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Running time 99 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $13 million Box office $6.4 million (domestic) Mac and Me is a 1988 American film co-written (with Steve Feke) and directed. Starring, and Tina Caspary alongside Lauren Stanley and Jade Calegory in their only film appearances, the film centers on a 'Mysterious Alien Creature' (MAC) that escapes from nefarious agents and is befriended by a wheelchair-using boy named Eric Cruise. Together, Eric and MAC try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated. Despite praise for Calegory's lead performance, the film met with widespread critical censure.
Reviewers noted imitation of numerous concepts from (1982) and excessive (mainly of and ) as its principal flaws. The film was nominated for four while winning and (for ). On the other hand, it received four (now Young Artist Awards) nominations. The film holds a at website and is widely regarded as one of the. It has however, attained.
Contents. Plot A spacecraft has landed on an unknown planet and begins to take rock and soil samples. Four aliens discover it and are sucked up through its vacuum after which it makes its way back to Earth.
The aliens are able to escape from a military base by using their powers (with which they can destroy or heal anything they touch). During the escape, the youngest one hides in a passing van occupied by a wheelchair-using boy named Eric Cruise, his older brother Michael and their single mother Janet who are moving to from. Shortly after the Cruise family arrives at their new home, Eric becomes suspicious of the alien's presence. The next morning, he finds that it ends up ruining much of the house and learns its identity but is blamed alongside Michael by Janet for what has happened.
After seeing it again, Eric tries to catch up to it, but ends up sliding down a hill and falling into a lake where he nearly drowns but is rescued by it. He is not believed at all when he tries to tell his family about its actions. Later that night, he sets a trap with the help of his new friend Debbie who has also seen the alien. They trap it inside a vacuum cleaner which malfunctions and causes the entire neighborhood to suffer a power surge. After it is released, Michael now believes Eric but it leaves before Janet can be convinced. Eric's behavior towards it changes after it fixes all of the damage it caused to the house and leaves behind several newspaper clippings which Eric believes are an attempt to communicate. Agents Wickett and Zimmerman, who were present when the aliens had escaped from the base, have tracked down the youngest one to the Cruise residence.
They are immediately recognized by Eric and Michael. Eric is forced to take the alien whom he has now named MAC (Mysterious Alien Creature) to a birthday party at a restaurant where Debbie's older sister Courtney works.
Wickett and Zimmerman follow but now disguised in a teddy bear suit, MAC starts a dance number as a distraction and escapes with Eric on his wheelchair. Wickett and Zimmerman chase them through a nearby neighborhood and shopping mall with additional help but they are rescued by Michael. Having witnessed the chase in the mall, Janet catches up to Wickett and Zimmerman and inadvertently learns from the former that MAC is indeed real. Eric, Michael, Debbie and Courtney decide to help reunite MAC with the other three aliens which they learn are his family.
With his help, they travel towards the outskirts of and manage to find them in an abandoned mine. While stopping at a supermarket, they accidentally alert security.
After MAC's father steals a gun from a security guard, the police arrive and an unintended shootout takes place in the parking lot followed by an explosion with Eric being caught in the crossfire and killed. Once Wickett, Zimmerman and Janet arrive by helicopter, MAC and his family use their powers to bring Eric back to life. For saving Eric, MAC and his family are granted with the Cruise family, their neighbors, Wickett and Zimmerman in attendance at the ceremony. The film ends with MAC's father driving his family along with the kids who helped them.
Cast. as Janet Cruise. as Michael Cruise. Jade Calegory as Eric Cruise.
Tina Caspary as Courtney (credited as Katrina Caspary). Lauren Stanley as Debbie. as Scientist. as Wickett. as Jack, Jr.
as. and appear as uncredited Production Development Producer R.J. Louis had previously worked on advertising campaigns with and had an association with their charitable arm (RMHC). He explained that at the time was 'even more well-known than ', but that was close behind and thus felt that the next 'generation' needed an E.T.
Of their own. Louis was required to negotiate the rights to use the McDonald's brand and its elements within the film. He pitched the project as a endeavor which could be promoted at its restaurants, and with its profits helping to support RMHC. Some have reported that the film was—at least partially—financed by McDonald's, which Louis denies.
