Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Director of Photography
Peter Suschitzky
Costume Designer
Colleen Atwood
Production Designer
Wynn Thomas
Reviews
Variety - ...[A] continually inventive, parodistic sendup of alien invasion movies....The technically brilliant picture possesses a quirkily, somewhat facetious insider tone..., Entertainment Weekly - "...[A] giddily satiric epic....Escalates into full Burtonian madness..." -- Rating: B+
Author
Norm Saunders, Bob Powell, Wally Wood, Woody Gelman, Len Brown
Consumer Advice
Contains moderate fantasy horror
Additional Information
Director Tim Burton unleashes MARS ATTACKS!, a vicious, affectionate, brightly-colored homage to 1950s alien invasion movies. When a shiny silver flying saucer lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians exit the gleaming craft. Although they claim to be peaceful, they promptly "vaporize" a gathering of unfortunate Earthlings, kicking off a bizarre high-tech war with wild special effects. This studiously campy sci-fi spoof, based on a series of Topps bubble-gum cards, gleefully parodies not only schlock B-horror movies, but also overblown blockbusters such as INDEPENDENCE DAY. This subversive film is helped along by an all-star cast including Jack Nicholson in dual roles as both a clueless U.S. President (with First Lady Glenn Close) and a Las Vegas sleazebag. The film follows the wacky WAR OF THE WORLD--like proceedings from the points of view of numerous colorful characters, from the inane U.S. Press Secretary (Martin Short) to a trailer-park family (Lukas Haas and Sylvia Sidney), singer Tom Jones (as himself).
Movie/TV Title
Mars Attacks!
Composer
Danny Elfman
Sound source
Dolby Digital\Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Screenwriter
Jonathan Gems
Format Description
BD25
Editor
Chris Lebenzon
