Mars Attacks

Starring: Glenn Close, Jack Nicholson Director: Tim Burton Original UK Premiere: 1997 Dvd Release: 11th May, 1998 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Croatian, English, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish

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Mars Attacks! was originally a science fiction trading card series created by Topps in 1962. The cards told an outrageous story of the invasion of Earth by cruel, hideous Martians. The series developed a cult following & has been reprinted occasionally. Mars Attacks!, a comedy / science fiction film directed by Tim Burton, was a big-budget production masquerading as a B-movie. The film is visually impressive, as are most of Burtons films & is highly dependent upon special effects. The films soundtrack by Danny Elfman makes extensive use of the theremin. The film is highly parodic & contains numerous anachronicstic references to 1950s-style Science Fiction films. First Contact, for the three films were released in the same year, 1996. Mars Attacks! was instead based the trading card series. The exaggerated comic violence of the movie is only slightly more intense & garish than in the original cards. Therefore, as with other Burton movies, the subject under scrutiny is not the present, but the mass culture of suburban childhood of the past. Posters Of Mars Attacks

Its enlightening to view Tim Burtons 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. Burtons 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, & 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 movies kooky humour seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors 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 & Pam Grier.

Glenn Close is an American film & stage actress. She was born in Greenwich, Connecticut & attended the College of William & Mary, becoming a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards, for Best Actress in Dangerous Liaisons & Fatal Attraction & for Best Supporting Actress in The Natural, The Big Chill & The World According to Garp. She has also been nominated for 8 Emmys & 7 Golden Globes. Rex - Richard Rodgers musical about Henry VIII. Barnum - musical about Phineas T Barnum. Sunset Boulevard - Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the movie. Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her. Posters Of Glenn Close

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Tim Burton is a film director known for his dark, humorous, quirky style. He started his career as a Disney animator & all his films portray a very stylized reality. Many of his films draw on gothic themes. Personalizes the production logo in the beginning of his films. Main character is usually a social outcast, mostly, but not always, a Goth. Opening credits usually utilizes a tracking shot. He also co-wrote & produced, but did not actually direct, The Nightmare Before Christmas, while working solely as producer for Batman Forever. He has worked with composer Danny Elfman on every one of his films since Pee-wees Big Adventure, excepting Ed Wood, which featured the noted composer Howard Shore. He has been engaged to the British actress Helena Bonham Carter since 2001, with whom he has a son, Billy-Ray. & Other Stories. Posters Of Big Fish

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