
August 6, 1993
The Meteor Man is a 1993 American superhero comedy film written by, directed by, co-produced by 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 schoolteacher, who becomes a superhero after his neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is terrorized by street gangs.
It is one of the earliest superhero films to feature an African-American in a starring role.
Storyline
A high school teacher from a troubled inner city Washington D.C. neighborhood becomes a super-powered hero and takes on the gang that has been terrorizing his streets.
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Electricity Arcing 3 PE200301
- Hollywoodedge, Warning Buzzer Space PE194501
- SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 01
- SKYWALKER, BOUNCE - LUXO BALL BOUNCING
- SKYWALKER, CAR - VARIOUS TIRE SCREECHING
- SKYWALKER, DOINK - MR. D.N.A. DOINKING
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE EXPLOSION, LOUD, HYPER-REALISTIC (I, BigIdeas70258, believe that an element of this sfx combo is heard as a bottle sets a car on fire, not exploding)
- SKYWALKER, INVENTOR - FLIK'S INVENTION; RUN; STOP
- SKYWALKER, JET - ARTOO'S ROCKET THRUSTERS
- SKYWALKER, METAL - MEDIUM SIZE DOUBLE CLANK 02
- SKYWALKER PUNCHING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER TOY ALIENS SQUEAKING (debut)
- SKYWALKER, TOY - LENNY FOOTSTEPS
- Sound Ideas, TELEMETRY - COMPUTER TELEMETRY: FUNCTION BEEP, SCI FI, ELECTRONIC 03 (Debut)