However, he did receive funding from, a food service distributor closely associated with McDonald's; Louis had encountered its CEO in his efforts to pitch the film and was attracted by its charitable goals. Despite McDonald's specifying that they did not want Ronald McDonald to appear in the film, he nonetheless appeared in a scene set at a McDonald's restaurant which featured an extended dance sequence. The character also appeared in the.
Louis noted that he was one of the first to leverage the chain as a platform for promoting films; would later enter into a long-term deal with McDonald's to cross-promote its properties such as films through in store campaigns such as although this relationship ended in May 2006, amid pressure to reduce the promotion of to children. Despite this, Louis remarked that he was 'still the only person in the universe that ever had the exclusive motion picture rights to the McDonald's trademark, their actors, their characters and the whole company.' Stewart Raffill , who had made a number of family films, was brought on as director despite the film not even having a script written yet. He says he was recommended to the producer by James Brolin, who Raffill made High Risk with. Raffill later recalled: I was hired out of the blue. And the producer asked me to come down to the office. So I did and he had a whole crew there, a whole crew on the payroll.
It was amazing. He had the transportation captain.
The camera department head. The Production Manager.
He had everybody already hired and I said, 'Well, what's the script?' And he said, 'We don't have a script. I don't like the script. You have to write the script. You're gonna have to write it quick so prep the movie and write the script on the weekends.' The crew aimed to distinguish the film from E.T.
By having Mac be a member of a family and having powers and skills. Raffill says the producer wanted to use an actor who was handicapped.
'So he found a kid who had spina bifida. The kid had never acted before, but he was a wonderful kid. But when they finished it was as if the fact that they used a real encumbered person to play the person didn’t mean anything to even the people who lived in the world.' Raffill says 'the moment Disney heard we had this deal with McDonald’s, they went in and hammered out a three year deal to get all their toys put in their Happy Meals and have that relationship with Coca-Cola. As such, the McDonald’s people were then not particularly enthused with us as they now had Disney, but they had to fulfill their arrangement with us.'
Filming In one scene, Eric Cruise (played by Calegory, who has and uses a wheelchair in real life ) is seen rolling off a cliff in his wheelchair; Raffill noted that he performed a portion of the stunt himself, explaining that 'it's very hard to do physical things when you're in that condition. It's very hard to make a wheelchair work, because it's not a very balanced thing. When you start going fast in a wheelchair, you place tremendous risk on the child, so you have to try and figure out how to do that in a controlled fashion.' The shooting of Eric was explicitly shown in the release of the film. Music Soundtrack The film's soundtrack album was released by, featuring one track from its by and the 'Take Me (I'll Follow You)'.
Track listing:. 'You're Not a Stranger Anymore (Theme from Mac and Me)' - Jara Lane (3:42). 'Take Me (I'll Follow You)' - (5:32). 'You Knew What You Were Doing (Every Inch of the Way)' - Marcy Levy (3:30).
'Down to Earth' - (5:27). 'Waves' - Debbie Lytton (3:44).
'Send Out a Signal' - Larry Hart (4:31). 'Wait and Break My Heart Tomorrow' - The Flint River Band (4:40).
'Overture (Theme from Mac and Me)' - Alan Silvestri (4:24) Score In 2014, Quartet Records released a limited edition disc (1000 copies) of Silvestri's complete score. The disc also includes 'You're Not a Stranger Anymore (Theme from Mac and Me)' and 'Take Me (I'll Follow You),' which Silvestri co-wrote for the film. Reception Box office The film premiered in on August 5, 1988 with a release following on August 12. A, it grossed $6,424,112 in the U.S.
Against a $13 million budget. It had a profit-sharing arrangement with.
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Critical response Upon release, the film was widely panned as a duplication of 's (1982). Critic Michael Wilmington wrote: 'It's an amazingly bald-faced copy of E.T., even though this is E.T. In a sticky wrapper, left under the heater two hours too long. Almost everything in the earlier movie has a double here.' Richard Harrington of amended the famed 'E.T., phone home' phrase to 'E.T., call lawyer' and said: 'Why is it so hard to like this film? Having seen it done so much better by Spielberg doesn't help, of course.'
