Nice planet. We'll take it!
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
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Epic, comic, ironic and nostalgic.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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“Does the irony keep it from meaning anything?”
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“Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonPresident Dale / Art Land
- Glenn CloseMarsha Dale
- Annette BeningBarbara Land
- Pierce BrosnanDonald Kessler
- Danny DeVitoRude Gambler
- Martin ShortJerry Ross
- Sarah Jessica ParkerNathalie Lake
- Michael J. FoxJason Stone
- Rod SteigerGeneral Decker
- Tom JonesTom Jones
Crew
- Tim BurtonDirector
- Jonathan GemsScreenplay
- Peter SuschitzkyDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Chris LebenzonEditor
- Tim BurtonProducer
- Larry FrancoProducer
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