The Meteor Man

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The Meteor Man is a 1993 superhero comedy film about a mild-mannered teacher who gains superpowers from a meteor and becomes an unlikely neighborhood hero.

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instanceOf film
superhero comedy film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematography Bill Dill
countryOfOrigin United States
director Robert Townsend
distributedBy MGM/UA Distribution Co.
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editor John Carter
featuresFictionalGang Golden Lords
filmingLocation Los Angeles
Washington, D.C.
genre comedy film
superhero film
hasSuperpowers ability to absorb knowledge from books
flight
healing
super strength
telekinesis
hasTheme community empowerment
reluctant hero
urban crime
mainCharacter Jefferson Reed
musicBy Cliff Eidelman
notableFor one of the first major Black superhero films
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A mild-mannered teacher gains superpowers after being struck by a meteor and becomes a neighborhood hero.
producer Loretha C. Jones
Robert Townsend
productionCompany Tinsel Townsend Productions
protagonistOccupation schoolteacher
publicationDate 1993-08-06
ratingMPAA PG
releaseYear 1993
runtimeMinutes 100
screenwriter Robert Townsend
setIn Washington, D.C.
starring Bill Cosby
Cypress Hill
Eddie Griffin
linked to: Eddie G. Griffin

James Earl Jones
Luther Vandross
Marla Gibbs
Naughty by Nature
Robert Guillaume
Robert Townsend
Sinbad
writer Robert Townsend

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Richard Gant notableWork The Meteor Man
Lela Rochon Staples notableWork The Meteor Man
Robert Townsend notableWork The Meteor Man
Cliff Eidelman composedMusicFor The Meteor Man
Faizon Love notableWork The Meteor Man