Nukie
| Nukie | |
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Canadian VHS poster for Nukie | |
| Directed by | Sias Odendaal Michael Pakleppa |
| Screenplay by | Sias Odendaal Ben Taylor |
| Story by | Sias Odendaal |
| Produced by | Gregory Cascante Joe Dreier Rolf Frederick Roy Sargeant Albie Venter Ian Walters Frederik Botha |
| Starring | Anthony Morrison Steve Railsback Glynis Johns Ronald France |
| Cinematography | Anthony Busbridge Horst Schier |
| Edited by | Avril Beukes Illo Endrulat Gaby Grausam Gisela Haugg Verena Neumann Roelf van Jaarsveld Scott Vickerby |
| Music by | Nic Pickard |
Production companies | Lars International Pictures Overseas Film Communications Limited |
| Distributed by | Lars International Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
Nukie is a 1987 South African science fiction film directed by Sias Odendaal and Michael Pakleppa, and based on an original story by Odendaal, who also wrote the screenplay with Ben Taylor. The film stars Anthony Morrison, Steve Railsback, Ronald France, and Glynis Johns. The plot concerns an alien, Nukie, who crash lands on Earth and seeks help from two children to reunite with his brother, Miko, who has been captured by the US government.
The film was considered a knock-off of Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and is also considered to be one of the worst films ever made.