The contrivance of the 'Mysterious Alien Creature' being referred to by the acronym 'MAC' (the 's signature product is the ), a dance number at a McDonald's featuring and characters' wearing of McDonald's clothing, prompted journalist Chris Hicks to declare: 'I'm not sure I've ever seen a movie that is as crass a 90-minute commercial as Mac and Me.' Hicks along with of observed additional promotion of and —the latter brand carried, the McDonald's line of children's clothing. James also took exception to the 'awfully irresponsible' treatment of wheelchair-using main character Eric Cruise, who is placed in potentially dangerous situations before MAC intervenes. Calegory's lead performance however was named a highlight by several critics, and the filmmakers garnered praise for their use of a disabled protagonist.
's Brian Costello in a retrospective review, noted the film's marketing of candy and described its as being 'as obnoxious and tacky as you can get'. He allowed however that the film is a 'so-bad-it's-good E.T.
Based on 24 critical reviews, it holds a at website with an average score of 2.7/10. The site's consensus reads: ' Mac and Me is duly infamous: not only is it a pale imitation of E.T., it's also a thinly-veiled feature length commercial for McDonald's and Coca-Cola.' Accolades. (; shared with for ). (R.J. Louis) ( nominated; lost to ).
(Stewart Raffill and Steve Feke) ( nominated; lost to for Cocktail). ( nominated; lost to ). (Jade Calegory) ( nominated; lost to: and for ). (Tina Caspary) ( nominated; lost to in ). (Lauren Stanley) ( nominated; lost to Mayim Bialik in Beaches) Legacy The film is widely regarded as one of the, with noting that it is 'frequently pulled out in 'worst film of all time' arguments'. Filmmaker cited it as the most egregious example of in cinema history, as well as the 'worst thing you'll ever see in your entire life'.
It was also named the worst film ever in the, as well as by broadcaster and writer/producer. Michael Hayden of referred to it as 'hands down the worst family movie in Hollywood history'.
It has nevertheless become a. Lindelof allowed that it is 'the fifth-best alien comedy ever made', and it has appeared in various 'so-bad-it's-good' listings. Jim Vorel of ranked it no.
52 in 'The 100 Best 'B Movies' of All Time' (noting that it cannot be 'enjoyed un-ironically'), while journalist Jeff Steinbrunner placed it at no. 1 in 'The 10 Most Shameless Product Placements in Movie History', calling it 'unintentionally awesome' and 'almost genius'.
Wrote: 'As an accidentally riotous failure, Mac and Me comes highly recommended, but its real purpose requires a line of shot glasses. Everyone must take a shot whenever Raffill's film displays one of its countless product placements.' The film is part of a by actor. When appearing as a guest on and O'Brien's later show, Rudd would perform a ' by routinely showing the same clip from it (in which Eric Cruise, watched by MAC, loses control of his wheelchair and falls off a cliff into a lake) instead of showing clips from the actual films he was ostensibly promoting. While giving an interview alongside co-star in 2016, Rudd expressed his appreciation of its 'blatant' advertising of, 'unearned' positioning of ballad 'Take Me (I'll Follow You)', and inclusion of a fly landing on MAC's nose, declaring: 'I love it. It's so good'.
Evans also professed to 'love' the film, noting that he 'grew up on it'. The film is one of six movies featured in Season 12 of. Cancelled sequel The film ends with the text 'We'll be back!'
But given its unpopularity, the planned sequel did not materialize. Producer R.J. Louis spoke of the ending in a 2017 interview and did not rule out a follow-up. He claimed there is public interest because home video sales made Mac and Me profitable for and opined that MAC would resonate with modern, young moviegoers. See also., a 2013 Filipino family comedy film similarly criticized for product placement References. July 22, 1988.
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Another damn white rapper. Did we not learn our lesson from? I refused to click on the when I came across 's K.I.D.S mixtape in 2010.
Eventually, the murmurs of a Wiz Khalifa co-sign gave me the motivation I needed to go on my cruddy family desktop and download the tape to my iPod classic. All of a sudden, I couldn't stop running it back.
