D.A.R.Y.L.

Duration: 99

Genre: sci-fi

Year Published: 1985

Creator: Films Incorporated

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Barret Oliver, Michael McKean, Mary Beth Hurt, Colleen Camp

Description: The main character of this science fiction fable is Daryl, the perfect son, well-mannered, athletic and extremely intelligent. D.A.R.Y.L. (an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform) is also a test-tube baby with a programmed brain. When a top-secret military organization wants the robot boy for dangerous, technological experiments, his adoptive parents are powerless to stop them from claiming him. (Circulates)
Genre/FormFeature films.

"Daryl" (Daryl) is an experiment in artificial intelligence, created by the government. His brain is actually a supersophisticated computer with several unique capabilities. The D.A.R.Y.L. experiment was funded by the military, with the intention of producing a super-soldier. One of the original scientists has misgivings about the experiment and decides to free Daryl, but is killed in the process.

Complete Record: The main character of this science fiction fable is Daryl, the perfect son, well-mannered, athletic and extremely intelligent. D.A.R.Y.L. (an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform) is also a test-tube baby with a programmed brain. When a top-secret military organization wants the robot boy for dangerous, technological experiments, his adoptive parents are powerless to stop them from claiming him. (Circulates) Genre/FormFeature films.

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