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Android (1982)

Android poster
Directed by
Aaron Lipstadt
Genre
action film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A scientist and his humanlike android assistant work alone on a secret project inside a space station. When three outlaws stop by for repairs, tensions and secrets start to surface.

low-budget1980s-sci-fiisolatedquirkymeasuredunpolished

What happens

Android is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Aaron Lipstadt and starring Don Keith Opper and Klaus Kinski. The film tells the story of a scientist and his assistant who are working on an illegal android program in their laboratory on a space station in deep space. The film was voted Best Science Fiction Film in 1983 by The Age, but received a mixed reaction from critics and viewers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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