Themes: Fighting the System, Culture Clash, Mutants
Main Cast: Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett, Larry Hankin, Sidney Lassick
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
This drama follows an unlikely "ratboy" (S.L. Baird) after he is discovered living in a makeshift shelter in a garbage dump. Along comes Nikki Morrison (Sondra Locke, also the director) who meets the half-rodent, half-human creature and takes him over. She talks to a Hollywood producer and holds forth about him on a television talk show but when she brings ratboy to a press conference, he bolts for freedom -- enough is enough. The garbage dump was better. From that point onward, Nikki begins to change her mind about her treatment of the misbegotten creature and he develops an ambivalent feeling for her. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Gerritt Graham - Billy Morrison; Louie Anderson - Omer Morrison; S.L. Baird - Ratboy; Billie Bird - Psychic; Gordon Anderson - Ratboy; Sharon Baird; Charles Bartlett - Catullus Cop; Steve Bassett - Reporter at Dump; Lisa Cloud - Zu Zu; Lee de Broux - Catullus Cop; M.C. Gainey - Police Officer; Brett Halsey - Mr. Manes; Tiger Haynes - Derelict Ralph; Sam Ingraffia - Studio Guard; Jeffrey Josephson - Catullus Cop; Peter Looney - Catullus Cop; Jon Lovitz - Party Guest; Bill Maher - Party Guest; Albert Michel, Jr. - Gang Leader; Lloyd Nelson - Reporter at Dump; Virginia Peters - Beggar Woman; Gary Riley - Bill; Casey Sander - Stagehand; Jonathan Schmock - Party Guest; Clifford Shegog - Heavy's Bodyguard; Don Sparks - Cameraman; Tim Thomerson; John Witherspoon - Heavy; Karen Witter - Party Guest; Damita Jo Freeman - Louise; George McGrath - Party Guest; Durk Pearson - Merv's Guest; Sandy Shaw - Merv's Guest; Kathleen Wilhoite - Party Guest; Ed Williams - Lake Reporter; Bob Yerkes - Stagehand; Nina Blackwood - MTV Vee-Jay; Michael Canavan - Production Assistant; Theresa de Paolo - Theater Reporter; Diane Delan - Aurora; Lisa Figueroa - Trudy; Winifred Freedman - Girl Friend; Courtney Gadny - Kid in Car; Grant Loud - Diver; Diz McNally - Party Guest; Wendi Morrison - Party Guest; Dahlia Pujol - Singing Bag Lady; Julie Silliman - Party Guest; James Vallely - Party Guest; Don Woodard - Party Guest; Mike Johnson - Stagehand
Credit
Glenn Wright - Costume Designer, Sondra Locke - Director, Joel Cox - Editor, Lennie Niehaus - Composer (Music Score), Michael Hancock - Makeup, Greg Nelson - Makeup, Edward C. Carfagno - Production Designer, Bruce Surtees - Cinematographer, Fritz Manes - Producer, David Valdes - Producer, Cloudia - Set Designer, Wayne Edgar - Special Effects, Wayne Van Horn - Stunts, Rob Thompson - Screenwriter
Ratboy is a film released in 1986 and directed by Sondra Locke. Though the film was both a critical and commercial failure, it has maintained somewhat of a cult status throughout the years[citation needed].
Plot
A former window dresser named Nikki (Sondra Locke) overhears of a mysterious Ratboy named Eugene (Sharon Baird). After finding and befriending him, Nikki makes several attempts at exploiting his uniqueness to the public. At the same time, Eugene wishes to be left alone of public attention.
