And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird
| And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Tony Cookson |
| Produced by | Just Betzer |
| Written by | Tony Cookson |
| Starring |
Marcia Strassman Joshua John Miller Edan Gross John Quade Sam Behrens Alan Thicke Susan Gibney A.J. Langer Gustav Vintas Eric Walker Bill Smillie Robert Clotworthy Armin Shimerman Allan Wasserman Susan Brecht |
| Music by | Randy Miller |
| Cinematography | Paul Elliott |
| Edited by | Michael D. Ornstein |
Production company |
Panorama |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
Release date | November 15, 1991 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird is a 1991 science-fiction family film written and directed by Tony Cookson; foreign language releases were titled RoboDad.
Plot
Two boys, Joshua (Joshua John Miller) and Max (Edan Gross) attempt to invent a fully mobile robot with advanced artificial intelligence to help their mother, Sarah (Marcia Strassman) with household chores. However, after a playfully performed séance on Halloween, the ghost of their late father, Matthew (Alan Thicke), possesses the robot. The boys are overjoyed at the return of their father, but it soon becomes apparent that the people who stole their father's work are after their robot, Newman. Eventually, Matthew returns to the afterlife after setting his boys on the right path as they sell the plans for their robot to a rich Texan investor.