Who's up for a close encounter?
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
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Comic, effortless, unpretentious and classical in form.
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“Is Simon Pegg the best thing in Paul?”
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Cast
- Simon PeggGraeme Willy
- Nick FrostClive Gollings
- Seth RogenPaul (voice)
- Jason BatemanAgent Zoil
- Kristen WiigRuth Buggs
- Bill HaderHaggard
- Blythe DannerTara Walton
- Joe Lo TruglioO'Reilly
- John Carroll LynchMoses Buggs
- Jane LynchPat Stevenson
Crew
- Greg MottolaDirector
- Simon PeggWriter
- Nick FrostWriter
- Lawrence SherDirector of Photography
- David ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- Chris DickensEditor
- Tim BevanProducer
- Nira ParkProducer
- Eric FellnerProducer
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