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Mars Attacks (1996)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Jack Nicholson
Glenn Close
Pierce Brosnan
Annette Bening
Danny DeVito
Michael J. Fox
Sarah Jessica Parker
Martin Short
Movie Details
Director Tim Burton
Studio Warner Bros.
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13
Running Time 106 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in cinemas. The idea of invading aliens ray-gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humour seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones and Pam Grier. --Jim Emerson
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 258
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon UK
DVD Empire
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 085391448020
Chapters 38
Release Date 11/05/1998
Subtitles English; Spanish; French
Packaging Snap Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
PAL