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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1997 - 20.27 July

Sections & Films

THE WARRIOR OF WAVERLY STREET

Category: Edition 1997

Synopsis
Spencer, 12, after his mother's death, lives with his father and sister. His great passion is the science fiction comics with which he tries, disturbed by Turbo, a classmate, to conquer Michelle. One evening Spencer finds a space shuttle: inside a talking Cybertuta programmed to fight only when a human is wearing it. Spencer decides to try it but it's not easy to use it well. He will be forced to learn to save the earth from the monstrous Broodwarrior, an enemy of the Cyber.

Original Title The Warrior of Waverly Street
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 100'
Production Year 1997
Nationality USA
Directed by Manny Coto

 regista manny cotoMANNY COTO

Manuel "Manny" Hector Coto is a Cuban American writer, director and producer of films and television programs.
Coto was the executive producer and showrunner of Star Trek: Enterprise in its final season, and executive producer of four seasons of 24. He was an executive producer and writer for the fifth season of Emmy Award-winning hit Showtime series Dexter.
Coto graduated from the American Film Institute and has had much experience in sci-fi and fantasy genre. He wrote and directed an episode of Tales from the Crypt and also wrote an episode for and produced The Outer Limits when it was revived on Showtime in 1995. He was given the chance to create and write a series for Showtime after The Outer Limits was cancelled. The resulting series was Odyssey 5 and starred Peter Weller (Coto would later cast Weller in roles on Enterprise, 24, and Dexter).