I came across some of his music videos, and this clean shaven, brightly smiling kid only three or four years older than me was really spitting. Soon enough, I watched Mac change, navigate life, and fight to not lose himself, all while feeling those same feelings myself. Back then, when the sun blazed and the final school bell rang, it was time to hit the Curtis High School handball courts; if the surrounding Staten Island streets were quiet enough, you could hear the honk of the ferry casting off to Manhattan. There was a lot going on: some couples hooked up, other kids smoked under the shade of the playground's sole tree, and a few were drenched in sweat from putting in work on the court. I sat directly outside the white lines of the square, iPhone in hand, mashing the volume button wishing it would play louder. When people strolled over to me they usually chastised my music taste, but not when I was playing Mac Miller. “” was the song.
When that track played through the shitty iPhone speakers, kids would rap along, some still with a blunt in hand, wearily keeping a side eye for any type of authority figure. We were 15 years old and all we wanted to do was hang out, talk shit, and play handball until our palms callused. Mac Miller knew this: “Yeah, I live a life pretty similar to yours/Used to go to school, hang with friends, and play sports.” I sure as hell wasn't brave enough to bring up Mac Miller around my high school basketball team, though.
The unspoken rule was if you dared to discuss any rapper that wasn't Fabolous, your ass was getting cooked. In a team study hall, I watched as one of the two white kids on our team finger-stomped on the mouse trying to get Mac's “” video to load.
He wanted to show a couple of my teammates what he was messing with. I watched as the group passed around a single headphone, waiting for the roast.
But it never came. The next day, “Nikes on My Feet” rang through the locker room from iPhone speakers. It was the first time I witnessed how Mac's music wasn't a white thing, a smoker thing, a misfit thing. He was for everyone in our generation. Social media was the shift I couldn't adapt to at first. This new extension to my life just made me feel like a sad sack as I watched kids my age turn to successes overnight.
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And there I was, still in school, making no progress, wishing it all would speed up. Mac dropped Best Day Ever when I was 16, and the sound of the tape was still as light and fluffy as K.I.D.S, but that youthful optimism was starting to fade: “Hopefully I'll be at the top soon/For now I'm at my house watching cartoons.” Like me and so many teenagers, he felt stuck, as if he was just taking part in a series of empty actions. Online life was changing me, and I drifted away from Mac's music. When Blue Slide Park came and went I swore off of the pop-rap wave that tons of kids were championing on Facebook and dove deeper into the internet. The music that resonated with me became darker.
I would log onto YouTube and listen to every low-quality track I could get my hands on. From afar, Mac was growing in stride with me. He was falling into the same internet rabbit holes I was, drifting away from his old sound, evolving at the era's hyperspeed pace. I wouldn't come back to Mac's music again until the weeks leading up to my high school graduation, around the time he dropped his 2013 album Watching Movies with the Sound Off.
Mac was experiencing a graduation of his own and he seemed as scared about his next phase—about alienating the fanbase he had attained—as I was going away to a college I picked on a whim. That summer, I worked in the frozen food aisle of a grocery store, packing vegetables, with one headphone in and the other dangling so I could still hear customers' questions. Some days I would just hide in the back freezer, running back Watching Movies with the Sound Off until my fingertips were too numb to scroll on my phone.
During the final days of my freshman year of college, Mac dropped his opus,. The jazzy, lo-fi project was a complete 180 degree turn from his earlier work. It's a project rooted in darkness made during a time in his life where he had spiraled into a drug-fueled gloom.
Through the bleakness (“Shoulda died already.”) there are glimpses of optimism. Moments of hope, where he begins to think it can only get better from here. There's a level of awareness to it all here that's not found in some of Mac's earlier music, where his feelings battle with each other. Faces was the first time my growth wasn't in stride with Mac, but it made me aware of the connection I had built with him. That connection made his passing a completely new experience for me.
This is the first time I've suffered through the loss of an artist that I grew up with. Mac matured side-by-side with me and so many teenagers and, like us, he had no idea what he was doing. We were all just figuring it out, and having Mac Miller there as our vessel to the outside world made it all seem a little more livable.