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Solarbabies

Solarbabies

From a distant star a powerful and mystical force comes to Earth. And for those brave enough to follow, it will change their lives forever.

19865.31h 34m

Overview

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

Directed by Alan Johnson
Written by Walon Green, D.A. Metrov
Produced by Mel Brooks, Jack Frost Sanders, Irene Walzer
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $1.6M

Top Cast

Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan

Grock

Jami Gertz

Jami Gertz

Terra

Jason Patric

Jason Patric

Jason

Lukas Haas

Lukas Haas

Daniel

James Le Gros

James Le Gros

Metron

C

Claude Brooks

Rabbit

Peter DeLuise

Peter DeLuise

Tug

Peter Kowanko

Peter Kowanko

Gavial

Adrian Pasdar

Adrian Pasdar

Darstar

Sarah Douglas

Sarah Douglas

Shandray

Themes & Keywords

dystopiapost-apocalyptic futureroller-skatingdroughtgang violencerebel gangshockey

About Solarbabies

Solarbabies is a science fiction, action, adventure, romance film released in 1986 exploring themes of dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, roller-skating, drought, gang violence, rebel gangs. Directed by Alan Johnson, it stars Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric. In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

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