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Mars Attacks!
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6.4A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as President Dale / Art Land
- Glenn Close as Marsha Dale
- Annette Bening as Barbara Land
- Pierce Brosnan as Donald Kessler
- Danny DeVito as Rude Gambler
- Martin Short as Jerry Ross
Themes
- usa president
- the white house
- planet mars
- saving the world
- cataclysm
- total destruction
- laser gun
- ambassador
- congress
- flying saucer
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
255,116 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Metacritic
52/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 19 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tim Burton
- Screenplay by
- Jonathan Gems
- Story by
- Jonathan Gems
- Based on
- Mars Attacks , by Topps
- Produced by
- Tim Burton Larry J. Franco
- Starring
- Jack Nicholson Glenn Close Annette Bening Pierce Brosnan Danny DeVito
- Cinematography
- Peter Suschitzky
- Edited by
- Chris Lebenzon
- Music by
- Danny Elfman
- Production company
- Tim Burton Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- December 13, 1996 ( 1996-12-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $80–100 million
- Box office
- $101.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 533016
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/mars-attacks
- Image
- HKSM 香港太空館 Hong Kong Space Museum exhibits The War of The Worlds Jan-2013.JPG
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- publication date
- 1997-02-27
- Commons category
- Mars Attacks!
- title
- Mars Attacks!
- box office
- 101371017
- capital cost
- 70000000
- review score
- 6.4/10
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Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American science fiction black comedy film 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, Lukas Haas, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, 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. Pictures commissioned rewrites from Gems, Burton, and 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.