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Morons From Outer Space (1985)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1985
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Executive Producer: Verity Lambert
Production Executive: Graham Easton
Producer: Barry Hanson
Production Supervisor: David Ball
Production Manager: Peter Price
SCRIPT
Script: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith
Developed By: Bob Mercer
DIRECTION
Director: Mike Hodges
Assistant Director: Jake Wright, Marcia Gaye, Russell Lodge
Rock Sequences: Jim Barnett of Zenith Lighting
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Phil Meheux
Camera Operator: Bernie Ford
Focus Puller: Bruce Barraclough
Gaffer: Harry Woodley
Grip: Dennis Lloyd
Stills: David James
Cameras / Lenses: Joe Dunton (Cameras) Ltd
Electrical Equipment: Lee Electric (Lighting) Ltd
Colour: Technicolor
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Boyle
MUSIC
Music: Peter Brewis
Conductor: John Cameron
Songs: Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden); John Barry (Born Free); Billy May
(American Patrol); Mel Smith, Peter Brewis (Morons From Outer Space)
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Chris Munro
Boom Operator: Ian Munro
Dubbing Mixer: John Hayward
Sound Editor: Peter Best
Re-Recording At: Pinewood Studios; Twickenham Studios
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Chief Make Up: George Frost
Make Up Consultant: Sara Raeburn
Chief Hair: Joan Carpenter
Costume Designer: May Routh
Assistant Costume Designer: Doreen Watkinson
Costumes: Bermans and Nathans
Wardrobe Supervisor: Keith Denny
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Jeff Luff, Effects Associates Ltd
Special Effects Editor: Dennis McTaggart
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: David Speed
TV and Computer Effects: Ira Curtis Coleman
Live Action Slit Scan: Geoff Antell Associates
Model Maker: Peter Aston
Mitsubishi Projection TV: Morgan Labs
Lasers: John Carr, Lasefx
Titles: Optical Film Effects Ltd
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Brian Eatwell
Art Director: Terry Gough, Bert Davey
Prop Master: Brian Palmer
Props Buyer: Sid Palmer
Set Dresser: Derek Nice
Construction Manager: Bill Surridge
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Diana Hill
Production Accountant: Clair McCoy
Lift Trucks: Lance Boss
LOCATIONS
Studio: Pinewood Studios, England, UK
Location Manager: Rufus Andrews
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Pickfords Industrial
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Paul Weston
CASTING
Casting: Debbie McWilliams
CAST
Mel Smith (Bernard)
Griff Rhys Jones (Graham)
Joanna Pearce (Sandra Brock)
James B. Sikking (Colonel Laribee)
Jimmy Nail (Desmond Brock)
Paul Bown (Julian Tope)
Dinsdale Landen (Matteson)
Tristram Jellinek (Simpson)
George Innes (Stanley)
John Joyce (Chief Inspector Miller)
Mark Jones (Godfrey)
Leonard Fenton (commissionaire)
André Maranne (Trousseaux)
Joanna Dickens (lady farmer)
R.J. Bell (Klutz)
Peter Whitman (Friborg)
Olivier Pierre (Jabowlski)
Edward Wiley (aide)
Robert Austin (newscaster)
John Barcroft (McKenzie)
Bill Stewart (Walters)
Joss Buckley (TV presenter)
Roger Hammond (soundman)
Des Webb (Eskimo chief)
Derek Deadman (man in car)
Anfela Crow (woman in car)
Jimmy Mulville (motorway policeman)
Leslie Grantham (motorway policeman's assistant)
Barbara Hicks (stenographer)
Tim Barker (mathematician)
Graham Fellows (Cipher)
Bob Sessions (TV presenter - USA)
Shane Rimmer (redneck)
Diane Ricardo (redneck's wife)
Miriam Margoyles (lady scientist)
Ian East (1st scientist)
Michael J. Jackson (2nd scientist)
James Taylor (minister)
Christopher Northey (Whitehall flunkey)
Jo Ross (lady in dining room)
Susan Denaker (nurse 1)
Lesa Lockford (nurse 2)
Edward Arthur (chat show host)
Shelley Thompson (Nurse Perce)
John Clamp (Bobby)
Richenda Carey (Countess Gretel)
David Haig (flunky)
Robert Henderson (diner customer)
Karen Lancaster (Stanley's associate)
Ronnie Stevens (head manager)
Pamela Mandell (Mary)
David James (policeman)
Thick Wilson (cop)
David Whitaker (deputy)
John O'Toole (security guard)
Peter Straker (choir lead singer)
Robin Driscoll (space pilot)
PLOT SUMMARY
A group of dim-witted aliens crash-land on Earth and immediately become
media darlings. They're pursued by the military for knowledge they couldn't
possibly have and by the media seeking unusual celebrities - and all
the time, they have to somehoe keep everyone believing that they're
actually a lot smarter than they really are...
CAPSULE REVIEW
What is it with Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and the big screen? On
TV, they were great - but as this disaster and the not-much-better Wilt
(1989) showed they just couldn't get to grips with cinema. Terrible
in almost every respect, there's absolutely nothing at all to commend
this appalling old tat - one to avoid, especially if you have any respect
for the otherwise rather wonderful Smith and Jones.
AVAILABILITY
Australia
Video Distributors: Thorn EMI Video Australia
Germany
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment
Spain
DVD Distributors: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment España
S.A.
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Universal Pictures
Video Distributors: MGM Home Video
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: PG
Finland
Rating: S
UK
Rating: PG
USA
Rating: PG-13
AWARDS
1985
Fantasporto, Portugal (International Fantasy Film Awards
Best Film (Mike Hodges) - nominated
TIMELINE
1985
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival
September
20: USA - theatrical release
1986
June
13: Finland - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
They came, They saw, They did a little shopping
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Ääliöt ulkoavaruudesta - Finnish title
Les débiles de l'espace - French title
Glupcy z kosmosu - Polish title
Inéptos interplanetarios - Spain title
Närkontakt av värsta greden - Swedish title
Space Cracks - West German title
Star Cracks - Die irre Bruchlandung der Außerirdischen
- West German title
Os Tarados do Espaço - Portuguese television
title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
SFX no.30 pp.7-9 (UK)
illustrated article
TV Times 23 December 1989 - 5 January 1990 p.49 (UK)
review
NEWSPAPERS
Southampton Evening Echo 20 April 1985 p.18 (UK)
review
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
aliens, military, rock music, spaceships, ufos
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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