A Gnome Named Gnorm

A Gnome Named Gnorm (also known in some markets as Upworld) is a 1990 fantasy buddy comedy film directed by Stan Winston and written by Pen Densham and John Watson.

The film stars Anthony Michael Hall, Jerry Orbach and Claudia Christian, and is about a Los Angeles police detective who teams up with a gnome to solve a murder.

He takes the "lumen", a stone that must be brought to the surface (called "Upworld" by the gnomes) to be exposed to the sun to recharge it.

[3] The film's writer and supervising producer, John Watson, said he wanted to make something in the vein of E.T.

[3] Due to the bankruptcy of Vestron Pictures, the film wound up in limbo without experiencing a major release.