Spare Parts (2015 film)

Spare Parts
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySean McNamara
Written byElissa Matsueda
Based onLa Vida Robot
by Joshua Davis
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRichard Wong
Edited byMaysie Hoy
Music byAndres Levin
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • January 16, 2015 (2015-01-16)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • Mexico
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Budget$4 million[2]
Box office$3.6 million[3]

Spare Parts is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Sean McNamara and produced by David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Leslie Kolins Small, George Lopez, and Ben Odell. It is based on the Wired magazine article "La Vida Robot" (Robot Life) by Joshua Davis, about the true story of a group of students from a mainly Latino high school, who won first place over M.I.T. in the 2004 MATE ROV competition.[4][5] The film was released by Lions Gate Entertainment on January 16, 2015.

  1. ^ "Spare Parts - AMC Theatres". AMC Theatres. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Film Study". Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Spare Parts (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Carl Hayden Community High School home page". Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2018. Spare Parts, the movie about Carl Hayden's Robotics team's remarkable victory over MIT in 2004, opens in theatres nationwide, Friday, January 16
  5. ^ Davis, Joshua (April 1, 2005). "La Vida Robot". Wired. Retrieved June 15, 2015.