| Martian Child | |
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| Directed by | Menno Meyjes |
| Screenplay by | Seth E. Bass Jonathan Tolins |
| Based on | The Martian Child by David Gerrold |
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| Cinematography | Robert D. Yeoman |
| Edited by | Bruce Green |
| Music by | Aaron Zigman |
Production company | MERADIN Zweite Productions |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27 million[citation needed] |
| Box office | $9.4 million[1] |
Martian Child is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Menno Meyjes and based on David Gerrold's 1994 novelette (not the expanded 2002 novel) of the same name. The film stars John Cusack as a writer who adopts a strange young boy (Bobby Coleman) who believes himself to be from Mars. The film was theatrically released on November 2, 2007, by New Line Cinema.