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The Brother from Another Planet
Director: John Sayles Run Time: 109 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1984
Starring: Ginny Yang, Joe Morton, Ray Ramirez, Rosanna Carter, Yves Rene
Joe Morton is a three-toed space alien who crashes into Ellis Island. Wandering around Manhattan, he ends up using his healing powers to land a job and a place in Harlem. MIB agents (not the good Will Smith kind) hunt him down, trying to give him the boot from planet Earth. It’s a metaphor!