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John SaylesThe Brother from Another Planet (1984)

A mute alien is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem in this thought-provoking cult classic.

The AVI has dual-audio, with John Sayles commentary on track 2
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This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: John Sayles
Producer: John Sayles
Production Company: Anarchist's Convention Films
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: Comedy; Drama; Sci-Fi

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Reviewer: N Xs - - May 5, 2009
Subject: Anarchists Convention, my ass
This is a very good low budget flick, one I'd easily give 4 stars to. However on conventional players like MPlayer, you get a film with director's comments overdubbed- both copyrighted works I believe. Go out and spend the 6 bucks for the real thing, it's well worth it-- but this upload should be removed since it only jeopardizes the point of a PD archive. Minus 2 stars for rationalizing intellectual property theft.

Reviewer: robmh - - March 30, 2009
Subject: Favourite
Easily one of the best public domain films on this site.

Reviewer: JambuWax - - June 28, 2008
Subject: Good natural conversations
Fine movie which grows on you after first watching. The ending was a bit hastily rounded up I thought.

Reviewer: Phyrkrakr - - June 23, 2008
Subject: Excellent movie
Well acted and directed, featuring several "that guy" actors early in their careers, such as Joe Morton, Steve James, and David Strathairn.

For those worried about copyright, note that this is a restored version produced by the Anarchists' Convention from the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Excellent quality and features a separate commentary track accessible with VLC or another high quality video player.

Reviewer: varul2010 - - June 20, 2008
Subject: nice movie
like an older version of matrix

Reviewer: b11761500s - - May 30, 2008
Subject: Worth viewing
This kept your attention all the way. Well casted, well filmed, true to the hood, witty, funny. If it was really made for half mill, it was a great movie on a tight budget.

Reviewer: pureannoyance - - May 27, 2008
Subject: Copyright?
This is the only download site that cares about copyrights, if its on here you can bet its ok.
But, with IFC and other groups involved in this copy of the film its very hard to take it as a fact.

Great film for only having a $400,000 budget.

Reviewer: mjc - - May 26, 2008
Subject: Coywright
Does anyone here seriously believe this is not under copyright protection? Made in 1984 and with Director's Comments, it's a straight rip from a DVD.

It's a great movie, I'm glad it's available for those who wouldn't rent it, and maybe John Sayles gave permission for it's use, but that should be shown somewhere.

Reviewer: slugs and urchins - - May 20, 2008
Subject: out of this world
Heavy on the irony but very fun to watch, and very different from most of the Sci Fi.

Reviewer: flickfdude - - May 14, 2008
Subject: worth watching
Anamorphic widescreen.
Really not bad. Strange but not bad.