Description: MARS ATTACKS! - 1996 - (DVD 2004) BRAND NEW! - SCI-FI - COMEDY PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW~ StorylineIt is a normal day for everyone, until President of the United States James Dale (Jack Nicholson) announces Martians have been spotted circling Earth. The Martians land and a meeting is arranged, but not everything goes to plan, and the Martians seem to have other plans for Earth. Are they just misunderstood beings or do they really want to destroy all of humanity? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American black comedy science fiction film[3] directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading card series of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Pam Grier, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, and Sylvia Sidney in her final film role. Alex Cox had tried to make a Mars Attacks film in the 1980s before Burton and Gems began development in 1993. When Gems turned in his first draft in 1994, Warner Bros. commissioned rewrites from Gems, Burton, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski in an attempt to lower the budget to $60 million. The final production budget came to $80 million, while Warner Bros. spent another $20 million on the Mars Attacks! marketing campaign. Filming took place from February to June 1996. The film was shot in California, Nevada, Kansas, Arizona and Argentina. The filmmakers hired Industrial Light & Magic to create the Martians using computer animation after their previous plan to use stop motion animation, supervised by Barry Purves, fell through because of budget limitations. Mars Attacks! was released theatrically by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on December 13, 1996, to mixed reviews from critics. The film grossed approximately $101.4 million in box office totals, which was seen as a disappointment. Mars Attacks! was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and earned multiple nominations at the Saturn Awards. Plot When Earth is visited by a massive fleet of flying saucers from Mars, President of the United States James Dale addresses the people of the United States. Talk show host Nathalie Lake and her boyfriend, news reporter Jason Stone, interview Dale's scientific advisor Professor Donald Kessler on the developing story, but are unexpectedly interrupted by a broadcast from the Martian leader. As the Martians prepare to land outside Pahrump, Nevada, people around the country react, including donut shop employee Richie Norris and his older brother Billy-Glenn, flamboyant casino operator Art Land and his hippie wife Barbara, divorced former boxer Byron Williams and his ex-wife Louise, and Byron and Louise's children Cedric and Neville. Against the advice of the hawkish General Decker, Dale chooses to greet the Martians as foreign dignitaries, ordering military officer General Casey to welcome them to Earth. Billy-Glenn, a private in the US Army, is among the soldiers who volunteer to accompany Casey as he greets the Martians in Nevada. Despite the translated message from the Martian ambassador stating that the Martians "come in peace", the ambassador sees a hippie release a dove into the air and shoots it with his ray gun. The Martians then turn on the assembled crowd and attack them with their ray guns, turning Casey, Jason, and Billy-Glenn into skeletons along with many others, and abducting Nathalie and her pet chihuahua Poppy. Kessler convinces Dale that the Martians' attack in Nevada may have been the result of a cultural misunderstanding, and Dale agrees to let the Martian ambassador address Congress after the Martians issue a formal apology for their actions. Once again, the Martians turn on the assembled humans, annihilating most of Congress by turning them into skeletons and abducting Kessler. While Nathalie and Kessler are held captive in the Martian mothership, the Martians switch Nathalie and Poppy's heads and reduce Kessler to a disembodied head. Dale narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a Martian disguised as an attractive blonde woman, who infiltrates the White House by seducing and killing his press secretary. Following the failed assassination attempt, the Martians commence a full-scale invasion of Earth, attacking major cities throughout the world. When Martian soldiers overrun the White House, First Lady Marsha Dale is crushed by a falling chandelier as President Dale escapes to the PEOC. Art is killed when the Martians destroy his casino in Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, Barbara prepares to flee to Tahoe in Art's private plane and offers to let Byron accompany her. They are joined by Byron's co-worker Cindy and guest singer Tom Jones, who offers to pilot the plane. Richie abandons his parents in their mobile home and drives to his grandmother Florence's retirement home to escort her to safety. His parents are killed by a giant Martian robot. At the retirement home, the Martians' heads explode when they hear Florence's record of Slim Whitman's yodeling on "Indian Love Call", revealing one of their only weaknesses. Eventually, Martian soldiers breach Dale's secure bunker, crushing Decker after reducing him to minuscule size with a shrink ray, causing the others to flee or be turned into skeletons, leaving Dale the last person alive in the room. He makes an eloquent, impassioned speech exhorting the Martians to make peace with humanity, but the now teary-eyed Martian leader stabs him with a fake-hand prank device after offering a handshake. Barbara, Byron, Cindy, and Jones reach Art's plane but find the runway overrun by a group of Martians led by the Martian ambassador. To buy time for his companions to escape, Byron steps forward to challenge the ambassador to a boxing match and beats him to death before being overrun by Martians as the plane takes off. Around the world, the Martians are defeated as humans play "Indian Love Call" to destroy them. Kessler, Nathalie, and Poppy die as the ship they are on crashes. In the aftermath of the war with the Martians, the Dales' teenage daughter Taffy awards the Medal of Honor to Richie and Florence. In Washington, D.C., Byron – who survived his encounter with the Martians – greets his family at Louise's home. In Tahoe, Barbara, Cindy, and Jones emerge unharmed from a cavern. Product details Aspect Ratio : 16:9 & 4:3 MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) Director : Tim Burton Media Format : Widescreen, Color, Full Screen, DVD,NTSC Run time : 1 hour and 46 minutes Release date : June 1, 2004 Actors : Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening, Glenn Close Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish Language : English Studio : Warner Home Video Writers : Bob Powell, Jonathan Gems, Len Brown, Norman Saunders, Wally Wood Number of discs : 1TriviaTo make the Martian Girl costume as smooth as possible, it had no zippers or buttons on it. 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Video Format: NTSC
Music Artist: Danny Elfman
Case Type: DVD
Rating: PG-13
Subtitle Language: English, French, Spanish
Sub-Genre: Aliens, Creatures/Monsters, invasion, parody, dark comedy, alien abduction, sci fi spoof, alien invasion sci fi, fictional war, creature
Director: Tim Burton
Studio: Warner Home Video
Edition: Standard Edition
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 & 4:3
Type: MOVIE: SCI-FI - FANTASY - COMEDY
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Language: English
Release Year: 2004
Producer: Tim Burton, Paul Deason, Larry Franco, Mary Ann Marino, Mark S. Miller, Laurie Parker
Actor: Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Glenn Close, Jack Black, Jack Nicholson, Michael J. Fox, Natalie Portman, Pierce Brosnan, Rod Steiger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Joe Don Baker, Christina Applegate, Rance Howard
Features: Full Screen, Widescreen, With Subtitles, Trailers
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller & Mystery
Run Time: 106 MINUTES
Movie/TV Title: Mars Attacks!
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Season: N/A
