A sentient vacuum cleaner outsmarts corporate greed. Yes, really. No, I'm not okay either.
A scientist finds his newest invention; a microchip that infuses inanimate objects with human qualities co-opted by the company he works for, which wants to capitalize on his findings. Knowing his creation can be used for evil purposes, he stashes it away, but his 11-year-old son, Charlie (Jared Robbins), finds it and implants it into a vacuum cleaner he calls Stardust. Will he manage to elude his dad's greedy bosses?
Acting
Giancarlo Esposito slumming gloriously as corporate villain Mr. Peavey
Visual Effects
Stardust's 'face' — peak 1998 CGI nightmare fuel
Writing
Dialogue that treats sentient vacuum ethics with total sincerity
Director
Charles F. Cirgenski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1998 obscurity predates Pixar's sentient-object dominance by seven years, yet vanished without trace — possibly because Stardust looks like a toaster fished from a landfill.
Giancarlo Esposito filmed this between Homicide: Life on the Street and his iconic Gus Fring era; one can only imagine the conversations with his agent.
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