The Tommyknockers
A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutates.
- Director:John Power
- Genre:Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- Runtime:180 minutes
Cast
Jimmy Smits : Jim ‘Gard’ Gardner
Marg Helgenberger : Roberta ‘Bobbi’ Anderson
John Ashton : Trooper Butch Duggan
Allyce Beasley : Deputy Becka Paulson
Robert Carradine : Bryant Brown
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The plot of the miniseries follows fairly closely to the spirit of King’s original novel. Due to length, certain elements obviously needed to be condensed or left out entirely. The miniseries is set in the fictional town of Haven, Maine. The events of the story begin when Bobbi Anderson (Helgenberger) stumbles in the woods behind her house, and begins excavating the object that she tripped over. This turns out to be an alien spacecraft, which causes the townspeople to undergo a series of changes as it is unearthed. Their appearance changes, as they lose their teeth and their skin takes on a deathly pallor. They are also struck with wondrous ideas, creating many strange and sometimes deadly devices.
Bobbi’s best friend, Jim ‘Gard’ Gardner (Smits) is relatively impervious to the changes taking place in the town, as a result of a large steel plate in his head, a souvenir of a skiing accident. As the townspeople’s transformation continues, Gard sees what is going on, and vows to find a way to stop it. After the ship has been excavated and the Tommyknockers themselves have been revealed, Gardner finds his way on to the ship. Powered by his mind, Gardner reactivates the ship and flies it away, killing himself in the process. In major departures from the novel, Gard isn’t forced to kill an insane Bobbi, and the townspeople begin to revert back to their original selves after the link to the ship has been severed. Read more
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