The Meteor Man
The Meteor Man is a 1993 American superhero comedy film written, directed, co-produced and starring Robert Townsend with supporting roles by Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby and Another Bad Creation. The film also features special appearances by Luther Vandross, Sinbad, Naughty by Nature, Cypress Hill and Big Daddy Kane. Townsend stars as a mild-mannered teacher who becomes a superhero after his neighborhood in Washington, D.C., is terrorized by street gangs like the Golden Lords.
Plot
Jefferson Reed is a school teacher in Washington, DC. His neighborhood is terrorized by a gang called the Golden Lords led by Simon Caine and allied with drug lord Anthony Byers.
Cast
- Another Bad Creation
- Beverly Johnson
- Big Daddy Kane
- Bill Cosby
- Charlayne Woodard
- Chris Tucker
- Cypress Hill
- Don Cheadle
- Eddie Griffin
- Faizon Love
- Frank Gorshin
- James Earl Jones
- Jenifer Lewis
- John Witherspoon
- LaWanda Page
- Lela Rochon
- Luther Vandross
- Marla Gibbs
- Nancy Wilson
- Naughty by Nature
- Robert Guillaume
- Robert Townsend
- Roy Fegan
- Sinbad
- Wallace Shawn
More details
| author | Robert Townsend |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Washington, D.C. |
| director | Robert Townsend |
| editor | Adam Bernardi Andrew London Pam Wise Richard Candib Robaire W. Estel |
| genre | action comedy science fiction |
| keywords | arrest bahamas blood build crack house crips crush dog drug lord dumpster fight garbage dumpster healing power hear hide laser meteorite outnumber police officer psychokinesis rock school teacher secret identity superhuman strength superpower teacher telekinesis terrorize vagrancy vagrant vinyl record wash x-ray |
| musicBy | Cliff Eidelman |
| producer | Loretha C. Jones Robert Townsend |
| productionCompany | Tinsel Townsend Studios |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| recordedAt | Baltimore |
| theme | action comedy science fiction action superhero |