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“An honorable mention, that I would get hollered at if I didn't put it on here. It's more "good" cause it's long and it's almost too long. Nada has to convince his friend that …”

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#11 of 11 from Top 11 best fight scenes in movies by TheJohn

“John Carpenter's scathing satire, which uses aliens in order to take a stand against commercialism, consumerism, and conformity. At times silly, but also great.”

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#22 of 25 from Science Fiction Films As Allegory: Top 50, Part 1 by Count_Orlok_22

“John Carpenter uses alien mind-control to take some swipes at Reaganomics.”

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#8 of 23 from My Favorite Alien Movies by QUEENBFLIX

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Based upon the short story "Eight o'clock in the Morning".

John Carpenter casted Roddy Piper in the role of Nada after watching him in Wrestlemania III.

The screenplay is credited to Frank Armitage (John Carpenter).

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Cast: George "Buck" Flower, Keith David, Larry J. Franco, John F. Goff, Norman Howell, Eileen Wesson, Meg Foster, Norman Alden, Peter Jason, Susan Barnes, Jeff Imada, Sy Richardson, Jim Nickerson, John Lawrence, Raymond St. Jacques, Jon Paul Jones, Kerry Rossall, Norm Wilson, Thelma Lee, Roddy Piper, Gregory Barnett, Christine Baur, Susan Blanchard, Wendy Brainard, Jason Robards III, George "Buck" Foster, Dana Bratton, Michelle Costello, Cibby Danyla, Nancy Gee, Robert Grasmere, Bob Hudson, Vince Inneo, Stratton Leopold, Lucille Meredith, Dennis Michael, Tom Searle, Rezza Shan, Claudia Stanlee

Director: John Carpenter

Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy, Fantasy

Release Date: November 4, 1988

MPAA Rating: R

Screen Writer: John Carpenter

Runtime: 93 minutes

Studio: Alive Films

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