Main Cast: Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Anita Morris, John Philbin, Gerritt Graham
Release Year: 1990
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
In the film adapted from a book by Frederic Brown, a music composer (Randy Quaid) receives an invitation to score an upcoming science-fiction film. When the piece is accidentally broadcast on the radio, it encourages a rather pedestrian invasion force from Mars. The legion of green men instead cause havoc around the globe just by having fun, and it is the composer's duty to send them packing. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
Barry Sobel - Main Martian; Vic Dunlop - Main Martian; Larry Anderson - Newscaster; Lee Arenberg - Newsroom Martian; Bruce Baum - Sex Cheer Martian; Raye Birk - Speaker on TV; Steve Blacknell - Game Show Host; Roy Brocksmith - Mr. Kornheiser; Ronny Cox - The President; Dean Devlin - Joe Fiedermaus; Jeff Doucette - Radio/TV Announcer; Cynthia Ettinger - Dr. Jane's Patient; Troy Evans - Cop; Bruce French - Elgins; Brian George - President's Aide; Mark Goldstein - Secret Service Martian; Anita Harris; Brent Hinkley - Dr. Jane's Patient; O-Lan Jones - Stupid Medley Martian; Nicky Katt - Hippie; Keith MacKechnie - Secret Service Martian; Steve Ruggles - Dr. Jane's Patient; Rob Schneider - Voyeur Martian; Tim Stack - Seagrams; Mel Stewart - Judge; James Terry - Dr. Jane's Patient; Wally Ward - Voyeur Martian; Dennis Bowen - Tape Dealer; Allan Katz - Melvin Knudson; Jack Tate - Venusian; April Webster; Gary Mule Deer - Sex Cheer Martian; Harry Basil
Credit
Tom Cortese - Art Director, Elon Dershowitz - Associate Producer, Ted Bafaloukos - Co-producer, Anthony Santa Croce - Co-producer, Robyn Reichek - Costume Designer, David Odell - Director, M. Kathryn Campbell - Editor, Frank Fitzpatrick - Composer (Music Score), Allan Zavod - Composer (Music Score), Don Day - Production Designer, Catherine Hardwicke - Production Designer, William B. Steakley - Production Designer, Peter Deming - Cinematographer, Michael D. Pariser - Producer, Edward R. Pressman - Producer, Gene Serdena - Set Designer, Charles Haas - Screenwriter, Fredric Brown - Book Author
Quaid plays a song writer who accidentally invites a billion Martians (all portrayed by stand-up comedians from the late eighties and early nineties) to planet Earth.
These Martians become a nuisance to the planet by constantly playing practical jokes and refusing to allow anyone to get away with lying or deception of any kind.
References
^Meehan, Paul (1998). Saucer movies: a UFOlogical history of the cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 255. ISBN0810835738.
