Main Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Michael McKean, Jason Alexander
Release Year: 1993
Country: US
Run Time: 86 minutes
Plot
"The Coneheads" were a sketch on the Saturday Night Live television show of the late '70s which were expanded to feature-length proportions with this film. The story concerns Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymaat (Jane Curtin), who leave the planet Remulak to prepare for an invasion of Planet Earth. But due to a malfunction, they find themselves plunged into the Hudson River and forced to take up residence in Paramus, New Jersey where Beldar gets work as an appliance salesman and makes a deal for a phony social security card. Before long, all thoughts of invading Earth are left behind as Beldar and Prymaat quickly adapt to suburban life -- except for their coneheads and metallic-sounding voices, they become a typical middle-class suburban family. The Coneheads have a child, Connie (Michelle Burke) and Beldar becomes a New York cab driver and starts up his own driving school. Connie grows into a teenager and a neighborhood boy, Ronnie (Chris Farley), develops a crush on her because he likes to rub her conehead. But a nefarious INS agent, Gorman Seedling (Michael McKean), and his toady assistant, Turnbull (David Spade), are hot on The Coneheads' trail because of Beldar's false social security card. Not only that, but the Remulakian Highmaster (Dave Thomas) is beginning to wonder what ever happened to Beldar's invasion of the third rock from the sun. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Lisa Jane Persky - Lisa Farber; Chris Farley - Ronnie; David Spade - Eli Turnull; Phil Hartman - Marlax; Dave Thomas - The Highmaster; Sinbad - Otto; Jan Hooks - Gladys Johnson; Tom Arnold - Golfer (uncredited); Richard Comar - Agent; Tom Davis - Supplicant; Ellen DeGeneres - Coach; Sam Freed - Master of Ceremonies; Eddie Griffin - Customer; Whip Hubley - F-16 Pilot; James Keane - Harv; Barry Kivel - Doctor; Shishir Kurup - Khoudri; Jon Lovitz - Dentist (uncredited); Garrett Morris - Captain Orecruiser; Kevin Nealon - Senator; Laraine Newman - Laarta; Jonathan Penner - Captain Air Traffic; Michael Richards - Motel Clerk; Chris Rock; Adam Sandler - Carmine; Todd Susman - Ron; Julia Sweeney - Principal; Peter Aykroyd - Highmaster Mentot; Terry Turner - Sketch Artist; Joey Lauren Adams - Christina; Laurence Bilzerian - Cone Battle Commander; Lora Kennedy; Tim Meadows - Athletic Cone; Parker Posey - Stephanie; Art Bonilla - Hispanic Man #2; Nils Allen Stewart - Guard; Robert Knott - Air Traffic Controller; Walt Robles - Fire Marshall
Credit
Bruce A. Miller - Art Director, Barnaby Thompson - Associate Producer, Dinah Minot - Associate Producer, Kevin Marcy - Associate Producer, Marie France - Costume Designer, Steven Barron - Director, Paul Trejo - Editor, David Newman - Composer (Music Score), David Brian Miller - Makeup, Gregg Fonseca - Production Designer, George Manasse - Production Designer, Francis Kenny - Cinematographer, Lorne Michaels - Producer, Michael Rachmil - Producer, Bonnie Turner - Producer, Gae S. Buckley - Set Designer, Jay R. Hart - Set Designer, Tom Davis - Screenwriter, Dan Aykroyd - Screenwriter, Bonnie Turner - Screenwriter, Terry Turner - Screenwriter, Peter Lonsdale - Visual Effects Editor
Coneheads is the title of a 1993 movie based on the Saturday Night Livesketches about the Coneheads. The film was directed by Steve Barron and produced by Lorne Michaels. As was the case with the previous SNL skit-inspired film The Blues Brothers, Coneheads has been said to have made an "accidental" or "unintentional" political statement or social commentary about the nature of the immigrant experience in America, the filmmakers' ostensible intent being merely to entertain.[citation needed]
The film follows the adventures of the family - whose ship, as part of an advance scouting mission for an invasion, is shot down by an F-16 fighter-interceptor of the New Jersey Air National Guard, and they try to assimilate into American society and pursue the immigrant's American dream. They live with secret identities while an INS agent tracks them incessantly over the years. They blend into a community and take up activities that are part and parcel of the American Dream. They also deal with their teenage daughter dating. At the end Beldar is allowed by an INS agent to remain on Earth provided Beldar can demonstrate a skill that no one else can.
