because the adults aren't made to act ridiculous, adding to the menace in the film; they plan to kill the boy, and the script doesn't dance around that fact. The boy and girl act like children their age should, and I find it amusing that the girl, who is younger, sometimes looks askance at the boy's antics, as if to say, "Grow up!" *giggle*
isn't that the "Last Action Hero" starring Arnold Schw.......
Small Soliders comes to mind, however--it was early 90s...and Phil Hartman's last film.
Toy soldiers but that was the 90's