Mac and Me
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| Directed by | Stewart Raffill |
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| Cinematography | Nick McLean |
| Edited by | Tom Walls |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Production companies | Mac and Me Joint Venture |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures (North America) Vision International (International) |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $6.4 million |
Mac and Me is a 1988 American science fiction film directed by Stewart Raffill, and co-written with Steve Feke. Starring Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, and Tina Caspary alongside Lauren Stanley and Jade Calegory, it centers on a "Mysterious Alien Creature" (MAC) who escapes from nefarious NASA agents and befriends the boy Eric. Together, the two search for Mac's family, from whom he has been separated.
The film performed poorly at the box office and was universally panned by critics, partly due to plot lines similar to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), as well as its elaborate product placement of McDonald's food and Coca-Cola. It was nominated for four Golden Raspberry Awards and won Worst Director and Worst New Star (for Ronald McDonald). However, it received four Youth in Film Awards nominations. Due to its poor reception, Orion Pictures cancelled the planned sequel. While regarded as one of the worst films ever made, it has for that reason become an ironic cult classic, and was featured during the twelfth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000.