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| Mars Attacks! |
| 1996 |
| Nice Planet. We'll Take It! |
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| The Earth is invaded by Martians with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. They decide to attack the planet and destroy everything. The reason? Its fun! They enjoy killing people and destroying buildings and wreaking havoc. This invasion has an impact on everyone in the country, including the government officials in Washington D.C., a rural family in Kansas, and even casino developers in Las Vegas. The problem lies in stopping them. Will they be stopped, or will we be replaced by short aliens with big brains? |
| 106 mins. Jack Nicholson: President Dale / Art Land Glenn Close: First Lady Marsha Dale Annette Bening: Barbara Dale Pierce Brosnan: Professor Donald Kessler Danny DeVito: Rude Gambler Martin Short: Press Secretary Jerry Ross Sarah Jessica Parker: Nathalie Lake Michael J. Fox: Jason Stone Rod Steiger: General Decker Tom Jones: Himself Jim Brown: Byron Williams Lukas Haas: Richie Norris Natalie Portman: Taffy Dale Pam Grier: Lousie Williams Lisa Marie: Martian Spy Girl Paul Winfield: General Casey Sylvia Sydney: Grandma Norris O-Lan Jones: Sue Ann Norris Joe Don Baker: Richie's Dad Jack Black: Billy Glenn Norris Christina Applegate: Billy Glen's girlfriend |
| "Yeah, those 1950s invasion movies, they were the inspiration for it, although I never thought of Mars Attacks! being like a 'science-fiction film' because I always feel real science-fiction is, in some ways, more serious....I remember one I loved was Target Earth and then seeing it again I couldn't believe it was so bad. But the thing about Mars Attacks! - most of my decisions are subconscious rather than conscious 'I'm gonna do a 1950s science-fiction film' or whatever. I do things based on a feeling...I've always liked those Irwin Allen films - those 'Celebrities Getting Killed' movies...You get all these weird mixes of people in those movies. So that was one aspect of it, yeah. I don't think there was one overriding thematic thing. But it seemed like a good idea just to blow away celebrities with ray-guns...Warners in the US didn't know what to make of it, which is sort of unusual...I actually felt European audiences understood it much better or seemed to get it better. They didn't seem to have that American egotism of, 'You can make fun of some things, but you cant quite make fun of other things.' -Tim Burton, Burton on Burton |
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